Eid Festival Images: Ramadan Photos For Students And Children [4]
Eid ul-Adha (‘Festival of Sacrifice’) is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar.
The festival remembers the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.
What is the story of Eid ul-Adha?
Eid ul-Adha celebrates the time when Ibrahim had a dream which he believed was a message from Allah asking him to sacrifice his son Isma’il as an act of obedience to God.
The devil tempted Ibrahim by saying he should disobey Allah and spare his son. As Ibrahim was about to kill his son, Allah stopped him and gave him a lamb to sacrifice instead.
The hands of a Muslim man are pictured as he offers prayers during the Eid al-Adha celebrations at the Kashmiri Takiya Jame mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 25, 2015
A child walks between Muslim women waiting to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan inside Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia June 6.
A man arranges sweet bread on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Tripoli, Lebanon June 6.
A Muslim woman reads the Koran during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 6.
A Pakistani baker fries vermicelli for customers in preparation for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi on June 6.
A Pakistani Muslim looks through binoculars in order to sight the moon in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on June 6.
A Syrian man reads a copy of the Quran, Muslim’s holy book, at a book stall in a market in the capital Damascus on June 5, as people prepare for the holy month of Ramadan due to start this week.
A Syrian man sells the traditional licorice root drink in the reble-held district of al-Fardous in the northern city of Aleppo on June 6, as people shop prior to Iftar, or breaking of the daylong fast, on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
A woman pays after buying pickled produce on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Tripoli, Lebanon June 6.
Emiratis shop at the Deira Spice Souk ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on June 5, in Dubai.
Girls look on and listen to their names as El Mesaharty, Hussien, 40, wakes up residents for their pre-dawn meals during the first day of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt June 6.
Malaysian Muslims break their fast on the first day of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur on June 6.
Muslim men look towards the sky to spot the crescent moon, on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, June 6.
Muslim women walk at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) after spotting the crescent moon in the sky, on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the old quarters of Delhi, June 6.
Officials push a cart containing boxes of food to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan inside Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia June 6.
How is Eid celebrated?
In some countries, Muslims sacrifice a sheep or goat (in Britain the animal is killed at a slaughter house). The meat is shared equally between family, friends and the poor.
Eid usually starts with Muslims going to the Mosque for prayers. They dress in their best clothes and thank Allah for all the blessings they have received. It is a time when they visit family and friends. Muslims will also give money to charity so that poor people can celebrate too.
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