Eid al-Adha is a special holiday. Kurban Bayram (Eid al-Adha) - the main holiday of Muslims Eid al-Adha what kind of holiday

Celebrate the holiday at the end of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr means ‘Feast of Breaking the Fast’. It falls on the first day of the lunar month of Shawwal after the fasting month of Ramadan. In some regions, Muslims gather on the hills to watch the moon and celebrate as soon as Eid is announced by local religious figures. Sometimes it takes two or three days to observe, but in some Muslim countries, three public holidays can be planned in advance to coincide exactly with this holiday.

• Since Eid is based on Islamic lunar calendar, it does not fall on the same day in the Gregorian (Western) calendar. To find out when this holiday will be this year, look on the Internet or ask those who celebrate it.

You must look at 100%. Buy new clothes for Eid, it's a widespread tradition, and those who can't afford it will still try to look their best. Muslim women in South Asia often paint their skin with henna on the night of Eid. Men are encouraged to use perfume or cologne.

• Many perform ghusl (ritual bathing) by showering or bathing on the morning of Eid.

End your fast immediately after sunrise. Muslims are not allowed to fast during Eid al-Fitr as they celebrate its end. Before going to prayer, it is advisable to eat. Sometimes those who observe the holiday follow the example of the Prophet Muhammad, ending the fast with an odd number of dates (usually one or three).

• Muslims are also encouraged to perform takbir before sunrise. To do this, you need to raise your hands and say: "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the greatest). If you come to prayer, as will be discussed below, the worshipers will do this several times during the prayer.

Go to sacred prayer. Imams hold special Eid prayers early in the morning, usually in a large central mosque, open field, or stadium. In some regions, all Muslims are present at this event. In others, it is desirable for women to come, but not necessary; in others, this event is only for men. At the end of the prayer, worshipers hug each other and say "Eid Mubarak" or "Blessed Eid" to wish each other well. The event ends with the Imam's sermon.

Celebrate the holiday with the family and with sweet food. Eid al-Fitr is sometimes referred to as the "sweet holiday" because it is common to eat sweet food when the end of the Ramadan fast is celebrated. In mosques, they can serve it before or after prayer, but many also prepare desserts themselves and celebrate at home.

• There are no requirements as to what to eat (other than halal), but in some regions it is traditional to eat dates, halvah, falooda, biscuits with milk, baklava, and noodles.

Give gifts to the younger ones. On Eid, adults usually give money or gifts to children and young people and sometimes exchange gifts with each other. After the morning celebration, families often visit their neighbors and relatives to congratulate them and exchange gifts.

Help the poor."Zakat al-fitr," or the obligation to give on this day to the poor, applies to every Muslim who has the means to do so. Typically, one person must donate the approximate cost of the meal in the form of money, food, or clothing.

Celebrate the holiday until the end of the day. Many have lunch and/or dinner with the family and eat meat, potatoes, rice, barley, or any other food. Some rest in the afternoon after the day, which they began with the sunrise. Others go to Eid fairs and events, party with friends in the evening, or visit the graves of deceased friends or relatives.

• In many regions, Eid is celebrated for three days or on other days, depending on the group of Muslims. If you wish, you can wake up early the next day, re-celebrate and pray.

Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The greatest day is the day of sacrifice." He teaches understanding of human life as a divine gift.

Kurban Bayram (Arabic - Eid al-Adha) - major Muslim holiday, is celebrated on the 10th of Dhul-Hijji and continues three more days 11th, 12th and 13th Dhul Hiji – days of tashriq. Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The greatest day is the day of sacrifice." The Eid al-Adha holiday teaches understanding of human life as a divine gift.

Festive nights are spent in prayer and worship, make up for missed prayers, read the Holy Quran. Night from the 9th to the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah it is desirable to spend in ibadat.

After midnight (until morning) they perform a full ablution, engage in personal hygiene. Anyone who participates in the rite of slaughtering a sacrificial animal (kurban) must not cut their hair and nails for ten days before the sacrifice.

