The Eid-ul-Adha comes 2 months and 10 days after the end of the Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of 30 or 29 days of fasting in the month of Ramadan.
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People take a tourism shuttle bus at the first day of Eid al-Adha festival in Amman, Jordan, on September 12, 2016.
Abraham, with a true test of faith and obedience, followed God’s command, but as he was about to strike his son, God stopped him and offered a sheep for sacrifice instead. To celebrate the day, Muslims sacrifice cows, lambs, goats, rams or other animals. According to Islamic belief, Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Adha by slaughtering animals in order to distribute their meat among the poor. While Eid means festival in Arabic, Adha means sacrifice.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in an Ottawa-area mosque this morning extending his congratulations to those who’d completed the Hajj, and wishing all Canadian Muslims a happy holiday.
Eid al-Adha is also called the Feast of Sacrifice.
The end of the Islamic lunar calendar sparks one of the largest gatherings of Muslims in the world, Eid al-Adha, and Tucson’s Islamic community will celebrate accordingly. During the pilgrimage, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of the prophet. Whether you are Muslim or not, a happy Eid from my family to yours.
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Said-Mohammed Akuji was one of a group of volunteers who helped to distribute food and gifts yesterday and also organised a visit to Royal Bolton Hospital to give out gifts on the children’s ward. Eid-ul-Adha is also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, Greater Eid, Bakra Eid, and Bakrid. For when I meet you, I would like my heart to be clean (unbiased.) [Riyadh-us-Salaheen:1539]May Allah shower countless blessing upon you and your family. May Allah bless you abundantly with peace.
