A petition comes to my mail this noon and the issue briefly
advocates:
"The
law cannot be given a go by when it comes to animal sacrifices during religious
occasions. Most of these animal sacrifices take place in open areas near
religious places watched even by children. The animals are killed by untrained
persons causing much pain to them. Moreover, other animals also watch it
causing trauma to them,"
(Picture 1. A kid is giving a bag of meat to the needy)
Well, there is always an outcry
from international communities regarding religion and animal sacrifice. While
some of them are understandable, I personally don’t have any problems with
muslims’ sacrificing animals during Eid Adha as its purpose is to feed the poor
and the hungry. When doing community service, I stayed in a remote area for two
months where people’s lives were very basic. Some of them could hardly afford
foods. We set a program where we invited local kids to our camp to learn basic
things like music and crafts. I would make little treats like jello packs and
even just those small things brought out their ebullience. One of the kids went
home and told the parents about how happy she was spending time with us and the
parent managed to show their gratitude by giving us a piece of cassava that she
took from the wood saying ‘I don’t have much but I really wanna give you
something’. I learn that those people, out of all the limitations they have,
own really big hearts.
For those very people, meat is
a delicacy. They don’t get to enjoy it any time they want. And this would be
one of the moments allowing it to be served on their worn out table clothes.
However, to me Eid Adha should be celebrated in a certain manner. For those who
are fortunate enough to contribute should use this moment, not to celebrate,
but to contemplate.. While the animal sacrifice symbolizes people’s willing to
detach themselves from their fortune and wealth by sharing it and giving it
away (not merely to please God), people should be ashamed knowing that these
animals are losing their lives so human have a chance to repent for their
wrongdoings.
It’s true that it’s not the animal’ sacrifices that cause our sin
to be forgiven, but our creed, our good deeds, and Taqwa to Allah (which one of
it is by obeying Allah Commads to sacrificing animals).
#Selamat Idul Adha
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