Eid Ul Udah

EID AL- ADHA EID UL-ADHA IS SECOND IN THE SERIES OF EID FESTIVALS, AFTER EID AL-FITR DURING THE ISLAMIC MONTH OF HOLY RAMADHAN THAT MUSLIMS CELEBRATE ACROSS THE WORLD AT THE END OF THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE IN MAKKAH. IT IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE "BIG BAYRAM" (FROM TURKISH) OR "BIG FEAST." EID UL-ADHA IS KNOWN AS HARI RAYA HAJI IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA, AND TABASKI IN WEST AFRICA. IN INDIA, THE ANIMAL USED MOST OFTEN FOR SACRIFICE IS THE GOAT WHICH IS WHY THE OCCASION IS SPOKEN OF IN URDU LANGUAGE AS BAKRID OR EID-E-QURBAN. ON THIS DAY MUSLIMS SACRIFICE ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEEMED HALAAL, OR FIT FOR SACRIFICE. THEY NOT ONLY EAT THE MEAT THEMSELVES BUT DISTRIBUTE IT AMONGST THEIR NEIGHBORS, RELATIVES AND THE POOR AND HUNGRY. EID AL-ADHA OR EID UL AZHA IS CELEBRATED ON THE 10TH DAY OF DHU AL-HIJJAH, THE TWELFTH MONTH OF ISLAMIC LUNAR CALENDAR, AFTER HAJJ PILGRIMAGE TO MAKKAH IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE UNDERLYING FLAVOR IS THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE OR QURBANI, COMMEMORATING PROPHET ABRAHAM'S GREAT ACT OF FAITH MANY CENTURIES AGO. ALMIGHTY GOD PUT PROPHET ABRAHAM TO A MOST DIFFICULT TRIAL, THE DETAILS OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN. DURING THIS DAY, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO DRESS IN THEIR FINEST CLOTHING. FOR THE MILLIONS AT HAJJ PILGRIMAGE, IT IS A BIG DAY. ON THIS DAY, THE PILGRIMS REACH THE GROUNDS OF MINA WHERE THEY SACRIFICE AN ANIMAL. IT WAS HERE THAT PROPHET ABRAHAM IS BELIEVED TO WRITER: ABDULLAH KHAN SOLANGI

HAVE SACRIFICED HIS SON PROPHET ISHMAEL. THE PILGRIMS THEN SHAVE THEIR HEADS.

WRITER: ABDULLAH KHAN SOLANGI