EID-UL-AZHA

About:

• Names: EId-ul-Zuha is also known as Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Azha and Bakr-Id.  It is also referred to as the festival of sacrifice. The word ‘Eid’ in Arabic means ‘festival’ and ‘zuha means ‘sacrifice’.
  
  
• Background:
  • Muslims around the world believe that Allah (God) commanded Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
    
    
  • Ibrahim followed God's orders, but his son was replaced by a sheep at the last moment. Muslims celebrate this at Eid al-Adha. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Celebration:
  • It is a festival that Muslims celebrate with special prayers, greetings and gifts
    
    
  • They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the meat with family members and others. Because of the tradition of sacrificing a goat (‘bakri’ in Urdu) it is known as Bakr-id.
    
    
  
  
  
• Eid al Adha is that it also marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which is a mandatory religious journey undertaken by Muslims to the holy place of Kabbah.
  
  

Eid al Adha vs Eid al Fitr:

Eid al Adha which is one of the two main celebrations in Islam, another being, Eid al Fitr. While both festivals are identified as Eid, the two differ in the reasons and celebrations.