C T Online Desk: Shab-e-Barat, the holy night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed in port city as well as across the country on Friday with due religious fervour and solemnity.
Muslims across the country spent a sleepless night at mosques and homes, offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking divine blessings from Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah.
The Muslims consider Shab-e-Barat as one of the three most sacred nights and believe that on this night Almighty Allah writes the fate of all human beings fixing their ‘rizq’ (livelihood) for the coming year.
The Muslims on this night visited the graveyards to offer fateha for peace of the departed souls of their near and dear ones.
They also visited the mazars of saints in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country and distributed food and sweets among the neighbours and the poor.
Islamic Foundation Bangladesh and other socio-religious organisations arranged Quran khwani, waz mahfils, milad and zikr, to observe the day.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, private television channels and radio stations aired special programmes, while newspapers and online portals published special articles highlighting the significance of Shab-e-Barat.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Chattogram Metro Police had imposed a ban on the bursting of firecrackers in areas under its jurisdiction in the capital ahead of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
The ban remained effective till 6:00am on Saturday to ensure a peaceful observation of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina had issued separate messages on the occasion.
In their messages, they prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of all.
Meanwhile the holy night was observed in Chattogram in a religious fervor . Special namaj and munajat was arranged at all mosques in the port city including Jame Mosque, Jamatiul Fallah .
