India Capital of Kashmir administered by Srinagar The ancient Imam Bargah Hasanabad is located in the southern region of the city, where the collective recitation of the Qur’an is performed for 30 days in the month of Ramadan.
The Qur’an Of Recitation Hundreds of people, including women, men, children, elders, etc., participate in this event, which is started on the 1st of Ramadan.
Here one verse is recited every day, thus completing the recitation of the entire Quran in 30 days.
Speaking to Independent Urdu, Khalid Abbas, a resident of Srinagar, who participated in this gathering, said that ‘everyone is impatiently waiting for this special act of Ramadan.’
Khalid Abbas said that this process of reading the Holy Quran started many years ago. We start on the first date of Ramadan. Quran is finished in 30 days. We recite one verse every day. It includes all the young, old, elderly, children, women, mothers, sisters of the neighborhood. The excitement and enthusiasm of our children involved in this is palpable.’
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According to him, ‘Our Maulana Sahib is the Qari, he leads and we recite in unison. I cannot describe how much comfort, how much relief the heart feels at the sound of that voice.’
In Indian-administered Kashmir, recitation of the Qur’an is held at many places in Ramadan by various religious organizations.
Speaking to Independent Urdu, Shaheen Sahiba, a teacher at a local school, says that ‘community is because there is more reward in it. If we read it once, we will get one reward. But if we are at least two hundred people, then the reward is also two hundred, and we do not want to be deprived of this reward.’
Shaheen says that ‘Women are busy preparing food for Suhoor and Iftar at home during Ramadan, but they also manage to set aside an hour every day to participate in this recitation gathering and complete a portion of the Qur’an daily. ‘
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2024-10-03 12:25:22
