BY: Pankti Patel

Manaswi
Eid-Al-Adha is one of the greatest festivals
of Muslims. Eid is an arabic word with
meaning festivity. Adha meaning sacrifice.
For Muslims is the occasion is to show
gratitude to god and remember him.

Eid-Al-Adha means “Festival of the Sacrifice”.

And the history of this celebration, is quite
symbolic as well
History of Eid Al Adha
Abraham, an ardent devotee
of God, had to face one of
the major challenges- to
follow God’s commands. It
was said in the Quran that he
kept having dreams of him
slaughtering (here,
sacrificing) his own son to
fulfil god. Believing that it
was his command that had to
be done, he had informed his
son of the sacrifice, who
agreed without hesitance. It
is further said, that Abraham
had been provoked
(attempted) constantly by
Satan
Abraham drove away Satan by
throwing pebbles . Abraham’s actions
proved his devotion, and God
acknowledged that he was willing to
sacrifice what was dear to him. Angel
Gabriel, came forth to Earth, with a
lamb offering from heaven, and
remarked that Abraham having fulfilled
the revelations, could sacrifice the
lamb instead of his son. . Muslims
around the world celebrate Eid as to
remember Abraham’s devotion as an
ideal of obedience, and remark the
survival of Ishmael.
 Sacrifices made
 The sacrifice of animals is the
most historic tradition followed in
this festival.
 It marks the qualities of
kindness, devotion and equality.
The slaughtered is chopped and
the meat is distributed equally
among friends, families, relatives,
and the poor.
 The main objective of this
celebration is that everyone gets
a chance to eat meat.
 Tradition and Practice

 Men, women, and children are

expected to be dressed in the
finest attires for the prayers
session at mosques.
 Affluent Muslims are generally
expected to have Halal-animals
for sacrifice.
 Special cookeries include
ma’amoul (cookies) and
samosas.
 Significance and Morals

As seen, the festival marks the

sacrifice and survival of Ishmael. The
festival also serves values of
kindness, devotion, sacrifice,
gratitude and equality.
It also represents the joy of having
families, sharing to the poor. This
celebration brings happiness to all
the Muslims, and brings together
families that were living apart.
 Aliases
 The Eid-Al-Adha is
‘Kurban Bayrami’ in
Turkey and ‘Hari Raya
Hajji’ in Malaysia and
Singapore, and
‘Tabaski’ in West
Africa.
 Regardless of the
name, the spirit of this
holiday remains as a
staunch faith and
belief in Muslims.