To all Muslims across Indonesia, I wish you a happy Idul Adha that we still celebrate this year in the nuance of concern since the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet ended. Idul Adha is synonymous with sacrifice and sincerity.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Idul-Adha identically mirrors the sacrifice and sincerity of all Muslims, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Vice President Ma’ruf Amin.

“To all Muslims across Indonesia, I wish you a happy Idul Adha that we still celebrate this year in the nuance of concern since the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet ended. Idul Adha is synonymous with sacrifice and sincerity,” Amin remarked here on Tuesday.

In keeping with the practice of Qurban, Muslims are ordered to sacrifice cattle, such as cow, sheep, or camels, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, the vice president noted.

“Even, Prophet Muhammad said that anyone having a financial privilege during Idul Adha, but does not sacrifice, does not approach our prayer places,” he stated.

The vice president called on Muslims that are financially capable of fulfilling religious orders pertaining to sacrificing cattle and sharing the meat among others while adding that the sacrificial spirit must be bolstered through sincerity as was taught by Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Ismail.

“I call on all of us to sacrifice by parting with some of our privileges to help them. The sacrificial spirit must be based on sincerity akin to what Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Ismail had taught. Their sincerity reflects their piety and obedience to God,” he emphasized.

During the enforcement of emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM) in a bid to curb the COVID-19 transmission rate currently, the vice president urged that the slaughtering of sacrificial cattle be conducted at slaughterhouses (RPH).

If it cannot be done at a slaughterhouse, then the sacrificial cattle should be slaughtered without creating crowds either at mosques or outside them, he stated.

The Qurban meat should not be distributed in crowds at cattle slaughtering locations, but rather, it should be distributed by adhering to strict health protocols, he stressed.

“A surge in the number of COVID-19 cases that rebound in Indonesia should drive us all to become more motivated in sacrificing with full of sincerity while obeying God,” he affirmed. Related news: Another real trial is qurban during pandemic
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