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Thank you Ẃeβ࿚Ẃỉtcĥ   and StephBee  for giving me a perfect reason to Blog. Us Muslims will celebrate our second largest religious festival Eid-Ul-Azha on this Saturday, 7th June. It’s a festival of sacrifice. On this day, we sacrifice cattle, goats, sheep or even camel for Allah. It’s actually sacrificing all the selfish instincts inside us, and becoming better human beings. To give you a bit of religious background for those who don’t know: Our prophet, Ibrahim (Abraham), loved Allah more than anything else. So, to test his faith, Allah sent him a message: “Please sacrifice what you love most, for me.” Ibrahim loved nothing more than his only son, Ismail. (Sorry can’t remember the English name). Ismail, on hearing about the message, agreed to be sacrificed for the sake of Allah, instantly. However, when Ibrahim took Ismail to the place to be sacrificed, the sacrificing knife spoke to him: “O prophet, Allah is satisfied with your love. You don’t have to sacrifice your son. But sacrifice THIS instead.” A Ram (Large sheep) appeared, and Ibrahim sacrificed that instead. All this happened around 1400 years back. Since then, to mark the significance of the day, Muslims sacrifice one or more of the animals mentioned previously. Usually, here in Bangladesh, we sacrifice Ox, goat or sheep. Normally, huge cattle markets are set up usually a week before Eid day. Various shapes and sizes of animals (alive and moving) can be bought from there. There are a few rules about sacrifice that MUST be followed, otherwise the sacrifice will not reach Allah:  That animal can never be a female, or pregnant. If so, then the person sacrificing, would be charged with the sin of murdering a mother or would be mom, instead of the good deed of sacrifice. Sacrifice should be done for the satisfaction of Allah, not to show off. The person slaughtering, must start with a prayer, and must ensure the death of the animal is as painless as possible (there’s a system for this), otherwise, again, the person sacrificing will be charged with murder. Divide the meat in three equal parts: one for underprivileged people, one for all your relatives, and one for you and your family. On Eid day, we also give children and people younger than us a little token of money, called Salami or Eidi, along with other gifts, they love that! That reminds me, let me go prepare a little envelope of Eidi for my 11 year old nephew. I saw a lot of cattle purchased, and a lot of goat to be bought, when I went out today. System is, buy the animal at least two days before the festival, or if you really can’t, at least buy a few hours before sacrifice, so that you can take care of the animal, make it a loved one before sacrifice. I can hear a lot of “Moo” from the neighbors as I write this. Our Mr. Moo is with my sister, everyone taking care of him. And as we Greet on Eid Day: EID MUBARAK!   |
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