Lucknow: Ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid), All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member and Chairman of the Islamic Centre of India, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, has issued a comprehensive 12-point advisory aimed at ensuring peaceful, lawful, and hygienic celebrations across the country, especially instructing against the sacrifice of cows.
Speaking to ANI, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, said, “Islamic Centre of India, Lucknow has issued a 12-point Eid-ul-Adha advisory in which the Muslim community has been advised to do qurbani (sacrifice) only on those animals on which there is no legal barrier and especially no qurbani should be done on cows as it is against the law of the land.”
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The advisory also places a massive focus on public order, sanitation, and environmental responsibility during the festival. Muslims have been requested to avoid using public places for offering namaz.
“We have also instructed the Muslim community in this through this advisory that namaz should be offered within Eidgahs and within the premises of the mosque, and while doing qurbani special care should be taken regarding cleanliness and hygiene, and the waste of the animal should not be thrown on the outside, but it should be properly disposed of as per the arrangement made by Nagar Nigams and municipal corporations,” he stated.
“Qurbani should be done only at the designated places; no qurbani should be done at public places or near the lanes or near the roads,” he added.
Mahali said that the advisory also called upon the Islamists to utilise the occasion to pray for the well-being, prosperity, and relief of the nation from ongoing hardships.
“After the namaz, special du’as and prayers should be made regarding getting rid of this heatwave and for the security and development of our country. And similarly, special prayers should be made again against any economic crisis as far as our country is concerned,” he said.
Eid Al-Adha or Bakrid, which is likely to be observed on June 27 or 28 this year, also called the ‘festival of sacrifice’ and is celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic or lunar calendar. It marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Every year, the date changes as it’s based on the Islamic lunar calendar, which is about 11 days shorter than the Western 365-day Gregorian calendar. (ANI)
