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[edit] 2006 Eid ul-Azha date (the first one)

"Eid ul-Azha" means the major festival. It is also called the "Eid of Sacrifice" or the "Eid ul-Hajj". The "Eid ul-Azha" is a commemoration and a reminder to Muslims of several things; for example:

• The story of Prophet Ebrahim (AS) (Abraham) and Prophet Ismail (AS) (Ishmael) and their willingness to make great sacrifices for Allah.

• To be ready to make sacrifices for the religion of Islam.

• For those who have not gone for Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mekka), it is showing support for their fellow Muslims who are completing the Hajj on that day (i.e., 10th Dhu al Hejja).

Please read complete article on my Site http://malikpaki.blogspot.com/


The date according to the Saudi government is January 10th while many other countries have reported the 11th as the date. They include Pakistan, Bangladesh and many parts of America. Though some parts of America do follow the Saudi decision and will have the 10th as their Eid.

The date used in this article should be January 10, the Saudi Arabian date, because Eid observances are closely tied to the events of hajj. joturner 02:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm not really sure whether I agree with just the Saudi date or having both dates, however I disagree with your conclusion. It is a misconception that Eid is dependent on the Hajj. The first Eid ul-Adha was observed in 2 AH while the first Hajj was observed in 9 AH.Pepsidrinka 02:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
We don't have both dates on the Islamic calendar month pages or on the Eid ul-Fitr page. I did not know the fact you mentioned about the difference in the observances, but the fact that the two events coincide surely has some significance. I'm still sticking to January 10. joturner 02:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
y r we still fighting over the dates keep it simple 1 day hajj next day eid!Don't help in making the Jew n Christian happy in seeing us devided. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.11.105.239 (talk • contribs) .
I wouldn't really consider this a fight. This is a simple discussion over which date should be put into the article. joturner 11:09, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Neither would I. Granted their is a difference of opinion in certain matters within Islam, but many times they fall under fiqh and the various rulings are supported by Qur'an and Hadith. Pepsidrinka 18:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


the slaughter picture

i don't mind the picture at all, but i think other people will because it is graphic. Also the people who are slaughtering it look like savages in the pic, i dont think it gives a good image of eid or islam in general. just my thoughts, i actually thought the picture was not bad or disturbing at all.


      • I think that a better picture could have been found, although there is no doubt that the scene shown is commonplace on the Id al Adha. I also suspect that whoever chose that picture to represent Id ul Adha did so with less than charitable motives.
      • The scene isn't all that commonplace, and certainly ought not to represent the holiday. How many cows can be killed on one day? That photo suggests that every muslim and every muslim family has a gore-shot cow on their front steps. But we're not arguing, brother, just discussing. --JT 18:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)


Dear Eid depend on Hajj, it is nothing without Hajj. aad picture it would be better .

Khalidkhoso 12:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


I agree that the images are neither encyclopedic nor appealing. Although I know that the distribution of meat is an important part of this day, the photos lessen the importance of the overall meanings of the holiday: the culmination of the Hajj and the essence of inner sacrifice - not just the sacrifice for meat, but the sacrifice of money, time, and worldly desires for the greater good. I suggest the photos be replaced or at least removed for now. --SameerKhan 06:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to perform Eid-ul-Azha prayers

I'm not very knowledgable about prayers and I was trying to find an online description of how to perform the Eid-ul-Azha prayers by myself but couldn't find any reliable source (e.g. some come from a Madhi or Shi-a perspective). I think it would be quite useful and beneficial to add a paragraph on how to perform the Eid prayers either here in the Eid-ul-Azha article or on the Salaat article and then link it here.

Thanks to the muslim Guild for all of your great works relating to the Islamic articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.34.234.120 (talk • contribs) .

According to the majority of Sunni scholars, if not all, agree that is performed just like any 2 raka'ah prayer, the only difference is there are additional takbirs in the beginning of the first raka'ah and additional takbirs before the bow of the second raka'ah. The different maddhabs differ on the number of additional takbirs. I don't feel it is neccessary to add it unless the fiqh is explained, and I don't feel that explaing fiqh matters deserves a place on wikipedia (though I have added various fiqh statments in various articles in the past). There is also a two khutbahs following the prayer. Pepsidrinka 05:42, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


Here is some information from Sunnipath: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=650&CATE=115

Yeah it is not different then Common Prayer we have as decrisbe by user above

Khalidkhoso 12:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wa lillah lilham

What does 'Wa lillah lilham' (towards the end) mean for the Eidul Adha prayer? --203.15.122.35 04:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)


More correctly it is as follows: "Wa Lillahi L'Hamdu" which means "And to God All the Thanks".

