Saboda Soyayyar Salah
Joy spreads like whirlwind when it's Christmas. Hope and fulfillment that dwells within me when it's Easter. But there was a unique feeling that rose within me when I experienced my first Salah, in my period of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), at Taraba State. My experience during the feast of Salah was a memorable one to behold. Just remembering it still brings a smile to my face; and wakes up that special feeling that made me incredibly happy. "Barka d'salah" meaning Greetings on Salah, falls on the 10th day of Dhu-Hijjah. It is the twelfth month in the Islamic calendar. According to Google, it is the practice of formal worship in Islam. To perform Salah, Muslims must be in a state of ritual purity; which is mainly achieved by ablution. "A person who doesn't pray 5 times a day is a non believer", says the Hanbali School of thought. It is a combined celebration with the Blessed Feast which means 'Eid Mubarak' in Arabic and Festival of Bre...