00:00Hi everyone, this is Yusra and today I'm going to be talking about Eid al-Adha
00:04and what it means to Muslims all over the world.
00:10Eid al-Adha is one of two major festivals in Islam and Muslims celebrate it all over the world.
00:16This Muslim festival marks the conclusion of the pilgrimage to Mecca which is also known as Hajj.
00:22Eid al-Adha translated means the festival of sacrifice and the reason it's called the
00:27festival of sacrifice is because this is the time where Muslims really think about the story
00:32of Prophet Abraham. One of Prophet Abraham's main trials in his life is that God gave him
00:39a sign that he needed to sacrifice his son Ismail. Right before he took a knife to his son's neck,
00:46God sent down an angel to interrupt the process and tell him that he proved his faith to God.
00:51Instead he gave him a sheep to sacrifice instead and this is why Muslims sacrifice sheeps, goats,
00:58cows during Eid al-Adha. The meat that you receive from sacrificing an animal during Eid al-Adha
01:04is actually to feed the poor and the needy so it's done as an act of selflessness. Not many people
01:09have access to meat as it is very expensive so this is the time at which the needy and the poor
01:15can enjoy to have a little bit of a treat. This act sort of symbolizes our willingness to give
01:20up something that we want for ourselves and to give it to those who need it more than we do.
01:25During the days of Eid, Muslims will follow Prophet Muhammad's sunnah which is waking up early,
01:31taking a shower, wearing clean clothes and smelling really well. They then go to pray their Eid
01:37prayers and then they meet with family and friends. It is good Muslim customary to call
01:43far away family members or send gifts to people you don't have access to seeing. Make sure you
01:48wish everybody Eid Mubarak or Eid Saeed. This is Yusra Zaki reporting for Gulf News.
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