Noureddine (talk) 15:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The son that Abraham was going to sacrifice was Isaac

and not Ishmael as given. That conflicts with the info given under Abraham. I will change it to Isaac but I doubt it will stay unchanged. Another example of Wikipedia famous credibility. Nickbee 03:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)Nickbee

That is because you are referring to the Biblical story rather than the Qur'anic story. In the Bible it says it was Issac. In the Qur'an, it says it was Ishmael. Since this is an Islamic holiday, it should be Ishmael, in accordance with the Qur'anic story. joturner 03:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the Qur'an doesn't mention the name of the son. It does mention Hajjar and Isma'il being brought by Ibrahim to the valley in the Arabian desert, and the building of the Kaaba by Ibrahim and Isma'il. The entire Hajj ritual may be seen as a re-enactment of the story of Isma'il, Hajjar and Ibrahim, and their dilemma. Islamic tradition holds that the son who was brought to Makkah was Isma'il, whose mother of course was Hajjar. While Muslims believe that it was Isma'il who was supposed to be sacrificed on Divine order, they prefer not to argue about it if the identity of the son is disputed. Isaac is also considered a Prophet by Muslims and the point of the story has nothing to do with the identity or name of the son who was going to be sacrificed. The story is an example of extreme faith in God, loyalty, moral strength, and facing temptation and doubt.
The various beliefs, traditions, and texts are described in more detail at Binding of Isaac. Jeremy Tobacman 10:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Some editors keep unilaterally removing Ishmael's (Ismail) name from the description of the story and either leave it blank or replace it with Isaac's name. Eid ul-Adha is a Muslim tradition and so therefore Muslim beliefs about the story of the sacrifice (which is only a portion of the significance of Eid ul-Adha) should remain. I have always heard from everyday Muslims, Muslim scholars and Muslim authors that it was Ishmael and not Isaac. The basis for this belief comes from the Quran The Jewish and Christian views come from Genesis and they require your reasoning and logic to contort in order to accept multiple contradictions as well as accept the idea that Ishamel was the resulting bastard son (Isaac was Abraham's only son) of Abraham and Hager's unsanctified union. I have never in my life heard a Muslim espouse or support this view. This Jewish/Christian interpretation of the story, taken from Genesis, has crept into the story of Eid ul-Adha. To those editors that keep making these changes: stop, or if you're unable to control your urge, create a sub-heading for "Jewish/Christian Beliefs About Eid ul-Adha" however strange that sounds. Thanks. Furtfurt (talk) 20:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for the sarcasm in my last full sentence. Couldn't stop myself. Furtfurt (talk) 20:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saudi Superstition?

"Skeptics, however, feel that this is due to a Saudi superstition that states that if the Eid falls on a Friday, the King will die soon. As chance (or Fate) would have it, King Fahd died later that year."'What is the relevance of the above statement to this article? Doesn't this look like some tabloid story to you? I suggest removal of the above from the article.

I'm not so sure. It could definitely be worded in a better way but it's not really so much different than Friday the 13th or the ravens in the Tower of London. That is if we can prove this is any kind of widespread belief. gren グレン 22:24, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
It very well may be a "widespread belief" and it might be a good addition to articles pertaining to superstition or such. But I question its relevance to the article at hand. I believe this article should be directed towards explaining this islamic holiday, and its historical (or mythical for that matter) background. The above paragraph, hardly adds anything to the article. Also in the current shape it would need citation.

[edit] Eid prayers pic

wat about adding a pic of people praying Salat?