In the morning, without eating, they go to the mosque to perform Eid-namaz - 45 minutes after sunrise (check the time with the imam of the mosque). Eid-namaz is performed in the same way as on the day of Uraza-Bayram (Eid al-Fitr). On the eve of Eid al-Adha and until the last day of Tashriq, from sunset to Eid-namaz, then after each prayer and before Azkars, on the way to the mosque, they read takbir.

On the day of Eid al-Adha, Muslims show joy, greet believers, congratulate them on the holiday, visit relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, other Muslims, receive guests, ask for forgiveness for the offenses caused and reconcile those who are in a quarrel, distribute sadaka, go to the mosque, in the tombs of the righteous and in the cemetery to the graves of relatives.

kurban. Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was the first to slaughter a sacrificial animal in the name of the Almighty. Our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Kurban is the sunnah of our father Ibrahim (peace be upon him)” (Abu Dawood). Sacrifice in Islam brings up the ability to do good for others in the name of Allah: two-thirds of the meat of the sacrificial animal is distributed to the poor, the poor, the needy and neighbors. This is not a magical ritual, but a prescribed rite of worship to the Almighty, proving the God-fearing of Muslims.

“For each community We have established places of sacrifice (or religious rites) so that they remember the name of Allah over the cattle with which He has endowed them. Your God is the only God. Be obedient to Him. And you tell the good news to the humble,

whose hearts are filled with fear at the mention of the name of Allah, who are patient with what befalls them, perform prayer and spend from what We have given them.

Sacrificial camels We have made for you ritual signs of Allah. They benefit you. Say the name of Allah over them as they stand in rows. When they fall on their sides, then eat from them and feed those who are content with little, and those who ask out of poverty. So We have made them (the camels) subject to you, so that you may be grateful.

Neither their flesh nor their blood reaches Allah. Only your piety reaches Him. So He made them subservient to you, so that you would glorify Allah for having guided you to the straight path. Give glad tidings to those who do good.

Indeed, Allah protects those who believe. Verily, Allah does not love any ungrateful traitors.”

Holy Koran. Sura 22 "Al-Hajj" / "Pilgrimage", verse 34-38

Kurban may be from three kinds of animals: rams, sheep and goats; cows, bulls and buffaloes; camels. The preferred kurban is a ram or a sheep.

“The best of my ummah cut the qurbani, the worst ones don’t cut it,” it is said in authentic hadith. Sacrifice (kurban) on the day of Eid al-Adha or in the next three days (days of tashriq) is a Sunnah, to which our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, paid special attention (sunnat ul-muakkada).

Sacrifice these days is a highly rewarded act. In a hadith narrated from Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, it says: “Whoever leaves the house for an animal for kurban, 10 good deeds are written for each step and 10 sins are erased, his conversation when buying and selling will be recorded as tasbih (remembrance Allah), for every dirham given for an animal, 700 good deeds are recorded. When he knocks the animal to the ground to cut it, all creatures, from this place to the seventh heaven, will ask for forgiveness of his sins, angels will be created from every drop of the blood of the animal, which until the onset doomsday they will also ask for the forgiveness of his sins.”

Imam Shafi'i said: "I do not approve (permission) not to cut the Qurbani to someone who has the ability to cut it." Ibn ‘Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, recommended that at least a rooster be slaughtered if there is no other possibility, although this would not be considered a full-fledged qurban. The meaning of what has been said is that on this day it is desirable to sacrifice at least something, showing respect for this holiday. In sacrifice, the main thing is the manifestation of obedience to the Almighty.

Yesterday I filmed in Dubai the holiday of Eid al-Adhu (Eid al-Adhu), the feast of sacrifice. There were already a lot of posts in my feed about how this holiday was met in Moscow, I can say that Dubai is not much different from Moscow. I was most surprised that whole families come to watch the ceremony, a lot of children, everyone watches with interest how animals are slaughtered. Under the cut, a report from a slaughterhouse, if you are more impressionable than Dubai kids, then.

