Thread: Funeral of the corona virus victim #CoronavirusPandemic
1- The scenes of burial were terrifying. How can one imagine a burial taking place without the presence of your loved ones? Practically, no one. No one around to recite the last prayers as the body was lowered to the
2- resting place. No soft murmurs and slow sobs.
It was horrific, the air filled with fear & terror. The fear of an unseen & unfelt enemy that evade every barrier, respects no border, regard no age, gender or religion
3- The coffin of the deseased along with the ill fated father were shifted through an ambulance from Peshawar. It was parked at a distance, away from the mourners & they were not allowed to go beyond a specific point. The father, who was layered in protective gear was not
4- allowed to get off the ambulance
To bid farewell and offer the Namaz e Janaza, there were only five people other than the Imam and they wept helplessly in pain and sorrow through out the prayer. The burial process was itself heart wrenching,
5- The Rescue officials were reluctant to touch the coffin & it was decided to pull the coffin from the ambulance with help of ropes but no one was willing to tie the coffin. His father volunteered. This sight was so painful, a feeble sobbing father tieing the coffin of his son
6- with all his relatives, neighbours, mourners standing there as mere spectators. That’s the story of how the final goodbyes were said amidst pain and trauma. It appeared as if the impalpable tiny virus was powerful enough to annihilate them all.
7- Rescue official dragged the coffin with the help of ropes from the ambulance into the grave and the infortunate father was later shifted to the quarantine facility.
May we never see such funerals ever in our life. Ameen.
Stay home everyone and save lives
#CoronaFreePakistan
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