That can be placed under Salat. --203.15.122.35 06:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duration

Salam. Eid ul-Azha is three days, not four. And Eid ul-Fitr is only one. Some countries such as Bangladesh have 3-day Eid ul-Fitrs and 4-day Eid ul-Adhas, but that's only custom, not proper Islamic teaching. Source: [1] Insha'Allaah I will change this. 84.68.164.9 19:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

The article now says: Eid ul-Adha annually falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (ذو الحجة) of the lunar Islamic calendar. The festivities last for two to three days or more depending on the country. Until now, I thought that Eid ul-Adha was a 4-day holiday and Eid ul-Fitr a 3-day holiday. The article on Eid ul-Fitr says precisely that: Eid ul-Fitr lasts three days[citation needed] and is called "The Lesser Eid" (Arabic: العيد الصغير Al-eid Al-sagheer) compared with the Eid ul-Adha that lasts four days[citation needed] and is called "The Greater Eid" (Arabic: العيد الكبير Al-eid Al-kabeer). But it seems to the lack the Source for that. The link 84.68.164.9 provided as a source for his change is a forum-thread that got deleted by now. So I thought I'd make a google search, here is some of the stuff I found:
  • de:Zuckerfest de:Islamisches_Opferfest german wikipedia says Eid ul-Fitr 3 days, Eid ul-Adha 4 four days. But there are no sources either.
  • bern.ch pdf file googlecache bern.ch The health service of the city informs his teachers and nurses about stuff and says in german that Eid ul-Fitr is 3 days and Eid ul-Adha is 4.
  • google cache of the file kanton aargau pdf file The swiss kanton argau's department of education (section: intercultural education) informs in german that Eid ul-Fitr is 3 days, Eid ul-Adha 4 four days.
  • muslim group in hessen google cache version write in german that Eid ul-Adha takes place on the following days. "28.-31.3.1999". So that'll be four.
  • http:// theeid.dgreetings.com/eiduladha-celebrations/ dgreetings.com says that In some areas. Eid- Ul –Adha is celebrated for several days by Muslims. … and … http:// theeid.dgreetings.com/when-is-eid-ul-adha: Eid -Ul –Adha is known through several names across the world and this festival of sacrifice is celebrated for several days in some areas of the country., I don't know what country this refers to.
  • the bbc says Eid-ul-Adha is a 1-3 day celebration and in Muslim countries is a public holiday. . But the headline reads: The Hajj ending in Eid-ul-Adha - 20th - 23rd December 2007 and that adds up to four days. So maybe there is Eid ul-Adha is four days long but the public holidays are not??
That's all I found by googling "Opferfest Dauer" and "duration eid ul-Adha (days)" and looking the first 10 results. Where can one look this up?
  • zawya.com/ says three is a 3 day holiday in UAE.
  • islam online says: "`Eid Al-Adha does not mark the end of Hajj, which continues until the 12th or 13th of Dhul Hijjah, two or three days after the start of `Eid Al-Adha. `Eid Al-Adha is a kind of joining in Hajj by those who could not make it to Makkah." What ever that means for the length of Eid ul-Adha.
  • this german site lists holidays in Saudi Arabia and says: Eid al-Adha: the Feast of Sacrifice lasts for four days. The holiday of Eid al-Adha is also a ten day holiday usually extending from the fifth to the fifteenth day of the month of Thul-Hijja. It is observed by the government and private sector for the performance of Hajj (the Islamic religious pilgrimage to Holy Makkah). Most of the Saudi private sector observes the two public holidays for three and five days respectively.
  • ad-hoc-news quote president Bush: These four days are a time for Muslims to honor Abraham's obedience by celebrating with family and friends and showing gratitude for the many blessings bestowed by God.
  • zawya.com says it's a 4 days of festivities.
  • shariahway.com says: So there are four days of sacrifice: the day of Eid al-Adha and the three days after it.
  • some blog quotes the Muslim Students Association Website: Because of this, many poor Muslims are able to enjoy the unusual luxury of eating meat during the four days of the festival.
All in all I found more quotes saying it's four days. But maybe those I found are wrong. Does someone know, whether there is a correct number of days? -- JanCK (talk) 00:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] it is ofcourse without a doubt ismael and not ishak

the prophet ibrahim or abraham had 2 sons one named ishac or isaac born by sarah and mainly lived in arabic palestine however isaac is the youngest of ibrahim 2 sons and was born when sarah and ibrahim were too old. the first son for ibrahim was ismael from hagar the present given to ibrahim from a king it was god's will to divide the descenders of ibrahim the prophet of allah a branch in palestine and a branch in mecca where the first masged was built for the people. then as a test for both ismael and ibrahim god ordered ibrahim to sacrifice his son and before killing ismael gibril the angel came down with a big sheep for ibrahim to sacrifice instead. the palestinian branch was to spreead out the words of allah in thier region and for the arabic branch in mecca to spread the words of allah thier too and also take care of the kaaba that ibrahim and ismael built together and care for the prayers who went there as pilygrims. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.205.226.99 (talk)

