PENUTUPAN MASJID DI ERA PANDEMIK COVID 19: KOMITMEN MASJID TERHADAP KEBAJIKAN UMMAH

(CLOSURE OF MOSQUE IN THE PANDEMIC ERA COVID 19: THE MOSQUE’S COMMITTEMENT TO THE WELFARE OF THE UMMAH

Abstract

Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk meneliti peranan masjid dalam melaksanakan aktiviti penerimaan dan pemberian bantuan kebajikan kepada ahli kariah ketika penutupan sementara masjid akibat PKP pandemik covid 19. Metodologi yang digunakan adalah kaedah kualitatif melalui penerokaan terhadap sumber kepustakaan yang merujuk kepada data dan dokumen rasmi jabatan, laporan akhbar, buku-buku dan artikel yang berkaitan serta laporan pihak yang berkepentingan dalam isu COVID-19 di Malaysia. Hasil daripada kajian ini menunjukan bahawa pihak masjid sebenarnya masih boleh menjalankan aktiviti penerimaan dan pemberian bantuan kebajikan kepada ahli kariah melalui kaedah norma baharu semasa penutupan sementara masjid akibat PKP pandemik covid 19 dengan pelabagai inisiatif yang kreatif. Implikasi kajian ini memberi kesedaran kepada umat Islam bahawa pihak masjid masih boleh menjalankan aktiviti pemberian bantuan kebajikan kepada ahli kariah melalui kaedah norma baharu walaupun pada saat masjid ditutup sementara disebabkan oleh PKP pandemik covid 19 dengan pelabagai inisiatif yang kreatif. Ianya bagi menggantikan norma biasa yang dilakukan sebelum ini. Melalui pelaksanaan kaedah norma baru tersebut, ianya boleh memberi manfaat kepada ummah secara keseluruhannya. Justeru, penutupan sementara masjid di sepanjang tempoh PKP berkuat kuasa tidak bererti aktiviti bantuan kebajikan seperti bank makanan (food bank) untuk kemaslahatan ummah yang telah dijalankan oleh pihak masjid sebelum ini juga turut ditutup dan terhenti sementara.

The objective of this study is to examine the role of mosques in implementing activities of receiving and providing welfare assistance to parishioners during the temporary closure of mosques due to PKP covid pandemic 19. The methodology used is a qualitative method through exploration of library sources referring to official data and documents newspapers, books and related articles as well as stakeholder reports on the COVID-19 issue in Malaysia. The results of this study show that the mosque can actually still carry out activities of receiving and providing welfare assistance to parishioners through the new norm method during the temporary closure of the mosque due to PKP covid 19 pandemic with various creative initiatives. The implications of this study are to give awareness to Muslims that the mosque can still carry out activities to provide welfare assistance to parishioners through the new norm method even when the mosque is temporarily closed due to PKP covid 19 pandemic with various creative initiatives. It is to replace the usual norms that were done before. Through the implementation of the new norm, it can benefit the ummah as a whole. Thus, the temporary closure of the mosque during the period of PKP in force does not mean that welfare assistance activities such as food banks for the benefit of the ummah that have been carried out by the mosque before are also closed and temporarily stopped.