Virtues of Qurbani (Sacrifice)

The month of Zul Hijjah is the last month in the Islamic Calendar. The name of this month is synonymous with the great Ibaadah of Haj that takes place in this month.

The other very significant Ibaadah that is carried out in this month is the Ibaadah of Udhiyyah (Qurbaani) which is amongst the great Sha-aa'ir (symbols) of Islam. Rasulullah ﷺ refers to it as the Sunnah of Hadhrat Ibraaheem عليه السلام. Allah Ta'ala loved the sacrifice of His Khaleel (friend) so much, that He mentioned it in the Qur-aan-e-Kareem and commanded the Ummah of Nabi Muhammad ﷺ to continue this practice till the end of time.

Rasulullah ﷺ himself was very active in practicing this sunnah and would ensure that he would conduct the Qurbaani personally.

In this day and age we are slowly moving away from this great sunnah. People are finding it difficult to "mess" their homes and clothing with the blood of the Qurbaani animal, thus depriving themselves of great rewards.

In an effort to revive this great sunnah and acquaint ourselves with the importance of Qurbaani, an attempt was made to prepare a little booklet titled Fazaail-e-Qurbaani. The style and approach adopted in preparing this booklet is similar to the sequence of the Fazaail books written by Hadhrat Sheikhul Hadith, Moulana Muhammad Zakariyyah KaandhlawiThis book commences with Aayaat of the Qur-aan-e-Kareem and Ahaadith of Rasulullah ﷺ with a brief explanation.

A chapter on masaail has also been included at the end of the book which has been extracted from the famous kitaab "Behishti Zewar" written by Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi.

It is hoped that people include the reading of this booklet in their daily ta'leem as the month of Zul Hijjah approaches