According to the Qur'an, the Archangel Jabrail (appeared to the Prophet Ibrahim) in a dream and conveyed to him a command from Allah to sacrifice his first-born Ismail. Ibrahim went to the valley of Mina to the place where Mecca now stands and began preparations, but this turned out to be a test from Allah, and when the sacrifice was almost made, Allah replaced for Ibrahim the sacrifice of a son with a sacrifice of a lamb. The holiday symbolizes mercy, the majesty of God and the fact that faith is the best sacrifice.

As I was told, the authorities of the Emirates are struggling with unsanitary conditions and do not allow sacrifices on the street, so by eight in the morning there were huge queues at the slaughterhouses.

Most arrived by car, those who came on foot stood in a general queue.

Many animals resisted, they had to be carried around the neck.

There are 2 sections at the slaughterhouse, for cows and camels and for sheep with rams.

The service of sacrificing a beloved pet costs only 150 rubles. Each animal is assigned a number.

All paid, you can start.

Local television also filmed a report.

On the conveyor the animal enters the workshop ...

Where they cut his throat. In this workshop alone, 3,000 rams and sheep were slaughtered yesterday.

The hosts are watching closely.

Families come here, little Muslims are delighted with the spectacle. To make it convenient to observe, a special corridor with glass walls was made for the audience.

The video will go to the family archive.

Woo-way!

Desk for issuing orders. Everything takes no more than 10 minutes.

There are a lot of children, it seems that everyone enjoys the attraction very much.

By the way, Eid al-Adha traditionally begins 70 days after the end of the fast and lasts three days. In honor of this Muslim holiday in shopping malls Dubai hosts numerous sales.

It is advisable to use a third of the meat to treat your family, give a third to the poor among neighbors and relatives, and give a third as alms to those who ask for it. As the Almighty said about this: "... then eat their meat and feed those who are content with little, and those who ask from poverty."

But many Emirati residents prefer to make sacrifices the old fashioned way, in dusty yards.

The victim must be at least a year old, healthy and free of any blemishes. It is believed that a sheep or a goat can only be sacrificed from one person, and a cow, bull or camel - from seven people. Usually they cut a ram, a goat, a cow or a bull - two years old, a sacrificial camel, as a rule, is at least five years old. The custom allows for sacrifice not only for the living, but also for the dead.

By the way, in most yards, for some reason, camels were killed and butchered.

The whole family is involved in the business.

It's good to have an expensive SUV with a large trunk.

Over the victim, any ordinary Muslim can pronounce a short formula: “Bismillah, Allah Akbar”, that is, “In the name of Allah, Allah is great!” Before the ram is slaughtered, it must be thrown to the ground with its head towards Mecca.

Three days (that is, the 11th, 12th and 13th) are called "tashrik" days.

Beginning at sunset on the eve of Eid al-Adha, Muslims recite the Takbir loudly:

اَلله ُاََكْبَرْ اَلله ُاَكْبَرْ اَلله ُاَكْبَرْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الله ُوَالله ُاَكْبَرْ الله ُاَكْبَرْ وَللهِ الْحَمْدُ

لله اكبر الله اكبر الله اكبر

َلله ُاَكْبَرْ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ كَثِيرًا وُسُبْحَانَ اللهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً

Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar Lailaha illallahu wallahu akbar, Allahu akbar wa lillahil hamd - three times.

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Allahu akbar kabiran walhamdulillahi kasiran wa subhanallahi bukratan wa asila.

Takbir is read in mosques, and at home, and on the street, and in the squares - everywhere men loudly, and women silently. In addition, takbir is also read after each prayer, before the start of azkars (prayers read after prayer), ending with the pre-sunset prayer of the last day of Tashriq, that is, on the 13th of the month of Zul Hijjah.

