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EID-UL FITR I KNOW. EID-UL-HAJJ I KNOW. WHAT IS THIS EID TOMORROW? I JUST GOT THE BREAKING NEWS, SOME RELATIVES GOING TO MALL OF AMERICA TOMORROW, AND ME TOO. NOW, I HAVE TO ADJUST MY PLANS TO AVOID THEM.

Just think of it as Jane Austin birthday.

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عيد الأضحى
Eid al-Adha
"Feast of the Sacrifice"

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Blessings for Eid al-Adha.


Observed by
Muslims

Type
Islamic

Significance


Commemoration of Ibrahim (Abraham)'s willingness to sacrifice his young first-born and only son in obedience of a command from God


Marks the end of the annual Hajj to Mecca



Celebrations

Gatherings of family and friends

Meals, especially lunches and late breakfasts (brunches)

Wearing new clothes
Gift-giving


Observances

Eid prayers

Sacrifice of, usually, a sheep, cow, goat, buffalo or camel


Donating one-third of the sacrifice meat to friends and neighbors


Donating one-third or more of the sacrifice meat to the poor and needy



Begins
10 Dhu al-Hijjah

Ends
13 Dhu al-Hijjah

Date
10 Dhu al-Hijjah

2013 date
15 October

2014 date
4 October

2015 date
23 September

Related to

Hajj ·
Umrah ·
Eid al-Fitr


Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ʿīd al-aḍḥā [ʕiːd ælˈʔɑdˤħæ] meaning "Festival of the sacrifice"), also called the Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival,[1] the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram (Turkish: Kurban Bayramı; Bosnian: kurban-bajram), Eid e Qurban (Persian: عید قربان‎) or Baqr'Eid (Urdu: بقر عید‎), is the second of two religious holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide each year. It honors the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his promised son. Ishmael (Ismail)a as an act of submission to God's command, before God then intervened to provide Abraham with a lamb to sacrifice instead.[2] In the lunar-based Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days.[3] In the international Gregorian calendar, the dates vary from year to year, drifting approximately 11 days earlier each year.

Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two Eid holidays, the former being Eid al-Fitr. The basis for the observance comes from the 196th ayah (verse) of Al-Baqara, the second sura of the Quran.[4] The word "Eid" appears once in Al-Ma'ida, the fifth sura of the Quran, with the meaning "solemn festival".[5]

Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a Sunnah prayer of two rakats followed by a sermon (khutbah). Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the descent of the Hujjaj from Mount Arafat, a hill east of Mecca. Eid sacrifice may take place until sunset on the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.[6] The days of Eid have been singled out in the Hadith as "days of remembrance". The takbir (days) of Tashriq are from the Fajr prayer of the 9th of Dhul Hijjah up to the Asr prayer of the 13th of Dhul Hijjah (5 days and 4 nights). This equals 23 prayers: 5 on the 9th–12th, which equals 20, and 3 on the 13th.[



Mashaalah. I think this Eid should be more important than the other two Eids. Its importance is underplayed. An education for the youth.




PS u two up there laughing---waar STOP!!!!!!



jala---its Austen. Not Austin.

Ugly as ef!


Christina Rossetti.

EID-UL FITR I KNOW. EID-UL-HAJJ I KNOW. WHAT IS THIS EID TOMORROW? I JUST GOT THE BREAKING NEWS, SOME RELATIVES GOING TO MALL OF AMERICA TOMORROW, AND ME TOO. NOW, I HAVE TO ADJUST MY PLANS TO AVOID THEM.

Here we go again, Basra pretending to have a blond moment! Give it a rest, Basr, you are not the blondy type. I mean, if this epic Duh moment came from certain air-head Xaliimos that shall remain nameless, I would have easily believed it, but from you, never.

When I am dead, my dearest

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

by the way, the poem is by Christina Rossetti.!

When I am dead, my dearest

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.