Mufti Mehmood Hasan Bulandshahri has appealed for special prayers to be begun three days before the final resu... Read More

MEERUT: Hours after news channels started flashing exit poll results, a senior cleric at renowned seminary Darul Uloom , Deoband made an appeal for special prayers for “favourable results” on May 23.

Apparently upset over pollsters’ predictions on Sunday night, Mufti Mehmood Hasan Bulandshahri said, “In the prevailing scenario it is very important to pray very hard for peace and prosperity of our country and for the protection of Muslims, mosques and teachers.”

“You never know whose prayers get accepted and the country moves towards betterment. Till the election results are not declared, I make an appeal to all the institutions that after regular namaz, a special prayer should be recited for favourable results on May 23. These prayers must start three days before,” he said.

The Mufti also asked the devotees to repent for their sins. “There are too many temptations surrounding us. We must repent for our sins.”

Meanwhile, clerics in Deoband town have welcomed the appeal and have decided to follow his suggestion.

Maulana Ishaq Gora said, “We welcome the suggestion and all Muslims must follow this religiously. We are very concerned with the outcome of election results.”

“Our country needs a government which takes everyone along and work for brotherhood, peace and harmony. Unfortunately, we have a few parties that do politics on the grounds of religion which is not right and they should go. So, all the prayers that Mufti has advised must be taken seriously.”

