id al-adha

1. 1.

   the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity

   SynonymsFeast of Sacrifice

   Broaderfeast day

Questions about id al-adha

What does id al-adha mean?

id al-adha means "the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity".

What is another word for id al-adha?

Close synonyms include Feast of Sacrifice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.