There existed few men in the history of mankind that had suffered more trials and tribulations than Ibrahim[as] and at a decisive period of his life he was thrown into a blazing fire but our Merciful Lord commanded the fire to be cold and tender to Ibrahim[as].When Prophet Ibrahim attained old age his greatest worry was that he had no heir and our Merciful Lord granted him a son from his slave-girl and the son was named Isma'il[as].When Isma'il was born he undoubtedly became the apple of the eyes of his father and the most loved entity to his father.Then one day Ibrahim[as] received commandment from his lord to sacrifice Isma'il as a testimony to his obedience and dedication to his creator.Isma'il[as] was the most prized possession of Ibrahim[as] and what was expected of him was to willingly and unconditionally surrender that possession to Allah.It was a great trial but Ibrahim[as] was the father of Monotheism and his son,Isma'il, was the most obedient son to a father.Using Hegel's theory of historical interpretation,the commandment to Ibrahim was the thesis while Satan was the anti-thesis and the absolute submission to Allah's injunction by Ibrahim and Isma'il was the synthesis of that historical occurrence.
To encourage his father to execute the divine injunction,Isma'il declared to his father that he will find in him a patient and submissive person.When Ibrahim was about to carryout that divine order Isma'il was replaced with a Great Sacrifice.And that became a tradition for generations after generations.The greatest lesson to learn from this show of absolute obedience is that every one of us has his\her "Isma'il".Your "Isma'il" might be different from the "Isma'il" of Prophet Ibrahim[as];your "Isma'il" might be animated things such as your wife,parents,children etc or inanimate things such as wealth,position etc.For one to be a true follower of Prophet Ibrahim[as] and to be a true adherent to the religion he named one should be able to sacrifice his\her "Isma'il" for the sake of Allah.That is the true Ibrahimic path and is in absolute negation of obedience to Satan who is the greatest anti-thesis of Ibrahim[as] and his followers.
For those Muslims that went on Hajj[pilgrimage] their actions are guided by the actions of Prophet Ibrahim and his illustrious family and the slogans they are chanting "we hear,we obey" are in concord with the Prophetic Message of Ibrahim[as].The Pilgrims stoned the Satan as a symbol of Satan's hostilities to Ibrahim's obedience to Allah's injunctions and on that premise whoever obstruct obedience to Allah's injunctions is a Satan.That symbolic stoning is a rejection of oppression and tyranny.It is the symbolic condemnation of Imperialism,Neo-colonialism and Racism in the form of Zionism and all its facets.The unity of actions among the guest of Allah should be a call to unity among the followers of Ibrahim[as] and his submissive progeny.
As we celebrate the festival of sacrifice we supplicate to Allah to make our hearts submissive to the Qur'anic guidance,to lightened our paths with the Prophetic actions of Ibrahim[as] and to give us the patience and perseverance to oppose Satanic forces and their agents.Eid Mubarak.....
HARUNA ELBINAWI.
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