COVID-19: Muslims in Lucknow, Bareilly offer Friday prayers from home

Thousands of Muslims on Friday offered prayers at home hering to vice of religious leers in view of coronavirus outbreak.

imam of city's Jama Masjid Idgah, Khalid Rasheed Faranglimahli, and rector of Darul Uloom Nwatul Ulema Sayeed-ur Rehman Azmi along with ors h me appeals to Muslims to offer 'Juma Namaz' at home.

Imam-e-Juma Maulana Kalbe Jaw Naqvi h earlier suspended special Friday prayers in mosques for two weeks.

"re are around 800 mosques in state capital, of which 50 are such where hundreds of Muslims offer Friday prayers toger," Farangimahli said.

Besides, all Muslim boards asked people to follow visories of government and practice social distancing to contain spre of coronavirus, which has claimed 17 lives across country.

In Bareilly, majority of Muslims offered Friday prayers at home keeping in mind 21-day lockdown imposed in country.

General secretary of Tanzeem-ul-Islam Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi said t more than five people were present in each of mosques in city.

Bareilly District Magistrate Nitish Kumar said people offered namaz at ir homes and re were mass garings.