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Eid-ul-Adha: عید الاضحٰی : Marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage; sacrifices offered on this day commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Shawwal 1st Eid-ul-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan: Rabiʽ al-Awwal 12th Eid Milad-un-Nabi: میلاد النبی: Birthday of the Islamic prophet ...
Eid al-Adha is also sometimes called Eid II or "Greater Eid" (Arabic: العيد الكبير, romanized: al-ʿĪd al-Kabīr). [15] As with Eid al-Fitr, the Eid prayer is performed on the morning of Eid al-Adha, after which udhiyah , or the ritual sacrifice of sheep, may be performed.
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [5] At dawn of this day, Muslim pilgrims will make their way from Mina to a nearby hillside and plain called Mount Arafat and the Plain of Arafat. It was from this site that the Islamic prophet Muhammad gave one of his last sermons in the final year of ...
Piazza of Masjid al Nabawi sheltered by shading umbrellas Farhad Khan's Shahi Eidgah in Sylhet, Bangladesh Shahi Eid Gah Mosque, Multan, Pakistan. Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah (Persian: عیدگاه "site of Eid [observances]"; Bengali: ঈদগাহ; Punjabi: عید گاہ; Urdu: عید گاہ; Hindi: ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air ...
The Revealed Sermon or (Arabic:Khutba Ilhamiyya) was a sermon delivered by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, on April 11, 1900 for the festival of Eid ul-Adha. The hour-long sermon, transcribed by Maulvi Nurud Deen and Maulvi Abdul Karim at Ahmad's request, focused on the philosophy of sacrifice.
Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عید الأضحى, romanized: ʿĪd al-ʾAḍḥā, lit. 'Festival of the Sacrifice') honors the willingness and devotion of father and son to partake in the act as demonstration of ultimate obedience to God's command. Before Abraham could sacrifice his son, however, he was stopped and God provided a ram to sacrifice instead.
Eid prayers, also referred to as Salat al-Eid (Arabic: صلاة العيد), are holy holiday prayers in the Islamic tradition. The literal translation of the word "Eid" in Arabic is "festival" or "feast" and is a time when Muslims congregate with family and the larger Muslim community to celebrate.