Today was a very beautiful and blessed day. Today is the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah. According to the Islamic calendar, on 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, all Muslims sacrifice and remember the Sunnah of Abraham. Hazrat Abraham (peace be upon him) sacrificed while obeying the command of Allah Almighty and then Allah liked this sacrifice and thus Muslims will continue to follow this Sunnah of Abraham until the Day of Judgment. So today we sacrificed three goats and the purpose of this sacrifice was only to please Allah and follow the Sunnah of Hazrat Abraham (peace be upon him). The time of sacrifice is after the Fajr prayer when the sun rises and the light spreads, then Eid al-Adha is offered. After Eid al-Adha, every Muslim sacrifices his animal. So today we also sacrificed. When Muslims sacrifice, the meat of the animal is divided into three parts. One part is for the poor and needy, the second part is for their loved ones and relatives, and the third part is for the person who is sacrificing. So after the sacrifice, Muslims eat different types of food from the meat. They make the dough and invite friends and relatives, but the first day is the busiest day. Every Muslim is busy, and most butchers are also busy.
So today's day began with the blessed name of Allah, the Almighty. When I woke up early in the morning, I prayed the Fajr prayer and then thanked Allah for giving me the opportunity to sacrifice. Allah gave me the strength and the ability to spend some money to buy an animal for sacrifice. I sacrificed one animal on my behalf, one animal was from my mother, and one animal was from my younger brother. In this way, we sacrificed three animals. We divided the meat of the three animals equally and distributed it to the poor and needy. The story of the morning is as follows: When I woke up early in the morning, I prayed. After praying, I gave water to the animals we had bought for sacrifice, served them, and prayed to Allah that Allah may accept my sacrificed animals. Then I went to take a bath and at 6:30 it was time for the Eid al-Adha prayer. I reached the mosque at 6:30. After reaching the mosque, I offered the Eid prayer. And immediately I returned home. As soon as I reached home, the butcher had arrived at our house. He slaughtered the first animal and then we skinned the animal and in the same way, whatever process is done, we divided the meat into small pieces. In this way, by one o'clock in the day, we had slaughtered the three animals and divided their meat. Then we cooked the meat for ourselves. After cooking, all of us in the family ate it and thanked Allah Almighty for giving us the opportunity to make a sacrifice in His way.
After eating, we were very tired and then I rested for a while. After resting, I offered the noon prayer and then chatted with my mother and my wife at home for a while. This is how this beautiful day passed. When it was time for Asr, I offered Asr prayer and then got busy with my other work at home. But we made a program that we would cook a salty meal. Then my daughter, I and my nephews cooked a salty meal together. It was so delicious that we ate it in the evening. It was a beautiful day. I went to my sister's house to give the meat. I went to my aunt's house and my uncle's house. The meat that we were supposed to distribute among our relatives went to the houses of our relatives and friends. First of all, I gave the meat that I distributed to the poor people in my neighborhood and near my house. Those who had not bought a sacrificial animal and did not have the strength, I was the first to go early in the morning when our animal was slaughtered and We distributed the food, so immediately after distributing it, I went to the homes of the poor families around my house and distributed the meat. Then I went to my sister's house and gave the meat to her. After that, I went to the homes of my other relatives to give the meat. Then I returned home. We cooked the meat that was now my share, and then the whole family ate it together. It was a beautiful day. It was a busy day. And my prayer is that Allah will accept what we have sacrificed in the way of Allah for the sake of Allah. There was no pretense in it, no arrogance.
When the sacrificial meat was being cut, I took some pictures, which you can see. I took very few pictures and I did not take pictures so that I would not be arrogant or proud. You can see the pictures, which I took, three or four pictures, which I am sharing with all of you here.
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This was my beautiful and lovely day today, the story of which I have told you. So, the purpose of writing this article is only to motivate you, to create that passion within you that creates humility and modesty. I want to write one more thing here that when a person does any work for the pleasure of Allah, Allah's pleasure is included in it. If you do any good deed for the pleasure of Allah, or help the poor, or treat the people around you with kindness, then Allah will definitely be pleased with you and will reward you. Life is very beautiful and all the people who live around us are beautiful, but we should also pay attention to those who are poor, who are needy. This philosophy of sacrifice has only one purpose. One is to sacrifice for the pleasure of Allah. The other is to follow the Sunnah of Abraham. The purpose of the Sunnah of Abraham is that this act that Hazrat Abraham (peace be upon him) did Was it pleasing to Allah? Then when Allah was pleased, then we do this Sunnah of Abraham so that the action that Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did for the pleasure of Allah pleased Allah Almighty. And then Allah Almighty made sacrifice obligatory on Muslims. Sacrifice is obligatory only on those who can afford it, those who can buy animals. If you are poor, if you do not have the strength to buy it, then this sacrifice is not obligatory on you at all. Sacrifice is not showing off. Sacrifice is not arrogance, pride, rather it is humility. Sacrifice should be made for the pleasure of Allah. And this also creates in man that meat is distributed among the poor, feelings of sympathy and love are also created. This is the philosophy. I hope you like this article I have written today. Thank you very much to all of you.