The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has felicitated with Muslims on the occasion of the celebration of the Eid-il Kabir.
In a sign statement by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri. General Magashi urged Muslims to prioritize national security and unity in their prayers for the year’s festival of sacrifice, otherwise known in the Islamic parlance as Eid’il Adha.
While thanking Almighty Allah for sparing the lives of the muslins to witness the festival, he called for total restraints from any act capable of undermining peace, progress and prosperity of the nation during and after the festivities.
He besieged God to reward the symbolic slaughtering of rams as an act of expression of individual piety and conformity with the Almighty Allah’s injuction as contained in the holy Quran and the hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
The Defence Minister
underscores the need for selfless sacrifice to end insecurity in parts of the Country pointing out that National Security is the responsibility of all Nigerians while he further appealed to the Muslims to intensify prayer for peace to reign in the country.
He further encouraged the act of sharing of the sacrificial meat with non Muslim and Muslim neighbours alike who are not privileged to slaughter ram, he said by so doing societal peace, friendship and relationship will be unconditionally strengthened.
He prayed to Almighty Allah to accept the sacrifice by muslims as an Act of Ibadah and to protect the troops in the frontlines who are not opportuned to celebrate Eid’il Kabir festival with their loved ones.
