Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha is the second of the two main <a href="/facts/Islamic_holidays/rKREGUfd">festivals in Islam</a> alongside <a href="/facts/Eid_al-Fitr/C1brNDJX">Eid al-Fitr</a>. It falls on the 10th of <a href="/facts/Dhu_al-Hijja/fXfMFUeQ">Dhu al-Hijja</a>, the twelfth and final month of the <a href="/facts/Islamic_calendar/7n4UBAYy">Islamic calendar</a>. Celebrations and observances are generally carried forward to the three following days, known as the Tashreeq days.
Eid al-Adha, depending on country and language is also called the Greater or Large Eid (Arabic: العيد الكبير, romanized: al-ʿĪd al-Kabīr). As with Eid al-Fitr, the <a href="/facts/Salah/XqKPp3vL">Eid prayer</a> is performed on the morning of Eid al-Adha, after which the <a href="/facts/Udhiyah/e3hxczdx">udhiyah</a> or the ritual sacrifice of a livestock animal, is performed. In Islamic tradition, it honours the willingness of <a href="/facts/Abraham_in_Islam/5cMzq6Ez">Abraham</a> to <a href="/facts/Binding_of_Isaac/zF3jwn6V">sacrifice his son</a> as an act of obedience to <a href="/facts/God_in_Islam/L2VNNRJm">God</a>'s command. Depending on the narrative, either <a href="/facts/Ishmael_in_Islam/E7pkxwIq">Ishmael</a> or <a href="/facts/Isaac_in_Islam/902cxP4n">Isaac</a> are referred to with the honorific title "Sacrifice of God". Pilgrims performing the <a href="/facts/Hajj/eDC5AalN">Hajj</a> typically perform the <a href="/facts/Tawaf/HtXr4Knl">tawaf</a> and <a href="/facts/Saee/yFCIGIA5">saee</a> of Hajj on Eid al-Adha, along with the ritual <a href="/facts/Stoning_of_the_Devil/WQYFuHtz">stoning of the Devil</a> on the Eid day and the following days.

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