Eid al Kabir
- known as Eid al-Adha elsewhere,
- popularly called ILEYA festival by Yourba people of South-western Nigeria; West Africa), or
- Internationally known as "Festival of Sacrifice",
- is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to
- commemorate the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Isma'il)
- as an act of obedience to God, before
- God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
- A ram, goat, sheep, cow or camel is sacrificed, with the family eating part of the animal and donating the rest to the poor.
- The festival is celebrated on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month in the Islamic calendar.
What is Eid al-Adha?
(Festival of Sacrifice) One of the two main Islamic festivals (the other is 'Id al-Fitr), this festival falls on the 10th day of the lunar month of Zul-Hijja and is the concluding act of pilgrimage to Makkah. In commemoration of Abraham's faith, sheep, goats and camels are offered to God, and the meat is distributed to the poor and needy. 'Id al-Adha is observed whether or not one is on pilgrimage.
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