BAKRI-ID.
My FRIENDS WHY THIS
FESTIVALS CELEBRATE,I TELL YOU ,
THERE ARE VARIOUS FESTIVALS IN THE MUSLIM CALENDAR. BUT BAKRIID OR
ID-UL-ZUHA IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED FESTIVALS AMONG MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE
WORLD. IT IS A DAY OF SACRIFICE FOR THE MUSLIMS. ACCORDING TO LEGENDS. IT ALL
STARTED WITH A DREAM IN WHICH ALLAH DIRECTED THE PATRIARCH PROPHET IBRAHIM TO
SACRIFICE HIS SON ISMAIL. IT WAS IBRAHIM'S FAITH IN ALLAH AND HIS SON'S FAITH
IN HIS FATHER THAT WERE ON TEST. BEFORE PERFORMING THE SACRIFICE ISMAIL TIED A
CLOTH AROUND HIS FATHER'S EYES. BUT WHEN IBRAHIM OPENED HIS EYES HE FOUND HIS
SON SAFE AND SOUND. IN HIS PLACE LAY A DEAD DUMBA OR RAM. IT IS IN HONOUR OF
THIS TEST OF FAITH THAT MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD SACRIFICE AN ANIMAL ON THE
OCCASION OF ID-UL-AZHA TO SHOW THEIR ALLEGIANCE, FAITH AND SINCERITY TOWARDS
ALLAH. IN INDIA THE MUSLIMS MAINLY SACRIFICE THE GOAT, WHICH IS WHY THE
OCCASION IS SPOKEN OF IN URDU AS BAKHR OR BAKRI-ID. THE FESTIVAL IS TO
CELEBRATE THE STRONG FAITH OF THOSE DEVOTED TO ISLAM.
THE FESTIVAL COINCIDES WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE DAY WHEN 'QURAN' WAS DECLARED COMPLETE. IT IS FROM WHEN MANY MUSLIMS
UNDERTAKE HAJ TO MECCA AND PEOPLE OFFER PRAYERS IN MOSQUES. ON THE DAY OF ID,
THE PILGRIMS REACH THE GROUNDS OF MINA WHERE THEY SACRIFICE AN ANIMAL EACH. IT
WAS HERE THAT IBRAHIM IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SACRIFICED HIS SON. THE PILGRIMS THEN
SHAVE THEIR HEADS. THE PURPOSE IS TO BE ONE WITH THE MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES WHO
CONVERGE TO MECCA EACH YEAR FOR THE HAJ. THE SACRIFICIAL MEAT IS DISTRIBUTED
AFTER THE CEREMONY AMONG FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. SPECIAL DELICACIES AND
SWEETS ARE PREPARED ON THE OCCASION. THE CELEBRATION OF BAKRI ID STARTS FROM
THE TENTH TO THE TWELFTH DAY IN THE ISLAMIC MONTH OF DHU'L HIJJA. ON THE ID DAY
PEOPLE WEAR NEW CLOTHES, OFFER PRAYERS, AND VISIT EACH OTHER AND EXCHANGE
GREETINGS. THERE ARE SPECIAL PRAYERS, WHICH TAKE PLACES ON THE THREE DAYS OF
ID. CEREMONIAL PRAYERS, AND FEASTS ARE PART OF THIS FESTIVAL.
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