Contest : Weekly Diary game| Week 16 of 2025 | date: 22.04.2025 | The process of slaughtering a sacrificial goat.

Assalamu Alaikum dear, Greetings to all from my motherland Bangladesh and a warm welcome to my blog for another session on the topic of my daily lifestyle content.

I woke up in the morning and brushed my teeth. Then, after freshening up and praying Fajr, I got busy on the Steemit platform. Then I went outside and stood for a while looking at the sky. After a long time, I noticed the palm trees next to the village. The cloudy autumn sky seemed to gently spread a blanket over my mind. The soft light of the sun was falling on my eyes through the thin clouds. Seeing such a scene fills my mind. There were palm trees under the open sky. There was a cloudy sky above the palm trees, which I captured.

Palm trees and cloudy sky view

I was feeling a little hungry so I came home and had breakfast in the morning. After resting for a while, I walked to my cousin's house and spent some time there. Then I saw various news on Facebook and talked to my friend for a while. Suddenly, a strong wind started outside, it seemed like a storm would start in a while. I was standing outside in the open air.

Suddenly, I noticed that there were a few jackfruits hanging from the jackfruit tree next to our house. They will ripen in a few days. Jackfruit is the national fruit of our country, but I don't like it that much. However, since it is the national fruit, it is our responsibility to preserve it. Several jackfruits were hanging together, which I took a picture of.

Our national fruit is jackfruit.

Then in the afternoon, I took a bath and freshened up and went to the mosque to pray Zuhr. Then I came home, had lunch and lay down for a while. Suddenly, a brother from the bus next to me came because a goat would be slaughtered for Aqiqa at their house. Aqiqa is an Islamic ritual that is performed on the occasion of the birth of a newborn child.

It is considered a way to express gratitude and pray for the newborn. Aqiqa is the sacrifice of an animal according to a specific rule to express gratitude to Allah for the birth of a newborn. This is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and many jurists consider it a mustahabb, beautiful and encouraged deed. For this, I bought two goats and left them there, so I took a picture.

Goat brought for sacrifice

The goat you see in front of you costs 16,000 BDT and the goat you see standing behind costs 15,000 BDT. There are many rules for sacrificing it as an Aqiqah. It is best to perform Aqiqah on the seventh day of birth. If this is not possible, then it is permissible to do it on the 14th or 21st day or any day after. Two goats/sheep/lambs for a son.

One for a daughter. However, if someone wants, they can also give one for a son, but the Sunnah is two. The animal for Aqiqah must be like the animal for sacrifice, such as a certain age, free from defects, etc. An experienced butcher slaughtered the goat in front of us and I helped him. After slaughtering the goat, my hands were bloody.

There are many virtues or benefits of Aqiqah. It is a means of protecting the child from the influence of Satan. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) himself performed the Aqiqah of Hasan and Hussain. It acts as a prayer for the welfare and blessings of the child. However, we got to work there.

The goat was hung for a while and then its skin was peeled. When a goat is slaughtered, its meat cannot be cut unless all the skin is removed from its body immediately after it is slaughtered. The butcher peeled the skin from its body according to his skill. I videoed the entire thing and took pictures.

The afternoon passed like this, in the meantime, I went to the mosque and prayed, and when I came back there again, the meat was cut and distributed to everyone. I was there and was distributing the meat in the morning.

Then in the evening, I came home, freshened up, performed ablution and prayed in the mosque. Then I came home and rested for a while because I was very tired all day today. Suddenly, I noticed a delicious food in front of me, which was my favorite yogurt. I like a cup of yogurt very much, which I ate with great satisfaction.

A cup of yogurt in my hand.

After a while, when it got dark, I went to the mosque again and prayed. Then suddenly load shedding started and we all started sweating in the intense heat. Bangladesh has been experiencing a lot of load shedding for the past 4-5 days, so we all got tired of the heat. Then I finally came home from the mosque and rested for a while. Then suddenly the electricity came and I completed all my work. Then I ate the goat meat with satisfaction. Then after finishing all my work, I fell asleep around 11 pm and this is how today's day ended.

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Photography Details 📸

Camera used	Mobile Poco M2 Pro
Location	Dhaka Bangladesh.
Subject	Photography
Photographer	@max-pro