Shab-e-Barat today: IF for prayers at home

The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with due religious fervour and devotion.

This year, Islamic Foundation (IF) has urged the country’s people, including ulema-mashayekhs to offer special prayers staying home on the night of Shab-e-Barat to get rid of the global pandemic coronavirus and not to visit graveyards and shrines on the occasion.

In a statement, IF also urged the people not to visit the graveyards and shrines of different saints of Islam on the night in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country as the situation triggered by the epidemic virus is worsening gradually across the world.

The Muslim devotees observe the holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, on the night of mid Shaban of the Islamic calendar every year across the world.

They usually spend the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking blessings to Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah.

On the night, the devotees also visit graves and pray for their beloved ones seeking their eternal peace. Many also visit mazars, shrines of saints all over the country.



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