Eid and Qurbani.
Holy Quran says
"It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him. Thus have We made them subject to you that you may magnify Allah for His Guidance to you. And give glad tidings (O Muhammad SAW) to the Muhsinoon (doers of good).
Sacrifice is found in all religions, but does it mean sacrificing animals only?
No, it does not. Sacrificing , praying all are JUST means to get closer to GOD. So doing good deeds is very important according to above verse of Holy Quran. We also need to sacrifice our ego and greed.
Muslims should read translation of Holy Quran in language of their choice as in past some religious heads have mislead them.
1= There was a time when religious scholars said learning ENGLISH is haraam at time of Sir Syed and abused him.
2= There was a SHEIKHUL ISLAM who gave fatwa " PRINTING PRESS IS HARAAM " and then after 150, yes 150 years his children tell no printing press has got nothing to do with it being HARAAM.
For 150 years progress of Muslims was spoiled by such FATWAS.
So distinguish between genuine and fake clerics of Islam.
3= There is a saying of Prophet Muhammed[ Peace be upon him] which permits Muslims to go to far away places like China to get knowledge. During time of Prophet - it was known that in China we will get knowledge that will be not about Islam but about life sciences.
4= During wars when Muslims used to capture prisoners of war , they were released after they taught something useful , like knowledge of Mathematics etc.
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