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Holy Shab-e-Barat celebrated
Chittagong Bureau :
The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, observed in the port city as elsewhere in the district on Thursday night with due religious fervour and devotion.
The Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques, shrines 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. Muslims consider Shab-e-Barat as one of three most sacred nights and
believe that on this night Almighty Allah decides the fate of all human beings fixing their ‘rizq’ (livelihood) for the next year.
On the night, the devotees in the port city visited graves and pray for their beloved ones seeking their eternal peace. Many will also visit mazars, shrines of saints all over the country.
Affluents of the society prepared traditional foods like handmade rice -bread with beef and halua both at rural and urban areas on the occasion.
A good number of Muslims will observe fast on the following day. They distributed food and sweets among the neighbours and the poor. Besides, foods and money will be distributed among the destitute on the occasion.
To mark the holy occasion, the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (IFB) , chittagong, Anjumane Rahmania , Chittagong , Baitus Sharaf, Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque, have chalked out nightlong elaborate holy Day.
The govt buildings like court building, Nagar bhaban , Bandar Bhaban, CRB Building, and mosques , private buildings have been eliminated on the occasion on Thursday night. Special foods in hospitals and Chittagong jail were served i. n that night The day after today will be the govt holiday for the Shab-e-Barat. Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, Chittagong centre and other private television channels and radio stations aired special programmes on the occasion.
The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, observed in the port city as elsewhere in the district on Thursday night with due religious fervour and devotion.
The Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques, shrines 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. Muslims consider Shab-e-Barat as one of three most sacred nights and
believe that on this night Almighty Allah decides the fate of all human beings fixing their ‘rizq’ (livelihood) for the next year.
On the night, the devotees in the port city visited graves and pray for their beloved ones seeking their eternal peace. Many will also visit mazars, shrines of saints all over the country.
Affluents of the society prepared traditional foods like handmade rice -bread with beef and halua both at rural and urban areas on the occasion.
A good number of Muslims will observe fast on the following day. They distributed food and sweets among the neighbours and the poor. Besides, foods and money will be distributed among the destitute on the occasion.
To mark the holy occasion, the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (IFB) , chittagong, Anjumane Rahmania , Chittagong , Baitus Sharaf, Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque, have chalked out nightlong elaborate holy Day.
The govt buildings like court building, Nagar bhaban , Bandar Bhaban, CRB Building, and mosques , private buildings have been eliminated on the occasion on Thursday night. Special foods in hospitals and Chittagong jail were served i. n that night The day after today will be the govt holiday for the Shab-e-Barat. Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, Chittagong centre and other private television channels and radio stations aired special programmes on the occasion.
