In addition to being a time of celebration, Eid al-Adha is a time for charity, when Muslims honor Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son by performing their own acts of service.
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A worker prepares traditional cookies for sale in Jerusalem’s Old City ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha September 11, 2016.
Eid al-Adha falls on the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar.
The celebration marks the end of the Hajj How is Eid al-Adha celebrated? It is also called as the Greater Eid and is related to the mythological story of Abraham sacrificing his son to God.
He said though “Chief Imam though he is now in the holy land of Saudi Arabia his representative will lead a prayer at the Independence Square”. The festival of Eid-ul-Azha creates an equal amount of euphoria among Muslims as that of Eid-ul-Fitr, the one that comes after the month of Ramazan. The festival of Bakra Eid generally starts with offering morning prayers and then celebrations.
Eid Mubarak and Hajj Mabrour.
Animals are sacrificed and the meat is divided into three parts: among the family; relatives, friends and neighbors; and the poor and needy.
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On the occasion of the end of the Hajj pilgrimage, I would like to extend greetings to Muslims worldwide for a blessed Eid ul-Adha. “Therefore, no one has the right to claim that he enlisted the God’s support to sacrifice other people’s lives”, Gaynutdin stressed. Those who can afford it also slaughter an animal, like a cow or sheep, and share the meat with the less fortunate. Wish you a very happy Sweet Eid Al-Adha! “We have extremely good relations with the community, with officials of towns, with law enforcement, with state and federal law enforcement, and I can not tell you that we have any trouble”, Kareem told 22News.
