IMA celebrates Arafat Day

Kuwait (Nov, 11’ 2010): Indian Muslim Association (IMA) in cooperation with Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic  Affairs & IPC has organized a public discourse on Arafat Day at Masjid Yousuf-Al-Adsani, Kuwait City.

In his inaugural address, IMA President Mohammed Aslam broadly explained the objective of the Hajj, as a universal gathering for Muslims. He was referring to the affairs of the Muslim Ummah’s social and religious conditions in reference with the Hadith, "my Salah (prayers) my sacrifices and my life and death  is all for Allah, who is the Lord of the worlds, and who has no partner".

Maulana Mujahid Umri delivered a speech on the subject of ‘Hajj – a universal gathering’. He stated, “the Hajj pilgrimage, like all other acts of Ibadaa, contains significant lessons and goals that Muslims should understand and apply. Hajj maintains the spirit of unity among Muslims, individuals and communities. Hajj educates Muslims, and even the non-Muslims, about the true meaning of equality, which is manifested in the pilgrims' unified dress code and their observance of the rituals irrespective of their race, language, gender, or social positions.”

BS Sharfuddin, while delivering the lecture on the life of Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) said that prophet ibrahim was provided with global leadership. Muslim community has entrusted with similar leadership role to establish viritues and eradicate evil. It can be achieved through two greats traditions of Prophet Ibrahim , which is sacrifice and hard struggle.

Maulana Mohammad Kamaal, a well-known Islamic scholar delivered a speech on the subject of ‘the Message of Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) Last Sermon’. He quoted from the Last Sermon, “O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. Remember that you will indeed meet your Lord, and that He will indeed reckon your deeds..”

He further added that we find guidelines from the last sermon of our beloved Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) at mount Arafat, which was truly a Charter Of Human Rights & equality and indeed it should be the pretext of the human race on the earth.

The Program started with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an with its Urdu translation by Hafiz Sharif and the program was convened by Quazi Zafar.  More than six hundred men & women participated in the program. Dinner was arranged at the end of the program