It is advisable to spend the night on Eid al-Adha in worship. On this night, the Almighty answers the prayers of his slaves. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever was awake on the night of conversation and the night of Kurban in the service of the Almighty, sadness will not befall his heart when sadness befalls others.” If you are unable to spend the whole night in worship, try in the last third of the night, or at least in a small part of it; if this is also difficult, then try at least at night and morning prayers perform collectively (with jama‘at) in the mosque.

After midnight before the holiday prayer, it is advisable to perform a full ablution on the occasion of the holiday (intention (niyyat) is pronounced like this: “I intend to bathe-sunnah, in the name of Allah”), cut hair and nails, that is, do personal hygiene.

In the morning, putting on clean clothes (if possible, new ones), perfumed with incense, they go to the mosque to perform the festive prayer. The time for 'Eid-prayer comes 15-20 minutes after sunrise and lasts until lunch. In the mosque, Eid-namaz is performed approximately 45 minutes after sunrise (check with the imam of the mosque beforehand the time of its performance). If it is not possible to go to the mosque, then you can perform ‘id-namaz both at home with your family and separately.

Salat ul-id - holiday prayer

Eid-namaz is performed in the same way as on the day of Eid al-Fitr. Whoever does not know how the holiday prayer is performed, let him perform at least the usual sunnah prayer in two rak'ats, with the intention of performing the holiday prayer. But since such an opportunity appears once a year, you need to try not to miss it, and if you missed it, then even compensate it as missed. It is no exception for those who are on the road.

At the beginning of Eid-namaz, they say “Allahu Akbar” while mentally pronouncing the intention (niyyat): “I intend to perform a two-rakah Sunnah prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, in the name of Allah.”

Then, who knows, let him read Vajahtu. After that, in the first rak'ah, they say "Allahu Akbar" 7 times, while raising their hands to the level of their ears. After each "Allahu Akbar", with the exception of the last, say:

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ الله ُوَالله ُاَكْبَرْ

After the last "Allahu Akbar" they read the sura "al-Fatiha". In the second rak'ah, "Allahu Akbar" is read 5 times. After the holiday prayer, the imam delivers a holiday sermon.

On the day of Eid al-Adha, a sacrificial animal is slaughtered - kurban, and its meat is distributed to those in need, visit relatives, neighbors, friends, other fellow believers, visit the graves of relatives, receive guests, congratulate each other, express joy and fun on the occasion of the holiday.

Drinking alcohol and committing other actions condemned by Shariah on this day is blasphemy, a mockery of the principles of Islam.

Muslim sacrifice (kurban)

Sacrifice (kurban) on the day of Eid al-Adha or the next three days is an imperative Sunnah to which our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) paid special attention (sunnat ul-muakkada).

Sacrifice these days is a highly rewarded act. In a hadith narrated from Ali-ashab (may Allah be pleased with him), it says: “Whoever leaves the house for an animal for kurban, 10 good deeds are written for each step and 10 sins are erased, his conversation during the sale and purchase will be recorded as tasbih (remembrance of Allah), for every dirham given for an animal, 700 good deeds are recorded. When he knocks the animal to the ground to cut it, all creatures, from this place to the seventh heaven, will ask for forgiveness of its sins, angels will be created from every drop of the blood of the animal, who will also ask for forgiveness of its sins until the Day of Judgment.
Pious Muslims try to cut the kurban every year. Therefore, we should find an opportunity for this. “The best of my ummah cut the qurbani, the worst ones do not cut it,” the hadith says. Imam Shafi'i said: "I do not approve (permission) not to cut the Qurbani to someone who has the ability to cut it." Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) recommends cutting at least a rooster if there is no other possibility, although this would not be considered a full qurban. The meaning of what has been said is that on this day it is desirable to sacrifice at least something, showing respect for this holiday. In sacrifice, the main manifestation of obedience to the Almighty.

A sacrifice is made for an adult Muslim with the appropriate intention.