This seems to be a point of faith: The Muslim tradition and the Judeo-Christian traditions both contain the story of Abraham/Ibrahim's aborted sacrifice of a son. Muslims teach that the son was Ishmael; Jews and Christians teach that it was Isaac. Since this article is about the Muslim holiday, it seems appropriate to describe the relevant Muslim doctrine. Jeremy Tobacman 10:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should it not be Eid al-Adha?

I believe that the ul- would be a non standard spelling?

[edit] Scarification

Should it say "scarification" in the first paragraph of Traditions and Practices, or is it a typo? Xaxx 10:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hari Raya

Hari Raya refers to the other Eid, Eid-ul-Fitr not eidul Adha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.199.177.246 (talk) 09:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

Hari Raya by itself might (although it's usually called Hari Raya Puasa or Hari Raya Aidilafitri). But Eid ul-Adha is called Hari Raya Haji/Aidiladha/Qurban Nil Einne
From having lived in Singapore and Indonesia I can tell you Hari Raya is most definitely Eid-ul-Fitr (Idul Fitri). Eid-ul-Adha is simply known as Idul Adha. I'm pretty sure it's the same in Malaysia as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.126.54.231 (talk) 21:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
"Hari Raya" (capitalized) might be used to refer to Idul Fitri around the time of that holiday, like "The City" is used to refer to Manhattan, but it is not a term with clear, specific, exclusive meaning. "Hari raya" just means "holiday," cf id:Hari raya, of which religious holidays are a subcategory, cf id:Kategori:Hari raya. 83.84.40.46 09:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Please do not add more languages to the first line in the article. The first line in Wikipedia articles is reserved for the English name (and the name in another language ONLY IF the English name stems from that non-English name) only. Thus, the Bosnian, Turkish, Bengali, Persian, etc., names DO NOT belong in the first line of the article. The most common English renderings of the holiday's name all stem from the Arabic version, so that should be the only non-English name in the first line (check on English Google - see how many hits Eid ul-Adha, Id al Adha, etc. get as opposed to Eid-e-Ghorban, Eyd-e-Qorban, etc.). The names in other languages belong in the "other names" section and in the infobox, but nowhere else. Please keep this article professional. --SameerKhan 19:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not to be fussy, but

"Days of Eid= It is Four Days Eid Not three"

Is not quite the most informative thing I've ever read on Wikipedia 80.4.195.106 13:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Another nitpick: Christopher Hitchens mentions, low down in this article, that Shiites begin their celebration of Eid ul-Adha one day later than Sunnis. (This is presumably due to variations in interpreting the lunar calendar -- as I recall, there's a similar variance, of a full week, between the celebration of Easter by western Christianity descending from Catholicism, and the eastern Orthodox churches.) Rmharman 19:08, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

i have many Shia friends and they celebirte eid on same day as Sunni there is no difference.it is on same dat

Khalidkhoso 06:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sacrificing animals in the name of Allah

I understand that we ask for Allah's blessing that we slaughter the animals in His name. Some people have misunderstood that sacrificing animals in the name of Allah is like that of the pagan Arab religion (pre-Islamic Arabia) that sacrifice animals and humans to appease the gods. How can we explain that we're doing it not for the sake of appeasing Allah and that it's only for human consumption just so to make the confused people clear about the sacrificing? --Fantastic4boy 06:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

REPLY:

I say tomato you say tom AH to.

  • Now we know why they sacrificed Saddam Hussein on that holiday. Wahkeenah 12:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prayer and khutba?

