A festive prayer on the occasion of the holiday of Kurban Bayram was held in the Kazan Galeevskaya Mosque

(KZN.RU, September 1). Today Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, took part in a festive prayer on the occasion of the holiday of Kurban Bayram in the Galeevskaya Mosque of Kazan. Vasil Shaikhraziev, the deputy prime minister of Tatarstan, Asgat Safarov, the head of the Presidential Administration of the RT, and Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, were also present at the event.

Kamil khazrat Samigullin, the mufti of the RT, held the festive namaz. Before that, he read congratulatory telegrams from Vladimir Putin, the President of the RF, and Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, addressed to the Muslim Spiritual Board of Tatarstan and all Muslims of the republic.

In the course of the traditional sermon, Kamil khazrat Samigullin spoke about the deep meaning of the sacrifice, in particular, urged not to reduce it only to the outside part of the issue. The true meaning of the ritual lies not in the slaughter of the animal but in obedience and piety, he said. The annual sacrifice of animals is a symbolic expression of willingness to sacrifice all of the possessions for the sake of worship and submission to the command of Allah.

This year, the Kurban Bayram in Russia coincided with the Day of Knowledge. On this occasion, Kamil khazrat Samigullin mentioned the importance of education in human life. He noted that Muslim scholars have made a huge contribution to the development of world science. Muslim scholars of Tatarstan left their mark on history. Madrasahs existed in Baghdad, where the works of Shigabutdin Mardzhani, Galimjana Barudi, Murat Ramzi, and others were studied.

At the end of the sermon, a festive prayer was held in the mosque, reports the press service of the President of the RT.