Nigeria: Eid Mubarak

26 October 2012
editorial

Today, 10th Dhul-Hijjah, 1433AH, in the Islamic calendar is observed by Muslims in Nigeria and other parts of the world as Eid el-Kabir or Eid el-Adha. Yesterday was marked as Arafat Day.

Eid el-Kabir is the annual religious festival during which Muslims offer animal sacrifices. Muslims celebrate Eid el-Kabir to commemorate the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham (AS) who, according to the scriptures, saw a vision in which he was commanded by God to offer his only son, then, as sacrifice. The son, Ismail or Ishmael (AS) consented to the wish of his father as well as to God's command. When Ibrahim laid his son prostate on his forehead in readiness for the sacrifice, the son was ransomed by God with a ram. This, in essence, is the height of patience and submission in which both Ibrahim and Ismail cheerfully offered to suffer self-sacrifice in order to obey the command of God.

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