Camels, cows (bulls), rams or goats can be used for sacrifice (other animals are not suitable). Their preference corresponds to the order of enumeration. At the same time, a camel and a cow can be slaughtered for seven, and a ram and a goat for only one Muslim. But it is better to sacrifice a ram or a goat for each than to slaughter one cow for seven.

If one ram or goat is slaughtered in a family, then the whole family receives a reward.
Sacrifice Conditions

1. It is necessary that the person directly cutting the animal be a Muslim and that he cut with a sincere intention for the sake of Allah.

2. It is necessary to have an appropriate intention (niyat) before the sacrifice. For themselves (men) it is better to cut by themselves, but you can authorize another (vakil - representative) to commit it. The intention should be done like this: “I intend to make a desirable (sunnah) sacrifice from myself (or from who made me a wakil), in the name of Allah.” ) sacrifice, in the name of Allah.

In the case when another cuts, it is desirable to be present at the same time. Our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to his daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with him): “You stand next to the sacrifice for you. As soon as the first drop of blood from the sacrificed animal falls on the ground, all your previous sins are forgiven.”

In the case when the sacrifice is performed for another person, it is necessary to have his permission.

3. The sacrificial animal must be an adult: a ram - one year old, in the second year of life; goat and cow (bull) - two years old, in the third year of life; camel - five years old, in the sixth year of life.

4. The sacrificial animal must be healthy, without significant defects.

The absence of several teeth or a small part (less than one third) of the ear is allowed, but an animal that is completely toothless or with an ear cut off by more than a third cannot be cut for obligatory kurban. The tail, eyes and other organs of the animal's body must also be intact. It is desirable that the animal be well-fed (a very thin animal cannot be cut), without signs of illness.

5. It is necessary to observe the timing of the sacrifice. The period of sacrifice begins after the Eid prayer and continues until sunset on the 13th of the month of Zul-Hijjah.

The animal must be cut with a well-honed knife, so you should first sharpen it. It is desirable to cut quickly, without lifting the knife blade from the throat of the animal. You should not show a knife to an animal or cut some animals in front of others.

First, they say:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ اَللَّهُمَّ صَلىِّ عَلىَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلىَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَلِّمْ

اللهم هذا منك وإليك فتقبل مني

بِسْمِ اللهِ اَلله ُاَكْبَرْ اَللَّهُمَّ صَلىِّ عَلىَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلىَ آلِى مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَلِّمْ

and simultaneously cut the trachea (behind the larynx, leaving it to the side of the head), the esophagus and both carotid arteries.

It is best to distribute all the raw meat to those in need, leaving a small piece at home for barakat. But you can give away a third or at least some part. Minimum requirement to kurbanu-sunnah - to give a part raw meat a Muslim who is due zakat. In the case when the kurban was performed as nazru, i.e. kurban was obligatory, it is necessary to distribute all the meat.

May Allah Almighty accept our deeds and worship! Amine!

namazvdom   |   08/31/2017

In the name of Allah the Merciful and Merciful! Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad. And then:

Kurban should be performed only for three public holidays, or rather, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of the month of Zul-Hijjah. Only on these days the sacrifice is considered an act of worship, which cannot be performed on other days of the year.

Although Kurban is allowed during the three days listed, it is preferable to do this on the 10th of the month of Zul-Hijja during the daytime. It is important to know that it is impossible to make a sacrifice before the holiday prayer itself.

There is no alternative for Kurban

Some mistakenly believe that instead of sacrificing an animal, they can give away the value of that animal in charity. This is a wrong opinion. In fact, there are different obligatory types of worship for Muslims. Each of them has its own meaning, and one cannot replace the other. A Muslim cannot pray instead of fasting in Ramadan, just as one cannot give alms instead of performing the obligatory prayer. The same applies to Kurban - this is a separate type of worship that cannot be replaced by the distribution of alms.

