Three day 64th annual ijtima begins
BHOPAL (PTI): On Saturday morning with the Namaz-e-fajir (Morning Prayer) the three-day 64th annual International Tablighi Ijtema began here at Eintkheri adjoining the state capital Bhopal.
In the presence of hundreds of Islamic scholars from India and abroad the worlds largest Ijtima begins with approximately 10 lakh attendees.
Thousands of Muslims including Islamic scholars and intellectuals from across the globe are attending the three-day congregation.
Organising committee member, Atique-ul-Isalm said that delegates from Indonesia, Malaysia, Srilanka, Thailand, Turkey, Russia and Nepal have already reached here to take part in the congregation.
The Ijtema began early Saturday morning with the Morning Prayer at which participants offered special prayer in the name of Allah for the well-being of the community, peace and harmony in the country and in the world, he said.
During the Ijtema Islamic scholars including Maulana Zubair-ul-Hasan (Hazrat ji), Maulana Saad, Maulana Ahmad Laat, Maulana Shaukat sahab and many others will deliver sermons on the life and practice of Prophet Mohammad, the teachings of “Quran” and on the Islamic Shariat (Law).
Atique said the MPSEB, PHE, Police, PWD, Unani and other medical departments and Railways were discharging their duties round the clock and helping the delegates.
The Ijtema was being held annually at the historic Tajul Masaajid in Bhopal since 1949, but for the last six years it has been shifted to Eintkheri about 11 KM from here.
(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)
