Eid al-Adha

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Islamic religious festival public holiday in many countries religious holiday

Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greater Eid	2
Hari Raya Haji	2
Bakr Eid	1
Bakrid	1
Eid al-Adha rituals	1
Eid ul-Adha	1
EidAlAdha	1
Feast of the Sacrifice	1
Hari Raya Qurban	1
Id al-Adha	1
Kurban Bayramı	1
Qurbani (Udhiya, sacrifice in Eid al-Adha)	1
Tashriq days	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious festival ⓘ public holiday in many countries ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ
associatedPractice	community gatherings ⓘ takbir recitations ⓘ wearing new or best clothes ⓘ
basedOnText	Qur’anic narrative of Ibrahim and his son ⓘ
calendarType	Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
commemorates	Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God ⓘ submission to the will of God ⓘ
dateRelativeToGregorian	shifts about 10–11 days earlier each Gregorian year ⓘ
duration	4 days in many Islamic traditions ⓘ
followsEvent	Day of Arafah ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Bakr Eid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Bakrid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Eid ul-Adha Festival of Sacrifice ⓘ Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Greater Eid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Hari Raya Haji Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Hari Raya Qurban Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Id al-Adha Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Kurban Bayramı
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus	public holiday in many Muslim-majority countries ⓘ
linkedToRitual	Hajj ⓘ surface form: Hajj pilgrimage
mainRitual	Eid congregational prayer ⓘ distribution of meat to the poor ⓘ festive meals ⓘ giving charity (sadaqah) ⓘ khutbah (sermon) ⓘ ritual animal sacrifice (qurbani or udhiyah) ⓘ visiting relatives and neighbors ⓘ
meatDistributionRule	portion for relatives and friends ⓘ portion for the family ⓘ portion for the poor and needy ⓘ
nameMeaning	Eid al-Adha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feast of the Sacrifice
observedBy	Muslims worldwide ⓘ
occursDuring	Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
prayerLocation	mosques ⓘ open prayer grounds (musalla or eidgah) ⓘ
precededBy	Eid al-Fitr in the Islamic year ⓘ
relativeImportance	one of the two major Islamic Eids ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
sacrificeAnimalType	camel ⓘ cow ⓘ goat ⓘ sheep ⓘ
symbolizes	charity and sharing ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Festival of Sacrifice → alsoKnownAs → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Eid

Bengali Muslims → associatedFestivals → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Day of Arafah → associatedWith → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Dhu al-Hijjah → associatedWith → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Prophet Ismail → associatedWithRitual → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qurbani (Udhiya, sacrifice in Eid al-Adha)

Pakistani New Zealander → celebrates → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Pakistani diaspora → celebrates → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Prophet Ismail → commemoratedBy → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eid al-Adha rituals

Ibrahim → commemoratedDuring → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

this entity surface form: EidAlAdha

Dhu al-Hijjah → containsDay → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tashriq days