Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated with usual enthusiasm and religious fervour in Sialkot, Daska, Pasrur, Zafarwal, Sambrial and Ugoki areas of Sialkot district on Friday.
The Eid-ul- Azha prayers were offered at different mosques and open places in the city and other parts of the district. On this occasion strict security measures were adopted by the district administration for maintaining law and order in the district.
They Ulema while addressing the Eid-ul-Azha congregations highlighted the importance and the philosophy of sacrifices rendered by Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) and stressed upon the faithfuls to shun their petty differences and forge unity among the ranks for foiling the evil designs of anti-Islamic forces and work together for building Pakistan as a strong and invincible fort of the globe. They also stressed upon the faithfuls to mould their lives in accordance with the tenet of Islam and golden teachings of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) the greatest educator to the mankind for getting rid from multifarious problems and difficulties.
The Ulema also called upon the faithfuls that they should shun their petty differences to cope with the challenges and threats to Muslim Ummah with unity. The unity of Muslim Ummah at this juncture is direly needed for foiling the evil designs of anti-Islamic forces because due to lack of unity the Muslim world had been confronting with multifarious problems and with the passage of time these problems are multiplying rapidly, they added.