Bakrid celebrated with warmth

KOCHI: Purity of heart is the greatest sacrifice. You should sacrifice yourself in the  path of god, just as how you  sacrifice animals, Maualavi M Nisar Ahmed said in Kodiyathoor on Monday.He was speaking after the festival ‘Namaaz’, organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama-ath at Ummar Masjid on the North St Benedict Road.When a man surrenders completely to God, then his own life, and the blood of his friends and relatives will seem trivial to him.  God will never fail to reward the sacrifices of the good-hearted.  Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama-ath  organised ‘Bakrid Namaaz’ at many other areas including Vazhakala, Kochi, Palluthuruthy, Airapuram, Kodungalloor and Muvattupuzha.  After the Namaaz, animal sacrifice was carried  out and the food distributed  to  the poor, the organisation said in a press statement.