The 68th Aalami Tablighi Ijtema (World Islamic Congregation) started with sermons of renowned Islamic scholars after Fajir (pre-dawn) prayers on Saturday at Ghasipura in Eintkhedi on the outskirts of the city. Over a million devotees from across the globe are participating in the three-day summit that would come to an end on Monday with grand dua (prayer) for world peace and prosperity of all.
Renowned Islamic Scholar Maulana Ahmed laad in the inaugural sermon of the day and the congregation said that the entire humanity is a family of Allah. Tongue does both things, break and tie, hence it should be used in a better way. At the place of making relations with high-profile human beings establish direct contact with Allah, success lies in this only. Whatever is going on in the world today is the result of humans’ deeds, remarked the scholar.
Entire Ghasipura and Eintkhedi have converted into one big shrine as heads covered with skull caps and chanting of ‘Allah Allah’ are seen at every nook and corner. Apart from compulsory five-time Namaz (prayers) the participants are also offering Tahajjud prayer at the venue that is supposed to be performed at the last times of night besides Ishraq and Chasht prayers. After the morning sermons break is given for morning breakfast and after that 2.30 hours Taleem (education) is provided in which session groups of 100-00 persons are made and they are taught Quran, Hadees and Tabligh.
Earlier on Friday over 2000 Jamaats from different parts of world reached the Ijtema venue to participate in the religious discourses that would continue for three days.Out of the total Jamaats that have registered presence in the spiritual summit over 40 are from the foreign countries including England (United Kingdom -UK), Ukraine, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Sri lanka, Saudi Arabia and other countries having over 500 Jamaati. Besides Jamaats within the country and abroad continued to reach the Ijtema venue on Saturday it is expected that Sunday being holiday and Monday being the concluding day with grand dua over 1.5 million people would participate in the congregation.
The main pandal for sermons is erected on 45 acres, besides parking arrangements have been made on 150 acres, over 200 eateries, food at concessional rate, generators to be used in case of power cuts and power failure, railway reservation counter, telephone booths, post office, emergency medical services, ambulance and fire brigade are some of the facilities that have been made available for the participants at the Ijtema venue.