KANPUR: Lockdown leaves the faithful to offer Alvida prayer at the house. The congregational prayers were not possible owing to the administrative restrictions.
On the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan, the Muslims offered the month's Final Friday prayer on the neat space available within the house.
Fear of the Corona has restricted them to observe social distancing. The rule of three persons is suiting the offering of the prayer within the house. As the houses are not quite larger these days, space for prayer is made anyway.
What the devout did not guess in their lifetime was happening. Even older persons said that they not think of such an adverse time. One soft-spoken 70-year-old bearded faithful said though he had seen the days of the partition, he had not imagined of the odd time. It was indeed heart-breaking.
One thing that is clear for all of us is that the Muslims are offering their religious obligations without inviting others' bitterness. On the eve of the annual festival of Eid, they prayed for the betterment of one and all, stressed the believers.
