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Eid Al-Adha: Saudi Hajj
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The Adha like Eid al-Fitr was instituted by the Prophet (PBUH) independent of the Hajj institution. The two Eids were introduced by the Prophet (PBUH) most probably in the second year of Hijrah when he saw the inhabitants of Madinah celebrate two local annual festivals. He instead initiated the two Eids as annual Islamic festivals, as the Hadith reports. Hajj, on the other hand, was made obligatory in the sixth year of Hijrah. Some scholars argue that Hajj was initiated even later than that perhaps in the 8th or 9th year of Hijrah. The initiation of these two important institutions of Islam at two different timings, in view of the first group, illuminates that the two Islamic institutions are not intertwined but are separate entities.
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Eid al-Adha is a major holiday marking the end of the hajj, or annual pilgrimage to Mecca. A racially and ethnically mixed congregation of about 100 Muslims gathered at Masjid Al Iman in North Oakland, one of about 30 Islamic houses of worship in the Bay Area, to celebrate the occasion.
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[C]onnecting Eid al-Adha with Hajj, as Mufti Taqi Usmani observes, “is in total disagreement with the teachings of Quran and Sunnah, and with the Shari'ah position recognized throughout the centuries. This is an unprecedented view which has never been adopted by any of the Muslim jurists during the past 1400 years, and it has a number of intrinsic defects and anomalies…”
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One of the two most important Islamic festivals, Eid al-Adha begins on the 10 day of Dhu'l-Hijja, the last month of the Islamic calendar. Lasting for three days, it occurs at the conclusion of the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Muslims all over the world celebrate, not simply those undertaking the hajj, which for most Muslims is a once-a-lifetime occurrence.
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'Id Al-Adha or Eid al-Adha (Arabic عيد الأضحى, "Festival of the Sacrifice") is a major Islamic festival that takes place at the end of the Hajj. It is ... known as 'Id al-Qurban or al-'Id al-Kabir (Major Festival).
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Eid Al Adha or the ‘Festival of Sacrifice’is celebrated by Muslims all over the world at the end of the Hajj, which is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid-al Adha is the festival when Muslims at the time of Hajj, commemorate the triumphs and trials of Prophet Abraham.
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