EID-UL-AZHA

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• 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’.
  
  
• When celebrated:
  • It is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah (in Islamic Calender).
    
    
  • 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.
    
    
  
  
  
• Background: It is a celebration to mark the ultimate sacrifice by Ibrahim (Abraham) to show his love and devotion to Allah/God.
  • 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.