difficult. Therefore, today, when we perform the sacrifice, we must keep the conditions of our hearts correct!

The Holy Quran and the Blessed Hadith have told us about such qualities that we must keep in our hearts at the time of sacrifice.

1. The First Quality: Joy of the Heart

The Final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: “The blood of the sacrifice reaches acceptance with Allah before it even falls on the ground. فَطِیْبُوْا بِہَا نَفْسًا So perform the sacrifice with joy of the heart!”^[1]

Eid al-Adha is the expression of the spirit of sacrifice.  It is the standard of obedience shown by Khalilullah Ibrahim عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام.

It is an everlasting example of submission and contentment.  Even a son stands prepared to give his life.

The excellence of the father's action and the son's passion for following are the central themes of this exemplary story.

Dear Islamic brothers! The quality we must keep in our hearts while sacrificing is joy. The condition of some people is such that they do not really want to perform the sacrifice, but since they were a Sahib-e-Nisab (owner of wealth), the sacrifice became Compulsory, so they had to do it! In today’s age, even this is a blessing that they obeyed the command of Allah. Being a Sahib-e-Nisab… the sacrifice had become Compulsory, so الحمد لله they are fulfilling it. This is also a big thing. But in the Holy Hadith, we are given a lesson beyond this: we should not sacrifice out of compulsion, but rather happily. When performing the sacrifice, there should be joy in the heart that: "الحمد لله, today I am sacrificing for the pleasure of my Lord."

A Blessed Quality of Sayyiduna Ismail عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام

It is mentioned in narrations that when Sayyiduna Ibrahim عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام took his son