Animals for Kurban

As Kurban, it is allowed to slaughter the following animals:

1. Goat or goat at least one year old.
2. A ram or ewe at least six months old.
3. Bull or cow at least two years old.
4. Camel or she-camel at least five years old.

One goat/goat or ram/sheep is Qurbani for one person. But the rest of the animals (cow, bull, camel/camel) are seven Kurbans in one, which allows people to perform the sacrifice in a group of seven people.

If the animal seller claims that the animal has reached the required age, and there is no evidence to the contrary, the words of the seller can be trusted, and the sacrifice of such an animal will be valid.

Sacrifice according to Sunnah

It is better for a Muslim to slaughter an animal for Qurbani with my own hands. However, if he does not have the opportunity to slaughter the animal himself, or he does not want to do it himself for some reason, he can instruct another person to slaughter the animal on his behalf. In this case, it is desirable to at least be present at the sacrifice. If a person instructed someone to slaughter an animal on his behalf, the qurban will be valid even if the person was not present when it was performed. It is Sunnah to put the animal facing the Qibla and recite the following verse of the Holy Quran:
“I turned my face to Allah the One, with all my soul surrendered to Him - the Creator of heaven and earth - and deviated from any path except His direct path. I am not one of those who associate partners with Him.”
But the most important thing to say during the slaughter of an animal is the words:
Bismillah, Allahu Akbar.
(In the name of Allah, Allah is above all)
If a person deliberately did not say these words, his kurban is invalid, moreover, the meat of an animal slaughtered in this way is haram, that is, it is forbidden to eat it. But, if a person did not utter these words out of forgetfulness, and not intentionally, his mistake is forgiven - both the Kurban and the slaughter of an animal according to Sharia are valid.
If a person cannot pronounce "Bismillah, Allahu Akbar" in Arabic, he can pronounce the name of Allah in his own language, for example: "With the name of Allah."

How to separate the meat?

If an animal is slaughtered by several people, as in the case of a cow or a camel, its meat must be divided into equal parts by weighing, and not just by eye. Even if all participants agree to share the meat without weighing, it is still forbidden according to Sharia.
However, if for some reason it is not possible to weigh the meat and all participants agree to divide the meat without weighing, it is allowed to divide the meat by eye, but on condition that each part contains either the animal's leg or some part of its liver .
Although it is permissible for a person who performs Qurbani to keep all the meat for himself, it is better to give one third to poor people, one third to relatives, and keep the rest for yourself.
It is permissible to use all parts of an animal slaughtered as Qurbani for one's own needs, but one cannot sell any of them or give them to a butcher as payment for his work. If a person sold a part of the meat or the skin/skin of an animal, he must give the money received from this as alms to a person who is among those who pay zakat.

Takbirs of the festive day!

From the time of Fajr on the 9th of the month of Dhul-Hijjah until the time of the Asr prayer on the 13th, every Muslim must read the takbir tashriqa after each obligatory prayer.

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallahu, wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahil-hamd.

According to reliable Islamic sources, every Muslim man is required to read this takbir after each obligatory prayer. For women, reading this takbir is desirable, but not required. In this case, it does not matter whether a person prays in a jamaat or alone. You must recite the takbir. Men are loud and women are quiet.

HOLIDAY DAY

On the day of Eid ul-Adha, the following actions are Sunnah:

1. Get up early in the morning.
2. Perform a full ablution.
3. Wear the best clothes available.
4. Sprinkle yourself with incense.
5. Do not eat before the holiday prayer.
6. Read takbir tashriqa on the way to the holiday prayer.

HOW PRAYER IS PERFORMED

The Eid prayer consists of two rak'ahs with an additional six takbirs - three additional takbirs are performed at the beginning of the first rak'ah, and three more before the ruku (bow from the waist) in the second rak'ah.

Important (!)

Dear brothers and sisters, on the holiday of Eid al-Adha, the prayer is performed first, then the sermon (khutba).
Both prayer and khutba are one worship, therefore we warn you against the mistake of leaving the mosque immediately after performing prayer.

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