IGANGA, UGANDA: Thousands of believers in the Islamic faith on Saturday gathered for Eid-ul-Adha prayers in Iganga town at Iganga municipal council primary school to commemorate prophet Ibrahim’s devotion to Allah by accepting to sacrifice his son Ismail, an incident which Allah later revised and provided another option.
During Saturday’s Edi prayers which were led by Sheikh Buyinza Muhamud, the Imam Masjid Hamidah- Nabidogha in Iganga town, Muslims were urged to always lean their families on Allah with all their love, obedience, fear, and patience especially during trying moments of hardship.
“Put right your families, if Prophet Ibrahim wasn’t patient, if he wasn’t a person who fears Allah, if he wasn’t a strong man, if he was a person who didn’t love Allah, I tell you that we shouldn’t be gathering here but because he was a person who strongly feared Allah, he persevered and obeyed what Allah ordered him to do and Ibrahim’s determination and strength saved him in such a situation,” said Sheikh Buyinza.
Among the congregants were the political leaders who emphasized people to sacrifice to the needy ones whenever Eid-ul-Adha comes.
“I want to commend those who have managed to fast the 10 day and our colleagues who made hijja, today is a day of sacrifice and donating to the needy and I call upon others to sacrifice to the poor ones,” say Hajji Iddi Isabirye, MP Bunya South constituency in Mayuge district.
The woman MP Iganga district, Kauma Sauda Alibaawo rallied teachers to concentrate with their work citing that legislators tabled a motion to pass resolutions to favour everyone without any discrimination. She also urged parents to take children back to school citing that teachers are already there.
“I request parents to take children to school since teachers have accepted to resume their work. Negotiations are ongoing on smoothly and as Hon members of parliament, we brought a motion to pass good resolutions which will favour everyone without any kind of discrimination,” says Hon Kauma Alibaawo.
However, after the prayers, Muslims went for animal slaughtering in their respective areas as it’s the norm on Eid-ul-Adha.
Speaking to the chairperson Nile Cultural and Social Development Association (NCSDA), Sheikh Byekwaso Bruhan Abdulkadri said that they managed to slaughter at least 1,500 animals with support from their partners in Kuwait, to cater for the needy communities.
This organization was established in Uganda to support needy people with basic needs like digging boreholes among others.
“As Nile cultural and social development association, we have managed to slaughter 1,500 animals from our friends in Kuwait and are going directly to the needy people who can’t afford to get some meat on this day,” Sheikh Byekwaso said before thanking their donors from Kuwait and the NRM government for the peace and security which has enabled them to lobby for the needy people.
Sheikh Salimin Saed Mubarak, one of the Islamic leaders in the area appreciated the efforts exhibited by the donors in Kuwait and said that the Udhiya(sacrifice) is given to the needy people in the country.
The celebration of Eid-ul-Adha is to commemorate prophet Ibrahim’s devotion to Allah SWT and his readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail. At the very point of sacrifice, Allah SWT replaced Ismail with a ram, which was to be slaughtered in place of his son. This command from SWT was a test of prophet Ibrahim’s willingness and commitment to obey his Lord’s command, without question.
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