Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all Muslim brothers

[Extremist]

 

[hokkien]

RIP sheep

 

[ChewCheng]

Hari Raya Haji marks the end of a Muslim’s pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. The festival commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail in obedience to God, and how God seeing Ibrahim’s devotion to him, intervened and provided him with a sheep in place of Ismail to sacrifice instead.

This is a festival full of meaning and at its heart is a lesson of sacrifice – both in our daily lives as well as in a larger context. So even though this is a religious celebration, there are still nuggets of great advice and lessons to be learnt.

Sacrifice
The story of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God is symbolic of how we need to make sacrifices daily in our life. As a parent, you can teach your younger children that sharing with others what they have instead of keeping it just for themselves is a form of sacrifice. For those with older kids, give the example of sacrificing playing computer games to study for their exams.

By using such examples, parents’ goals of using the Hari Raya Haji celebrations as a way of inculcating good values into their children will be achieved.

Caring for the less fortunate
Hari Raya Haji is also about thinking of the less fortunate and the sacrifice of sheep, goats and cows by Muslims is a symbol of that. Here in Singapore, many Muslim families do the ‘korban’ (sacrifice) in other countries such as Indonesia or Somalia where their Muslim brothers and sisters are even more needy than those in Singapore. But the same thing happens wherever you do the ‘korban,’ as the animal, after being slaughtered, will be skinned and cleaned and the meat distributed to the needy in the society.

You can take your young ones to see the animals before they are slaughtered and then volunteer to send the meat to the needy families in your community. This active involvement will open your child’s eyes to how the less fortunate live and how they can be involved in caring and helping the underprivileged.

Don’t be wasteful
In my household, my parents believe that Hari Raya Haji is a great time to teach the family about not being wasteful and living with the principle of ‘only take what you need and not what you want.’ So we try to cut down on waste during this period, we only cook what we need as well as use the clothes from previous years. Any money that is saved is then subsequently given to a charity.

Properly guided by parents, children of any age and faith can learn a lot—sharing, sacrifice, and how to be a good human being—by taking active part in the Hari Raya Haji festivities.

Here’s wishing all Muslims a very happy Hari Raya Haji.

 

[whoami]

Tks for the greeting, chewcheng.

8 ketupats for u...

 

[ChaoKuan]

Happy haji to all Muslim friends in this forum and god bless u all

 

[whoami]

Happy haji to all Muslim friends in this forum and god bless u all

Tkz. Will upz u tom...

 

[ChaoKuan]

Tkz. Will upz u tom...

No worries bro, no need up me I'm here to share and learn from bros here

 

[tualingong]

so early expose the kids to bloody scenes?

no wonder alot of them ended up as terrorists.

 

[tonychat]

what a cruel religion.

why not i get some Malay and slit their throat in the mosque

 

[chorut]

Urgent Telegram from Amy: Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all Singapore Muslims. Allah Akbar.

 

[Television]

The title should have read "Selmat hari raya Haji to Whoami" as he is most likely the only Muslim here.

By the way, have a good day bro.

 

[mamadrama]

Okie then 'selamat hari raya' whoami, hope you see this greeting.

 

[blur sotong]

To all Muslim brothers,

 

[mamadrama]

Nice ketupat but where the satay and onions and cucumbers?

 

[whoami]

The title should have read "Selmat hari raya Haji to Whoami" as he is most likely the only Muslim here.

By the way, have a good day bro.

Hmm....amazing. Alot of forumers here are "vegetarians".

Tks bro...and have a nice long weekend...

 

[whoami]

Nice ketupat but where the satay and onions and cucumbers?

Alamak! Wait give u satay, u ask wheres the kuah? Then later ask why only kambing. Why no lembu or ayam satay? Dont be like typical sinkies ya. Never ever satisfied.

Have a nice weekend ya...

 

[Cruxx]

One people, one nation, one singaporeeeee!

 

[mamadrama]

Alamak! Wait give u satay, u ask wheres the kuah? Then later ask why only kambing. Why no lembu or ayam satay? Dont be like typical sinkies ya. Never ever satisfied.

Have a nice weekend ya...

Thanks for the points big brother and hope you are enjoying the company of your family members. Next time if and when I am able i will return your favour but I dont know how long before I get sufficient points to do that.