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Ahead of Id-ul-Fitr, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind main Maulana Arshad Madani connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) urged Muslims not to sacrifice prohibited animals and debar sharing pictures of slaughtered animals connected societal media.
In his connection to the Muslims, Mr. Madani said a idiosyncratic connected whom sacrifice is obligatory indispensable execute this obligation. He said that successful presumption of the existent situation, it is important that Muslims instrumentality precautionary measures connected their own.
"Avoid advertising, particularly sharing pictures of slaughtered animals connected societal media," Mr. Madani said. He besides suggested that Muslims indispensable strictly travel the authorities guidelines portion performing the sacrifice and debar the sacrifice of prohibited animals.
"If mischievous elements, astatine immoderate place, forestall the sacrifice of a buffalo, immoderate sensible and influential radical should instrumentality the medication into confidence, and past sacrifice should beryllium offered. If, however, determination is nary mode to fulfil this spiritual obligation, past a sacrifice should beryllium offered successful a adjacent spot wherever determination is nary difficulty," the Jamiat main said.
Stressing the request to support cleanliness during the festival, Mr. Madani urged Muslims, Jamiat volunteers and imams to not lone marque announcements from mosques but besides actively enactment successful cleanliness campaigns by forming teams of volunteers to decently dispose of discarded aft the sacrifice.
The squad should actively instrumentality portion successful the run to support their areas clean, helium said. "It indispensable beryllium ensured that nary 1 faces immoderate discomfort oregon harm by our actions," helium said.
Former Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari connected Monday (May 25, 2026) appealed to Muslims not to slaughter cows during Id-ul-Fitr and urged the Centre to heed Mr. Madani's proposition and state the cattle arsenic the nationalist animal. Mr. Ansari's remarks came days aft Mr. Madani said that the cattle should beryllium granted the presumption of the nationalist animal.
He said Muslims would person nary objection to this; rather, they would beryllium pleased that mob lynching carried retired successful the sanction of cattle extortion would travel to an end. Mr. Madani besides questioned what governmental compulsion was preventing the authorities from declaring the cattle the nationalist carnal erstwhile a bulk of radical successful the state respect it arsenic ineffable and accord it the presumption of a mother.
Muslims crossed the globe sacrifice animals arsenic permitted by instrumentality successful their respective countries arsenic a awesome of the willingness and obedience to God that Prophet Ibrahim showed successful offering his lad Ismael arsenic a sacrifice. Eid-ul-Azha volition beryllium celebrated successful India connected May 28.
