Prayagraj: Eid ul Azha or Eid e Qurbaon or Bakrid was celebrated on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Zilhijja, giving practical shape to the dream of Hazrat Ibrahim and presenting an example of peace, harmony and mutual brotherhood across the country. Most of the Namazis reached the Idgah where a canopy was erected to save the Namazis from the scorching sun, while in Chowk Jama Masjid and Shah Wasi Ullah Masjid, a large number of Muslims also offered the special Namaz of Eid ul Azha under the leadership of the Imams. In Khanqah Dayara Shah Ajmal, at about 10:30 am, the last Imam Maulana Shamsher Azam offered the Eid-ul-Azha prayers. Dayara Shah Ajmal’s Sajjada Nashin Syed Arshad Zaki Fakhri mentioned in detail the obligations and rules of sacrifice.
According to Ummul Baneen Society’s General Secretary Syed Mohammad Askari, after offering prayers in hundreds of mosques in the city and rural areas from 6 am to 10:30 am, following the Sunnah of Hazrat Ibrahim, goats were sacrificed in the path of God. Special prayers of Eid-ul-Azha were offered with devotion and respect in Eidgah, Chowk Jama Masjid, Chak Shia Jama Masjid, Shah Wasi Ullah Roshan Bagh, Khanqah Dayara Shah Ajmal, Masjid-e-Noor, Masjid Qazi Sahab Bakshi Bazaar, Masjid Abu Bakr Karaili, Hari Masjid of Dhobi Ghat, Masjid-e-Mohammadi Labour Chowraha Karaili, Masjid Bibi Khadija Karaili, Dariyabad Imambara Arab Ali Khan, Masjid Maula Ali, Masjid Imam Hussain, Masjid Chirag Ali, Masjid Imam Raza Atala’s Big Mosque, Jamiatul Abbas Baitussalat in VIP Colony of Karaili, Karaila Bagh Musalla-e-Zeeshan, Ibadatkhana Al Khizra and other big and small mosques of the locality. The Ulama prayed for blessings in sustenance, health, safety, peace and brotherhood in the country on Eid-e-Qurban. Along with remaining steadfast, he prayed for relief and comfort to the common people from the scorching heat these days.
After the Eid-ul-Adha prayer at the Qazi Sahib Bakshi Bazaar mosque, Imam-e-Jamaat Maulana Jawwadul Haider Rizvi, while explaining the virtues of Eid-e-Qurban in his sermon, said that Allah Ta’ala told Hazrat Ibrahim three times in his dreams that he should sacrifice his most beloved son Ismail. Hazrat Ibrahim narrated that dream to his wife and son, then the son said, “Father, you should immediately implement the order of Allah, your son will be worthy of this deed.” After the consent of his wife and son, Hazrat Ibrahim prepared his son and took him to the hill of Mena. On the way, three people tried to stop them from doing this order in different ways, but both father and son rejected them and said that you are devils. Today, following the same tradition, Muslims from all over the country after Hajj On the hill of Mena, people throw stones at the pillar made in the name of those three devils. And until this ritual is not performed, Hajj is not complete. On the other side, as soon as Hazrat Ibrahim wanted to put a knife on the neck of his son Ismail, he found a ram slaughtered by Allah and saw his son Ismail standing nearby smiling. Maulana said, let us take an oath today that we will sacrifice our jealousy and arrogance and will set an example of harmony, brotherhood, love and humanity among ourselves.
