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Ali Gul Pir's message about treating sacrificial animals with respect hits home this Eidul Azha

Ali Gul Pir's message about treating sacrificial animals with respect hits home this Eidul Azha

"Sharpening knives? We not only do that, we kill others in front of them too," he said, asking people to be more kind.
22 Jul, 2021

If you're someone who sacrifices animals on the streets and does not clean up after themselves, sharpens their knives in front of the animals before they are going to be sacrificed and then slaughters animals in full view of other innocent animals, Ali Gul Pir has a message for you. He needs you to change.

Taking to Instagram to speak about the many careless practices during the three days of Eid, Pir started his message with a graphic picture of slaughtered animals lying on the streets with their organs discarded on the side and blood pooled around them.

"Shame how we treat animals and what a mess we create," he said, before proceeding to cite religious quotes that explain the essence of sacrifice.

"When the Prophet (PBUH) saw a man sharpening his knife in the presence of the animal destined for slaughter, he said 'do you intend inflicting death on the animal twice — once by sharpening the knife within its sight and once by cutting its throat?'" he wrote, highlighting what people are getting wrong.

"Sharpening knives? We not only do that, we kill others in front of them," he said. "Throw their guts on the street."

"If you can afford to buy goats and cows, you can dispose their guts in a hygienic way."

However, for those who cannot care for the animals, Pir had an alternate solution: online qurbani.

Caring for sacrificial animals both before and after their death should be crucial to maintain the sanctity of the sacrifice. Previously, Anoushey Ashraf also asked her followers to treat their sacrificial animals with compassion and love. That's truly what makes Eid more special.

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Mehak Beri Jul 22, 2021 04:45pm
Stop killing animals in the name of sacrifice. Monsters !
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Chrís Dăn Jul 22, 2021 04:50pm
I am so glad to see this wave of awareness to be kind and compassionate wuth poor animal.
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Fastrack Jul 22, 2021 05:06pm
Talk about how the massage of Islam hits home. Also what the real spirit of sacrifice is.
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Saif Farooq Jul 22, 2021 05:13pm
Well said Ali Gul Pir
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Anis Jul 22, 2021 05:27pm
By respecting the animals we will teach our future generation the respect of all living things surrounding Humans. Starting from hormones feeding to animals by their vendors so they look presentable and then Children women and men by displaying them in neighborhood Lastly sacrificing without any respect shows that we lake Something which we should amend collectively. Appreciate the effort of Ali Gul Pir.
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FAZ Jul 22, 2021 06:11pm
@Mehak Beri That was not the message nor the title. Meanwhile you can stop people getting lynched in the name of beef!
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Fawaz Jul 22, 2021 06:12pm
@Mehak Beri Relax. I am sure you wrote that while enjoying your big Mac.
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Imran Qureshi Jul 22, 2021 06:40pm
By doing online qurbani we are concentrating cash flow in the hands of few people its a widespread business its running muslim countries economy biggest method of providing protein diet on large scale.Since Shaban till Safar months from shaban till muharram almost 7 months muslims benifiting from this annual package from Zakat till Muharram 10 days.i encourage all to do sacrifice as much and also expensive as you want but follow hygenic principles .I wish you all a very happy eid enjoy your bar b q keep buying animals and keep feeding needy one and making poor rich.
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Kabir Jul 22, 2021 06:55pm
Labors teri jhopri gal katiyan ke pass Jo karange so Bharan ge, Tu kayon bhayo udaas
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M. Saeed Jul 22, 2021 06:58pm
The offal, i.e the entrails and internal organs of a slaughtered animal, are used as food in many countries of the world, including our country. The abundance and much more work involved in cleaning and wasting those organs, make the people opt for their disposal in open sights.
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well-wisher Jul 22, 2021 07:02pm
Be respectful to helpless animals. Honor them, pray for them and yourselves. This is serious at every act of sacrifice.
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Asad Jul 22, 2021 07:24pm
Killing an animal is just cruel. We will be better off if we give sacrifice every day by caring for other people/living beings above our own wants and desires.
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Umair Ahmed Jul 22, 2021 07:45pm
@Mehak Beri stop lynching humans in your country.
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Japs Jul 22, 2021 09:53pm
For people who think that animals should not be slaughtered (even humanely), then please don't eat vegetables/fruits as plants are also living beings that feel pain. Also, please don't breathe because you kill bacteria in the process.
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Shiven Jul 23, 2021 01:04am
Festival of Genocide.
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Citizen Jul 23, 2021 01:48am
These urban cultured people don't know life style of rural area where more than 60% population reside. Also talk for their area
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Tariq Saeed Jul 23, 2021 05:57am
It is right to treat animals with kindness but to say that sharping knives in front of animals destined to scarification has not logic. You know that animals usually don't have sense and they will not understand that a sharping of knives are for them for them to slaughtered.
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Tariq Saeed Jul 23, 2021 05:59am
Animals don't have sense or know what sharping of knives mean to them. Therefore, sharping of knives before sacrificial animals will not terrorize them.
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NSG Jul 23, 2021 10:37am
@Shiven absolutely, saddest day for innocent animals.
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Rebel Jul 23, 2021 12:19pm
@Mehak Beri I understand the intent, but I need to ask if all those billions of non-vegetarians are also monsters? right?
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Reader Jul 23, 2021 01:24pm
@Mehak Beri . Could not agree with you more.
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Reader Jul 23, 2021 01:32pm
@Tariq Saeed. Animals have inborn instincts, have other instincts than humans, hence their awareness is more sensitive than humans. We can sacrifice in many other ways.
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kabeelakhan Jul 23, 2021 03:13pm
@Japs very well said.
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kabeelakhan Jul 23, 2021 03:14pm
@Reader keep your so called sane logic to your self.
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EQ8R--1 Jul 23, 2021 05:33pm
@well-wisherAnd.. don't leave the offal rotting and stinking, spreading disease by the roadside!
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EQ8R--1 Jul 23, 2021 05:38pm
@Umair Ahmed: Which country is Mehak Beri's country that lynches people?
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Toronto Raptors Jul 23, 2021 06:23pm
@Mehak Beri Year long you will enjoy fast food and BBQ, but when it comes to distributing meat to the needy some how sacrifice becomes a nightmare. We are Muslims and this is one of our obligation you don'tike it well too bad for you.
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Salman Jul 23, 2021 11:33pm
@Japs You make good points. However, in terms of feeling pain, I don't think you can put on equal footing the pain felt by animals to that felt by plants.
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eastern neighbor Jul 24, 2021 03:07am
@Japs veggies,grain, bacteris , fruits etc has no central nervous system unlike animals. Fruits, vegetables are not mammals where they go through delivery and feed kids. So please understand the difference . This is the most lamest excuse you can give in your defence
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Rohit Gupta Jul 24, 2021 06:19am
How does that matter , killing does happen whether at mcdonalds or at quorbani
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