HOPE’s Sacrificial Activities on Eid-ul-Adha

Eid -ul- Adha is one of the most important festivals for the Muslims and is celebrated all over the world on the 10th day of last Islamic Lunar month. This festival is called as the feast of Sacrificed also known as Qurbani. The Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated in the remembrance of Prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail to God as an act of submission to God's command and his son's acceptance to being sacrificed, before God intervened to provide Prophet Ibrahim with a Sheep to sacrifice instead. This festival is celebrated wherever there Muslim communities exist with great zeal and pomp.

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. 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.

Having firm believed, HOPE- an NGO in Pakistan also celebrates this festival with the underprivileged that are often neglected and cannot afford to celebrate this occasion with its true spirit.

This year HOPE- a charitable NGO in Pakistan, has once again upheld Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi with great reverence and performed Qurbani of 16 cows and 15 goats at its Hospitals and centers in Thatta, Badin, Karachi, Muzzaffarabad and Muzzaffargarh. This has been done at its utmost to spread this happiness to the poor and destitute of rural Sindh. All the meat equitably distributed amongst the poor of the adjoining areas in poor communities. This activity was guided and managed by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla- 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 continuous basis.

As Islam does not permit wastage, whatever is left over of the meat may be dried, cured or prepared, so long as it is consumed and not wasted. The skin also must be disposed of and the funds used for charity. Following such believe, HOPE-an NGO in Pakistan utilize these funds received from selling the skins of sacrificed animals for the benefit of individuals who did not receive meat.

HOPE- a charitable NGO in Pakistan looks forward to benefit more individuals and families from this activity next year under the leadership Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla- child specialist in Karachi.