Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat
Sunday, 26 January 2014
The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after holy Hajj, ended on Sunday at Gazipur with the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) seeking divine forgiveness and blessings for peace and prosperity of the Muslim Ummah.
Tens of thousands of devotees from home and abroad raised their hands in prayers on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital on the last day of the first-phase Ijtema, according to a news agency.
Noted policymaker of Tablig Jamaat Maulana Jubayer Al-Hasan from India conducted the 20-minute Akheri Munajat which began around 12:54 pm.
Devotees from 32 districts joined the prayers, with thousands more on the nearby rooftops, open fields and roads.
The huge gathering of devotees, who joined the munajat, spilled over to areas around the Ijtema venue.
The first phase of three-day annual Islamic congregation began on Friday with the deliberation of ‘Aam Bayan’ (general sermons) after Fajr prayers.
The second phase of the Biswa Ijtema will be held on January 31 to February 2.
Organisers said some 30 lakh devotees, including 30,000 from about 100 foreign countries, so far joined the Ijtema.
Meanwhile, nine devotees, including a Yemeni, died at the Ijtema ground due to cold and old age complications.