Eid- Ul- Adha, the festival of sacrifice was celebrated peacefully and with religious solemnity in the state on Saturday. The shadow of Covid-19 pandemic was clearly visible over the festival.
The Namaz of Eid was held in different mosques with the people observing social distancing norms. The Imams had given a call to the people to offer prayers at their homes and refrain from assembling in the mosques in large numbers. In Dehradun, the Idgah area which usually witnesses huge crowds during Eid was more or less deserted. The Sahar Qazi Molana Mohammad Ahmed Kasmi congratulated everyone for Eid and appealed to people to observe social distancing while celebrating the festival of sacrifice.
The administration had made elaborate security arrangements and policemen in large numbers were deployed in Muslim colonies and outside mosques.
In Mussoorie town the police personnel led by Inspector Devendra Aswal took out a flag march from Gandhi Chowk to Landaur Chowk. He also appealed to people to celebrate the festival peacefully while observing social distancing norms.
Eid Ul- Adha
The festival is meant to commemorate the test Prophet Ibrahim had gone through. It is said that Ibrahim was commanded by Allah in his dreams to sacrifice his son Ismail.
Ibrahim informedAllah’s wish to Ismail who readily agreed to put down his life. Ibrahim took his son tohillock of Meena and offered the sacrifice of his son to Allah.