THE acting Head (Ameer) of the Ahamadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf Yawson, has commended the government for collaborating with the National Hajj Committee to make this year’s pilgrimage incident-free and successful.
He explained that some few years ago, Muslims had cause to lament the deplorable conditions and harrowing experiences prospective pilgrims had to go through during their departure to and arrival from Mecca.
Delivering a sermon on the occasion of the Eid-ul Adha in Accra yesterday, Maulvi Yawson congratulated all stakeholders on ensuring a trouble-free and successful Hajj.
He said all efforts made for the successful organisation of the Hajj undoubtedly called for self-discipline, selflessness, sacrifice and devotion in the service of one’s community and humanity which the festival sought to instil in Muslims.
He said one of the ingredients that made the Hajj performance complete and acceptable was the principle of righteousness which meant discharging one’s duties to God and his fellow human beings to the best of one’s ability.
The acting Ameer further stated that the performance of the Hajj also fostered in Muslims the sense of equality of people and played down the sense of superiority that was partly responsible for the perpetration of injustice and discrimination.
He said injustice had become a source of conflicts and wars all over the world and was causing more havoc than good in the relationship among the comity of nations.
“As individuals, community and nation, we would not be fulfilling the requirements of the Eid-ul-Adha if we dine and make merry to the exclusion of the poor, the orphaned and the underprivileged; if we fail to ensure their right to share in the food, drinks and happiness of the joyous festival,’’ he added.
Maulvi Yawson said it was the failure to address the basic human rights of food and drink, clothing, shelter, education and health that had become the bane of the instability in many societies.
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