Some people called it the Black Death and others called it the black plague, what did prophet Mohamed say about thiskiller epidemic …
The decay of people’s moral had started in many regions in the world and also in some Muslim countries because of the excess of money and being away from Allah Almighty and His orders.
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60 percent of Europe’s population, reducing world population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in the 14th century.
A tableau for the death caused by the Plague in Europe in the seventeen century
Major Symptoms of the plague
Contemporary accounts of the plague are often varied or imprecise. The most commonly noted symptom was the appearance of buboes (or gavocciolos) in the groin, the neck and armpits, which oozed pus and bled when opened.
A hand showing acral gangrene of the digits due to plague, the black appearance of the necrotized tissue which occurs in gangrene, one of the symptoms of plague
Yersinia pestis (200x magnification).The bacterium which causes bubonic plague
Dramatic statistics
| Year: | Kill-rate: | Epidemics:- |
| 1347-52 | 5%-35% | The first big plague killing 5% to 35% of populace. |
| 1360-63 | ? | This follow-up killed especially minor children. |
| 1563-1636 | 10-30% | London was hit in in 1563, 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636 and… |
| 1665 | 28% | The Great Plague of London was the last of the big ones. |
| 1630 | 35%-69% | This Italian plague was possibly the worst killer |
| 1709-13 | 30%-49% | Germany: Danzig 49% and the Baltic (30%-34%) |
| 1720 | 25%-50% | Provence: Marseille 40%, Toulon + 50%, Aix+Arles 25% |
| 1743 | 60% | Messina was hit by plague as the last. |
| 1918-1919 | 2% | The Spanish Disease possibly killed 30 mill. worldwide. |
| 1980- | 0.25% | The AIDS-epidemics is now primarily a Third World killer. |
| 1995- | 0.2% | TB- the old killer is back – 100.000 Russian prisoners hit. |
From the above table we can put an eye on the killer effect of the plague and we can clearly see that today we live in another plague but in a low killing rate which is the AIDS, the disease which is caused from adultery and unlawful relations.
The prophetic miracle
Prophet Mohamed peace be upon him told us about the plague as he said: (if people insisted to declare performing of adultery, the plagues and diseases will spread between them such as those who are before them.){Narrated by IbnMagaa}.
This Hadith is miraculous because the prophet makes a direct link between the declaration of adultery and the infection by diseases and plagues as seen in these days.But someone may ask:why we see infront of us many scenes of adultery in many countries may be more than what were happening in the past but the plague and diseases are not such as what happened before?
Here we can only say as what Allah Almighty told us in His holy book of Quran:“He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.”(Sûrat Al-Anbiyâ’-verse23).
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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel
References:
- Black Death, www.wikipedia.org
- Plague, www.channel4.com
- http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530/blackdeath.htm
