THE SLAUGHTERED RAM

The religion of Islam is one which has billions of people practicing it, and it’s a religion that is decorated with strict code of conducts of its members (MUSLIMS). I make bold to say that there is no single act of worship in this beautiful religion, except that there is a principle guiding its implementation.

This beautiful religion recognizes only two festivals which are celebrated in a year and one of them is the festive coming up on Sunday. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have picked my PEN to write anything about this holy festive, but the great amount of misconceptions non Muslims have about this festive keeps me puzzled. So I have decided to engage my garrulous pen.

One of such misconception which I will be writing about is the false impression about the Ram that billions of Muslims around the globe will slaughter on that day. It is wrongly misconceived that THE SLAUGHTERED RAM is a sacrifice made to appease some kind of deity.

I seek refuge in ALLAH from the accursed devil from having such thought. I would only make one request and that is, the non Muslims reading this, should please do it with an open mind in order to get a good grasp of the message.

The same way performing the 5 daily prayers, fasting in the month of Ramadan, going for Hajj (pilgrimage) and giving charity are acts of worship which must be performed by every Muslim, so is the slaughtering of Ram during this festive period is also an act of worship.

Yes! You read right…We slaughter the Ram to pay obeisance to our Lord’s command as one of the rites of this Holy Festive and not the wrong notion of sacrifice that you harbor in your mind.

The Ram we slaughter is nothing compared to the dog or duck or hen or the white ram, or whatever the herbalist or idol worshipers sacrifices to appease his idols.

Let’s all base this argument on a real life scenario before going into the scripture;

An herbalist or an idol worshiper after sacrificing whatever he wants to sacrifice for his deities, he either pours the blood of this sacrificed animal on his gods or sometimes leaves the meat of the animal to rot in the abode of the deities.

But you know for sure that the Ram that a Muslim sacrifices is not decorated with any of the cited case above. He slaughters the Ram in his home and allows the blood to flow or perhaps buries it up. He enjoys its meat with his families and friends and everyone around, even the non Muslims. None of it is placed on an alter or reserved to appease any deity as it is wrongly conceived.

And if you still think we are only trying to cover up our secret, here is a verse to substantiate all of my argument;

“It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah: it is your piety that reaches Him”. Q22:36-37

Guess what the subject of the above verse is, THE SLAUGHTERED RAM!!!. Even Allah Himself has clarified it – He is not interested in the meat or the blood. The only thing He is interested in, is the piety (i.e did we actually sacrificed it to pay obeisance to His command or just for a showoff). “Purity is to Him, THE MOST HIGH”.

I don’t know if I have done enough with the colorful vomits of my garrulous pen, to clear these misconceptions. But I am very certain of one thing, and that is, right now, you are definitely having a second about your wrong notion.

From the guy with the garrulous pen, I wish every Muslim in every corner of the globe an EID filled with Baraka. May we live to witness more celebrations in life.

And lastly, I will humbly accept (Ileya Meat from any corner). Trust me - it won’t do me any harm.

AND MY PEN REST HERE – EID MUBARAK.