Sacrifice: Purifying Thy Soul and Obnoxious Public Drama

Sacrifice... A widely phrased word, commonly used with relationships, lives and other heavy lively matters. Sometimes sacrifice is all one can make to achieve something very precious and sometimes this sacrifice is the reason why others find that particular person somehow...Weak!

Well, That is not the point of today's blog.

In Muslim community sacrifice is a very important matter to be obliged largely everywhere (wherever Muslims are present). From the history of sacrifice among Muslims it is found that, H. Ibrahim (A.) has been ordered by the almighty to prove his devotion by sacrificing his most valuable possession. He was unable to find anything rather his one and only son H. Ismail (A.). So he decided to sacrifice him with heavy heart just to prove his god that his devotion is real and he has pure trust in all his creator's creations. The moment he stroke his dagger on Ismail's throat with his eyes closed, almighty changed Ismail's place with a Sheep. Creator was pleased with his devotion and it was from then, the Muslims started to sacrifice animals listed in the holy book on 3 particular days of Arabic month Zilhajj. But there is a glitch their one has to sacrifice the animal with the heart full of sorrow and love for the animal he is sacrificing and devotion towards thy creator.

We have had a glance at the history but underneath there lies a philosophy of being a great human. Every human has their inner beast, the beast that hurt others, breaks hearts, kills humanity, murders love and blinds heart to see the hope. That beast is in need to be tamed and tamed hard. Its better to kill it rather. This sacrifice in a sense is done to kill one's inner beast and remind us that we are human. Being human is a very fragile and sensitive job. It can end at any time, any moment. So be the best not the beast.

Before we were this much urbanized, our life was simple (in a sense). We used to raise cattle, grow our own food , weave our cloths and sometimes sell...