This article states that khutba follows prayer, in khutba it says that khutba precedes prayer. AxelBoldt 20:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Eid khutba differs from Friday's prayer khutba as it's given after the prayer not before. corrected in Khutba article. --Mido 22:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sunni and Shia commemorate Eid ul-Adha on different dates?

Around the time of Saddam Hussein's execution I remember a lot of claims that Sunni and Shia Muslims recognize Eid ul-Adha on different dates. Is this true? If so the article should say something about it. Elliotreed 03:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Never heard of this. Sounds like tendentious political talk. From my general understanding from Shia ulema's websites, Shias also use the lunar movements as the basis for commemorating Eid. Like Sunnis, they have just as much variability in terms of when they observe or do NOT observe Eid based upon their location (longitude & latitude) on the globe or whether they scientifically calculate the possibility to sight the moon rather than actually sighting the moon w/ the naked eye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furtfurt (talk • contribs) 15:17, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] date for 2007

Hi, in the german wikipedia someone just changed the date from the 20th of December to the 19th of December. He said that Saudi-Arabia celebrates on the 19th of December and that this is the important date as it's important for all the pilgrims from all over the world coming to Saudi-Arabia. What is the reason for having the 19th and 20th-24th in this article? How did you get to these dates? The german edit quotes www.islam-qa.com, but I can't read Arabic to check. Thanks, -- JanCK (talk) 19:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

In between I had a look at http://moonsighting.com/1428zhj.html and it suggest that the 19th is the day in Saudi-Arabia. And I still find it confusing that this article also mentions the 20th-24th in the table on the right. -- JanCK (talk) 20:04, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Ah, I'm confused looking at http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm#principal I get the 20 Dec 2007 -- JanCK (talk) 20:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Now User:41.232.213.189 changed it to December 18 to December 22. I don't think that is the best thing to do. The text states that the fest lasts 4 days. Plus one day for the pilgrims to descend the Mount Arafat. 18-22 is 5 days. I thought the the list at the end of the article listed the date for the first day of these 4 days, the days after the descent. Therefore I change the text accordingly. Changing the date to the 18th now, comes as surprise to me. What does the list show exactly? And who's right now?
Don't both sides claim they list the official sighting of the moon in Saudi Arabia. My guess it that phys.uu.nl lists the expected/calculated date and that moonsighting lists the date that was agreed on in Saudi Arabia. Does anyone know? -- JanCK (talk) 20:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Ah, phys.uu.nl states that "Note that the calendar dates for the months of Ramadān, Shawwāl and Dhū ’l-Hijja are often adjusted by the religious authorities of Saudi Arabia after reported sightings of the lunar crescent". So as far as I understand it the 19th should be the date listed. And the table on the right should list 4 day-periods. All of them are 5 day periods. -- JanCK (talk) 20:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
In Turkey it's 20th, fyi. --Gokhan (talk) 07:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
k, that's what is listed on http://moonsighting.com/1428zhj.html . Is Turkey basing that on calculations or on an actual moonsighting? -- JanCK (talk) 08:26, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] image

[edit] What kind of image do we want?

Maybe we can agree on what kind of picture we are searching for? One of the Kaaba? -- JanCK (talk) 22:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we could include or ? -- JanCK (talk) 10:44, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
I think the two photos you've posted above are perfect for the article. The photo below should be replaced by them. It is lower quality (grainy & out-of-focus) and is less relevant (where is this, is it an Eid prayer somewhere?) and it's caption, "Eid Ghaa" is unclear (what does that mean, I've never heard of it?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Furtfurt (talk • contribs) 15:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] relevance and content of Image:Photo-0105.jpg

Right now the image is included in the article. I don't know, what I can see on that picture. And the subtitle of the picture Eid Ghah isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article. Could someone tell me why this picture is relevant and what one can see on it? -- JanCK (talk) 21:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] future dates

Do we have several sources for the future dates of Eid ul-Adha? I think http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm#principal looks good. But I just came across http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier , which I can't read as it's french. But

The ramadan dates aren't the same either. Do we have other sources? Can someone check the calculations? Is http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier maybe not refering to Saudi-Arabian moon sightings? Right now, the date in the article are based on http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm . -- JanCK (talk) 10:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

The future dates given by the Lyon Mosque website are not based on the Umm al-Qura calendar but on the tabular Islamic calendar (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islam_tabcal.htm), following either scheme Ic or IIc. This is the common practice in Morocco where the begin of each month is adjusted if the lunar crescent is sighted on a evening differing from the predicted evening. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vgent (talk • contribs) 09:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Qur'anic basis of Eid ul-Adha?

