Eid Al-Adha

Eid al-Adha This shows that the real sacrifice is the sacrifice of one’s self. The real sacrifice is that a person hands over his whole self to God without trying to save it. He is slaughtering an animal as a symbol, making a promise to hand himself over to God, just like Prophet Abraham gave his son to God’s plan and sacrificed a ram as a replacement. For Prophet Abraham, the slaughter of the ram was symbolic. In the same way, the sacrifice of an animal on the day of Eid al-Adha or during Hajj is also a symbolic act, not the main goal. For this symbolic slaughter, the animal is the most natural choice. It means using a daily-life act for a big lesson. According to God’s Shariah, a person often slaughters animals for food. That same act has been given a new title on this day. It’s like turning an ordinary act into a source of a powerful lesson. Eid al-Adha is a day to remember the story of Prophet Abraham as a festival. He reenacted it in one form during his time. In the future, this Abrahamic act will continue, but its forms may change. The symbolic act will always be the same, that is, the slaughter of an animal on Eid alAdha. However, in spirit, the forms can vary. Whatever type of sacrifice Islam requires at a given time, it should be performed then. Right now, in the present time, the big problem of Islam is that nearly all the highly capable people of the Muslim