Eid Al-Adha 2006
Mood:  happy
January 10, 2006
It's Eid al Adha Holiday so it was our day off from work for 3 days, WOW! We went to Qurtoba Park, packed some foods and made chicken barbeques there. The only problem was that it was really cold, but we still enjoyed our time....take a look at baby azhfaar's pics.
Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast of the Muslim calendar. It concludes the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha lasts for three days and commemorates Ibraham's (Abraham) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son. Muslims believe the son to be Ishmael rather than Isaac as told in the Old Testament. Ishmael is considered the forefather of the Arabs. According to the Koran, Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son when a voice from heaven stopped him and allowed him to sacrifice a ram instead.

The feast re-enacts Ibrahim's obedience by sacrificing a cow or ram. The family eats about a third of the meal and donates the rest to the poor.