Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday will be celebrated amid the nationwide lockdown, and, to make sure people follow the protocols, top Sunni cleric Khalid Rashid Farangi Mehli has urged Muslims to stay at their homes, avoid handshakes or hugs and donate half of their festival budget to the needy.
Speaking to India Today TV, Mehli said it will be for the first time in the history that no religious congregation will take place on Eid.
“During the month of Ramzan, people belonging to the Muslim community offered prayers at homes due to the lockdown and it will be for the first time in the history that no religious congregation will happen on Eid. People will not be visiting mosques to offer prayers and there will not be any celebration,” Mehli said.
” I would urge the people to celebrated Eid in their homes with family and offer prayers indoors. People must donate 50 per cent of their Eid budget to the poor who are facing an unprecedented crisis due to the lockdown in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. People should avoid buying new clothes and wear the best ones they already have. We all must refrain from hugs and handshakes on Eid this time as a safety measure” Mehli said.
He has asked the people to celebrate Eid by preparing ‘sewai’, a traditional sweet dish.
Expressing dissatisfaction over meat shops not being allowed to open in Lucknow, the Sunni cleric said “If other shops can be given permission, then, meat shops should also be allowed to open. A large population consumes meat and it is also a source of employment for many.”
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