One of the two canonical festivals in the Islamic calendar (the other being Eid-ul-Fitr) Eid-ul-Azha brings for the Muslim world a divine blessing, a rare opportunity not only to enjoy an auspicious day of joy and happiness but also to receive Allah’s Mercy and Reward through sacrifice, patience and constancy.
Popularly known as Bakrid, Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the tenth of Dhul-Hijja through immolations and prayers in memory of the glorious sacrifice of the Prophets Ibrahim and Ismail (peace be upon them) and shows the way in which both father and son cheerfully offered to suffer any self-sacrifice, however painful or difficult, in order to obey Allah’s Command.
The word Eid in Arabic means joy. But Eid-ul-Azha is certainly not an occasion for immoderate gluttony or gourmandism. It is a solemn, sacred festival which enables a Banda to enjoy through Azha – sacrifice and surrender, resignation and renunciation, selflessness and total submission to the Will of Rabbul Alameen.
Celebrated concurrently with the slaughtering of the animals in Mina, Saudi Arabia by the Hajis and the days of Tashriq in the auspicious month of Dhul-Hijja, Eid-ul-Azha is also known as Eid-al-Kabir or “the Great Festival.” Some also call it Eid-ul-Qurbani or the “Sacrificial Feast”, and “Yaum an-Nahr”. In Bangladesh and Paschim Banga it is also known as Kurbanir Eid.
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