Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on June 7, as the crescent moon of the Arabic month of Zil-Hajj was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement following a meeting held at 6:30 pm on the day at the conference hall of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. The meeting was held with religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain in the chair, reported UNB.
Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of the Zil-Hajj month of the lunar calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS) who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Allah some 4,500 years back.
But the Almighty, in His benign mercy, spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed.
To commemorate this historic event, Muslims all over the world slaughter sacrificial animals and draw inspiration from the unique example of sacrifice to please Allah as shown by two great prophets 鈥� Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) and his son Hazrat Ismail (AS).
On this occasion, Muslims across the country will offer prayers in congregations and sacrifice animals in the name of the almighty Allah.
In Bangladesh, the interim government has approved a 10-day holiday for the government employees from June 5 to June 14 for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
