HOPE’S Eid-ul-Adha Qurbani At Thatta, Sujawal, Badin With HCI’s Assistance

The aim of sacrifice, like all other fundamentals of Islam, is to imbibe piety and self righteousness. It also promotes the spirit of sacrifice for a right cause.

There is nothing dearer to Allah during the days of Eid al-Adha than the sacrificing of animals. Sacrifice, as practised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is an essential religious rite of the Muslims – replicating and comemorating  the sacrifice performed by Prophet Ibraham in its truest spirit and essence. God put Prophet Ibraham to a most difficult trial, the details of which are described in the Quran.

Giving meat to the poor and destitute as required when doing Qurbani spreads happiness so they may also enjoy the event of Eid-ul-Adha as a time of celebration and festivities.

Keeping that in mind HOPE, an NGO in Pakistan, with the assistance of its supporters especially HCI of Canada, has  once again upheld Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi with great reverence and performed qurbani at

its Hospitals and centre in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin, and has done its utmost to spread  this happiness to the poor and destitute of rural Sindh. Sacrifice of half a dozen cows  have been done and all the meat equitably distributed amongst the poor of the adjoining areas.

Objectives:

To distribute qurbani/sacrificial meat to the poor and needy of the rural communities of Thatta, Badin, Sujawal under special instructions from Dr Mubina Agboatwalla,child specialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE.

To sacrifice two selected cows in each of the three cities of Sindh where HOPE’s presence is very prominent. This activity will be guided  and managed by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi.

The spirit behind this activity was  not only to provide meat to the very poor who can normally very rarely afford meat in their diets but to also encompass them in the true spirit of the celebration of  Eid-ul-Adha ~  and at the same time spread the essence of piety and humbleness and set an example for other financially endowed  people to step forward and help the needy not just during the Eid-ul-Adha celebration but on a continous basis.