Eid -Ul- Azha teaches Faith in Allah and submission to Allah's Will.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Faith in Allah and submission to Allah's Will. On Eid-ul-Azha, we remember the trial Allah put Prophet Ibrahim and his family through four thousand years ago. Eid-Ul-Azha is the greatest festival of Muslim which is celebrated all over the world. It is celebrated annually and falls on the 10th day of Dhul Haj of the lunar Islamic calendar. It is since ages that the Sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) is being carried on and kept alive by Almighty God Allah Rabbul Izzat. Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) had a dream from Almighty God to sacrifice His beloved son Ismail (A.S) in the name of Allah. For which both father and son were very patient and tolerant. He and His son did not hesitate to fulfil the desires of God as shown in the dream. The festive activities of Eid last for consecutive three days. Eid-Ul-Azha occurs the day after the pilgrims performing Haj which is an annual gathering of pilgrimage at Mecca to perform rituals at Mecca, Mina, Arafah, Muzdalifa, and stoning of devils at jamarat in Saudi Arabia. Muslims from world wide irrespective of caste, creed, colour, creed, tribe, nation or place gather in Mecca wearing same clothes and lined in queue to offer congretion to seek blessings and mercy of Almighty God Allah. Even a king or a Prince of its time would stand next to a poor peasant or a slave. There is no discrimination of any kind between black and whites Arabs or non.arabs, all wear same clothes and perform same activities at one glance chanting all praises to Almighty God as Allah is the Greatest of Great, the creator of this Universe.
The Arabic word for sacrifice is Qurban and in Kurdish it is said Cejna Qurbane and in Pashto it is Kurbaneyg Akhtar in Chinese it is Guebang Jie in Malay and Indonesian it is Hari Raya Korban in Turkish it is Kurban Bayrami. In India in Hindi and Urdu speaking areas say Baqra Eid. Baqr is Arabic word which means goat or a cow. Every person who is well versed in terms status of money or who has a sound position in terms of wealth is entitle to perform sacrifice of animal rather we can say it is mandatory for a rich people, and also those people who can afford to do it should do it. Domestic animals such as goats, sheep, cow, ox, camels are used for sacrifice. The animal chosen for sacrifice must be of best of best quality in terms of look, health and appearance. Any defects in his physical or mental department are unacceptable for sacrifice. Similarly the animal should also meet the age factor. In small animals goat, sheep so on we have just one share while in big animal we have seven shares, which can be owned by either one person or seven different person. The whole meat is to be divided into three parts one for poor and needy people, another for relatives and last share for our selves. Men, women and children are dressed in the finest clothing to perform the Solat of Eid-Ul-Azha either in an open ground specially made for Eid prayer known as Eidgah or even at mosque. The festival teaches us to sacrifice our beloved things without any hesitations in the name of Allah Rabbul Izzat.
Mr. Liyakat Shah
Faith in Allah and submission to Allah's Will. On Eid-ul-Azha, we remember the trial Allah put Prophet Ibrahim and his family through four thousand years ago. Eid-Ul-Azha is the greatest festival of Muslim which is celebrated all over the world. It is celebrated annually and falls on the 10th day of Dhul Haj of the lunar Islamic calendar. It is since ages that the Sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) is being carried on and kept alive by Almighty God Allah Rabbul Izzat. Prophet Ibrahim (A.S) had a dream from Almighty God to sacrifice His beloved son Ismail (A.S) in the name of Allah. For which both father and son were very patient and tolerant. He and His son did not hesitate to fulfil the desires of God as shown in the dream. The festive activities of Eid last for consecutive three days. Eid-Ul-Azha occurs the day after the pilgrims performing Haj which is an annual gathering of pilgrimage at Mecca to perform rituals at Mecca, Mina, Arafah, Muzdalifa, and stoning of devils at jamarat in Saudi Arabia. Muslims from world wide irrespective of caste, creed, colour, creed, tribe, nation or place gather in Mecca wearing same clothes and lined in queue to offer congretion to seek blessings and mercy of Almighty God Allah. Even a king or a Prince of its time would stand next to a poor peasant or a slave. There is no discrimination of any kind between black and whites Arabs or non.arabs, all wear same clothes and perform same activities at one glance chanting all praises to Almighty God as Allah is the Greatest of Great, the creator of this Universe.
The Arabic word for sacrifice is Qurban and in Kurdish it is said Cejna Qurbane and in Pashto it is Kurbaneyg Akhtar in Chinese it is Guebang Jie in Malay and Indonesian it is Hari Raya Korban in Turkish it is Kurban Bayrami. In India in Hindi and Urdu speaking areas say Baqra Eid. Baqr is Arabic word which means goat or a cow. Every person who is well versed in terms status of money or who has a sound position in terms of wealth is entitle to perform sacrifice of animal rather we can say it is mandatory for a rich people, and also those people who can afford to do it should do it. Domestic animals such as goats, sheep, cow, ox, camels are used for sacrifice. The animal chosen for sacrifice must be of best of best quality in terms of look, health and appearance. Any defects in his physical or mental department are unacceptable for sacrifice. Similarly the animal should also meet the age factor. In small animals goat, sheep so on we have just one share while in big animal we have seven shares, which can be owned by either one person or seven different person. The whole meat is to be divided into three parts one for poor and needy people, another for relatives and last share for our selves. Men, women and children are dressed in the finest clothing to perform the Solat of Eid-Ul-Azha either in an open ground specially made for Eid prayer known as Eidgah or even at mosque. The festival teaches us to sacrifice our beloved things without any hesitations in the name of Allah Rabbul Izzat.
Mr. Liyakat Shah
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