The article states that the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son is Qur'anically based. However, the cited verse (2:196) doesn't seem to mention Abraham or his sons at all. All I see is a commandment that, if you can't do the Hajj pilgrimage, then you should do sacrifice. In fact, I can't tell if if the cited sura is even talking about Eid ul-Adha at all. Searching at http://www.islamicity.com/QuranSearch/ doesn't show the word "Adha" in the Qur'an anywhere.

It appears to me that the actual sacrifice story appears in Sura 37, the Rangers, verses 100 through 106. Also, verse 112 could be interpreted as meaning that the son to be sacrificed was Ishmael; if we assume it happens chronologically as well as textually after the sacrifice, then the divine messengers come to Abraham to announce Isaac's impending birth after the sacrifice story has already happened.

So, assuming the sacrifice referred to in 2:196 is indeed the sacrifice of Eid ul-Adha, how did that come to be linked with the Abraham-Ishmael story?

Pirate Dan (talk) 20:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

I added the blurb about the two "Eids" being Quranically-based mainly in an attempt to clarify/differentiate them from the non-denominational Eid celebrated in Iran. I wasn't successful since my comment seems to create more confusion.
The Quranic reference I included mainly covers some of the rites and concepts of hajj connected to the lengthy and detailed story of Ibrahim, Ismail and Hajjar--not the story of the sacrifice. Now that I've read the entire article and seen that it really fails to show a significant connection between Eid ul-Adha and the concepts and principles enshrined in the stories of Ibrahim, Ismail and Hajjar (solely focusing instead on the sacrifice) I think that the Quranic basis needs to be clarified. I will work on that clarification sometime soon. If in the meantime you'd like to remove the Quranic basis sentence, please do so. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Furtfurt (talk) 22:37, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name Continuity

I've noticed that the page contains three different spellings: Eid ul-Adha, Eid el-Adha, and Eid Al-Adha. Should we decide on one spelling and make it the only one in the actual article? 68.193.75.149 (talk) 18:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Also called-section

What is the Also called section for? Probably it's useful for some other names. But someone (User:87.180.212.42)just added Opferfest, and I don't see no reason for listing it there, as that is just the German translation of The Festival of Sacrifice. We can't just list all translations of that, can we? -- JanCK (talk) 20:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Who Was Sacrificed?

The name Itzhac itself generated the verb "Tzaha-Dhaha" which means "sacrify" in Arabic. Tradition when "told" from one generation to another, creates a new "term" in a living language, where an event generates a verb. The most important holiday in Arabia is the pilgrimage to Makkah, centuries before Islam. In this pilgrimage, the sacrifice "story" is repeated on the "mount of mercy", which in Arabic is literally "Har-Ra'fat" or simply Arafat. In the Hebrew tradition this mount is called Moriah, which recalls the name of "Marwah" in the Mecca area. The big Sacrifice holiday is then the Ad-ha holiday. This is the holiday that repeats the Sacrifice by Abraham to his son Itzhac. Therefore, Arabs who may think (without proof) that it was Ismael who was offered as scrifice, the name of that big holiday "Atz-ha" proves that it was Itzhac who was sacrificed. The name Tzah-ha (Dah-ha) in Arabic also means "Sacrify at Dawn". The term Dawn is also derived from the "Sacrifice Tradition". The sheep sacrifice in the Hajj Islamic tradition also must happen before sunrise which means at Dawn. The history of Arabia must be re-written on the basis that the theater of all the Biblical events was Arabia. The Arabian tradition seems to be more coherent and clear than the biblical stories. The Bible stories are interpreted as deciphered from the old Hebrew, which is unclear while the Arabian oral stories are linked together in a way that makes sense. A complete analysis of the Abraham legend is posted under the titles Mecca and Abraham on Wikipedia. Please log on and look for my name in the discussion tabs.

Noureddine (talk) 15:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)