A Saudi researcher in Shariah law find that there is precedent to ban Umrah pilgrims (those who undertake the non-obligatory, ‘lesser’ pilgrimage) who come from areas beset with the A/H1N1 or swine flu virus. 
Mtafiti wa Kisaudi katika sheria za Kiislamu (Sharia) amegundua kuwa kuna uwezekano wa kuwazuia baadhi ya mahujaji (wale ambao walishahiji kabla yaani, mahujaji wa ‘kurudia’) hasa wanaotoka maeneo ambayo kwa sasa yanatishiwa na mlipuko wa mafua ya nguruwe.