FromOurArchives: It is Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Ishmael in obedience to God that Muslims celebrate during Eid’l Adha, also called the Feast of Sacrifice.
. During the feast of Eid’l Adha, Muslims pray as a community at daybreak, and later sacrifice acceptable animals like sheep or cows. , said that families or groups of friends consume only a third of the meat of slaughtered animals during Eid’l Adha. The rest of the meat is distributed to the needy.
“The sacrifice represents how, like Ibrahim, pilgrims and practicing Muslims worldwide are willing to give up even their most precious possessions,” Chitwood wrote. “Charity to the poor is a highly emphasized value in Islam. The Quran says, ‘Believe in Allah and his messenger, and give charity out of the that Allah has made you heirs of. For those of you who believe and give charity – for them is a great reward,’” he added.
Eid’l Adha also marks the end of the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Muslims who have the means are obliged to perform the hajj at least once in their lives.already living in Saudi Arabia can participate in the hajj due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the difficulties in celebrating the Eid’l Adha this year due to COVID-19, the secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, Saidamen Pangarungan, reminded his fellow Muslims: “Keep the faith” just like Abraham did.
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