Shab-e-Barat Today

The Islamic Foundation (IF) urged the people of the country, including the ulema-mashayekhs, to give special prayers to remain home on the night of Shab-e-Barat tomorrow to get rid of the global coronavirus pandemic and not to visit graveyards and shrines on the occasion.

"We humbly request the countrymen, including the ulema, the mashayakhs, and the imams, the muajjjins of the mosques throughout the country, to give special prayers to the Almighty Allah to hold our motherland, the Muslim Ummah, and the whole world secure from the COVID-19," said the IF statement in Dhaka today.

It also urged the people not to visit the graveyards and shrines of different saints of Islam on the night in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country as the situation triggered by the epidemic virus is worsening gradually across the world.

Earlier, on Saturday, the IF also urged all Muslim devotees to offer prayers on the night of the Shab-e-Barat at their respective homes instead of mosques in the wake of a novel coronavirus outbreak.

The Muslim devotees observe the holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, on the night of mid Shaban of the Islamic calendar every year across the world. They usually spend the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking blessings to Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah.

In the night, the devotees also visit the graves and pray for their loved ones who seek their eternal peace. Many people also visit mazars, shrines of saints all over the country.

This year, the Muslims will celebrate the night in Bangladesh tomorrow, with moral fervor and enthusiasm to remain at home

Source: BSS