Assalamualaikum to my brothers here..
Eid El Adha has come upon us once again.On this auspicious
occasion, let us increase our taqwa to Allah sbt, by doing all that
He commands us to do, and by avoiding everything that He has
prohibit us from doing.
Do a lot of zikir and supplications. Seek forgiveness from Allah.
Even if we will be busy with the activity of Qurban after this, do
not neglect from remembering Allah. Let our tounge moist with His
remembrance.
Qurban is the slaughtering of sheeps, goats, cows and camels, with
the special intention of Qurban, and is done on Eid Adha, and the
three days following it. The meat will then be distributed to the
poor, neighbours, friends and family members. The appropriate
division will be, one third for the poor and needy, another one
third for other Muslims, and the last one third for oneself.
Qurban is the most virtuous act of worship on Eid Adha
Rasullullah s.a.w said..
Which means: There is no better deed on the day of Eid Adha which
is loved by Allah, than the Qurban. The sacrificed animal will come
to the person doing the Qurban on the day of Herafter, complete
with its horn, wool and nails. Verily, the act of Qurban will be
accepted by Allah before its blood reach the earth. So do it with
open heart.
My brothers of other religions..
A hadith that was narrated by Hakim, Rasulullah s.a.w once saw a
man laying down his animal to be slaughtered. He then sharpened his
knife in full view of the animal. Reproaching him, Rasulullah s.a.w
said: Do you want the animal to die two times? It is better for you
to sharpen you knife first before you lay your animal down to be
slaughtered.
We can see from this hadith, how compassionate Islam is. Even
sharpening the knife in front of the animal is not allowed.
How about the slaughtering itself? How merciful can it be? Is the
Islamic prescription of killing an animal a cruelty, as have been
accused by some people?
Allow me to share with sgforums brothers, a research done by
Professor Wilhelm Schulz and Dr Hazim from Hanover University in
Germany. The objective of the reseach was to find out the level of
brain activity of the animal slaughtered according to Islamic
prescription.
The researchers found out that when the first cut was made across
the neck, there was no perceptible change in the animals brain
activity. It was as if the animal did not feel any great painful
sensation. 3 seconds after the cut, the brain activity showed as if
the animal was in deep sleep or has lost conciousness. This is
probable since the Islamic method of slaughter necessitates the
sudden loss of blood in great volume from the heart and the brain.
This sudden drainage of blood from the brain causes it to shut down
quickly. Wherease the loss of great volume of blood from the heart
will make the carcass easier to clean and safer to consume, since
blood is the carrier of disease and toxic materials.
After six seconds, the researches found out that there was zero
brain activity, indicating that the animal was dead. If there are
movements six seconds after the cut, then it was caused by the
animals body electrical system, which triggers automatic jerking.
The jerking will stop when all the body current has been
drained.
My brothers of Islam and other faiths, enjoy this holiday as a
rememberance to those persihed in strife and wars in other
countries..Pray for their safety and share with them, the happiness
and safety that you enhoy here as Singaporeans.
Peace be upon you
