Eid al-Adha is Muslims cultural holiday

Eid al-Adha is a day to honor Abraham's sacrifice of his son. On this day, there are Prayers, Eaten food and one present for each child and a goat sacrifice.

Sacrifice like the Eid al Adha is not just for Muslims culture. Sacrifice always meant giving up of something for the greater good. The Holly Eid al Adha, different practices but with the same symbolization, to sacrifice and share. 

All Muslims around in the world observe Eid al-Adha. This is in commemoration of Ibrahim (ahs) also known as Abraham in his willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Isma’il) when Allah ordered him to. Great Allah intervened and instead asked to have a sheep to be sacrificed.

The story is also found in The Holly Qur’an, Jewish Torah and the Christian Old Testament Genesis 22.

Also known as the “Greater Eid” and “Festival of Sacrifice”, is the second most important festival for World all Muslims. 

This is done at the end of the Hajj or the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. All around the world, Muslims celebrate this Muslims holiday.

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The Day of Eid, Eid al-Adha -festival of sacrifice

The Sunnas of the Day of Eid:

Eid al-Adha "festival of sacrifice", also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid and Bakrid is an important 3-day religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismā'īl (Ishmael)as an act of submission to God and his son's acceptance of the sacrifice, before God intervened to provide Abraham with a ram to sacrifice instead.

Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a Sunnah prayer of two rakats followed by a sermon (khuṭbah).

Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two Eid holidays, the former being Eid al-Fitr. The basis for the Eid al-Adha comes from the 196th verse of the 2nd sura of the Quran.

The word "Eid" appears once in the 5th sura of the Quran, with the meaning "solemn festival".The 3 days and 2 nights of Eid al-Adha are celebrated annually on the 10th, 11th and 12th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the twelfth and last month of the lunar Islamic calendar.

Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the descent of the Hajj from Mount Arafat, a hill east of Mecca. The days of Tashriq are from the Fajr of the 9th of Dhul Hijjah up to the Asr of the 13th of Dhul Hijjah (5 days and 4 nights).

The sunnas of the Day of Eid al-Adha include:

1. To adorn oneself according to the Shariah, by:

a. Performing ghusl (this is a confirmed sunnah for the Eid prayer);

b. Brush one’s teeth, using a miswak if possible;

c. Apply perfume;

d. Wear the best clothing one possesses, without excess. White, when available, is optimal;

2. To wake up early, in order to prepare for the sunnas of the day;

3. To go early to the place the Eid prayer is taking place;

4. To delay eating until after the Eid al-Adha prayer;

5. To return from the Eid prayer by a different route to the one taken there, as established by the Prophet’s practice (Allah bless him & give him peace);

6. To walk, when reasonably possible without hardship;

7. To give the takbirs of Eid.