Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar that honors sacrifice and submission to God, is observed by Muslims all over the world.
Despite the devil’s attempts to keep him from the act, the festival, which runs from June 6 through to June 9, honors the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to follow God’s command to sacrifice his only son Ismail.
Ibrahim was three times before the devil, but the prophet reacted by pelving him with stones. God stayed in his father’s hand and spared his son by offering him a lamb to sacrifice in the process.
The slaughter of an animal, typically a goat, sheep, cow, bull, or camel, is traditionally observed as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” with the meat being distributed among neighbors, family members, and the less fortunate.
Adult Muslims observe the annual Hajj, a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at the same time as the event’s beginning.
At the Jamarat complex in Mina, near Mecca, pilgrims at Hajj take part in a symbolic “stoning of the devil” in memory of Ibrahim’s resistance to Satan.
Three concrete walls represent the three locations where the devil is said to have allegedly tried to deter Ibrahim from obeying God during the stoning ritual.
Pilgrims dumped their pebbles overnight from Muzdalifah, a hill with a significant spiritual significance just a few kilometers from Mecca.
An estimated 1.6 million pilgrims threw their stones at Mina’s concrete walls on Friday, and the devil was worshipped there.
Source: Aljazeera
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