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The consensus is to keep the "Other names" section. Editors found the section worth retaining because it shows how the festival is celebrated in many places in the world.
There is "Other names" section into the article includes names of Eid al-Adha in other languages and I think it is not cyclopedic and better to remove. Is there another idea about it? Saff V. ( talk) 12:09, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
"Skeptics, however, feel that this is due to a Saudi superstition that states that if the Eid falls on a Friday, the King will die soon. As chance (or Fate) would have it, King Fahd died later that year." What is the relevance of the above statement to this article? Doesn't this look like some tabloid story to you? I suggest removal of the above from the article.
What is the Also called section for? Probably it's useful for some other names. But someone ( User:87.180.212.42)just added Opferfest, and I don't see no reason for listing it there, as that is just the German translation of The Festival of Sacrifice. We can't just list all translations of that, can we? -- JanCK ( talk) 20:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Should it say "scarification" in the first paragraph of Traditions and Practices, or is it a typo? Xaxx 10:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Hari Raya refers to the other Eid, Eid-ul-Fitr not eidul Adha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.199.177.246 ( talk) 09:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
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You Muslims talk about IMAGE? "What kind of IMAGE do we want?" Are you serious? Why not just show everyone the truth? Isn't that what Eid is all about -- taking the life of an innocent animal to fulfill one's own selfish desires to be "right with God"? I mean, what, do you all reckon yourselves to be butchers? OF COURSE this makes you all look like savages! Animal cruelty is degrading to humanity. You slit the --- throats of animals, not at all knowing what you're doing, and the animal bleeds to death as everyone stands around watching, humiliating it as it suffers and dies in a huge pool of its own blood. Animal rights activists ought to be all over your --- . And you do this not just for FOOD, but in the name of GOD. Bloodshed in the name of GOD. And you are all exposed to this as children, and you are desensitized to suffering. You just don't care. The animal writhes around in pain and fear, held down as its throat is slit. And NOT by someone with a JOB as a butcher, rather, EVERY Muslim is commanded to do this, and innocent children are watching. I REALLY don't think it's a coincidence that the ones who behead and slit the throats of human beings also are the ones to slit animal throats..... How anyone could ever bow their heads to this reprehensible God of death is beyond me.... I know I would rather rot for an eternity in hell. So yes, I want to see a picture of the animal having its throat slit. I want everyone to be able to see it. That is what your Eid-al-Adha is about. The very name means "Feast of Sacrifice." What's the problem? But I'm sure this comment will be reverted because "freedom of speech" is reduced to mere principle these days and it is becoming less and less common to see it in practice. Oh well. At least I can say I tried.... Please express yourself in a more civilized way. ( Ewpfpod ( talk) 09:13, 20 November 2010 (UTC)) |
This sentence:
Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat.
has poor sentence structure, but I don't know what the intention of the sentence is so I can't fix it. Anyone familiar enough with this history should fix it. The structure indicates that the "pilgrimage" is the thing that "descend" from Mount Arafat. Unless a "pilgrimage" is a plural noun, it (they) cannot "descend" from anything.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.24.63 ( talk) 13:21, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
We end with the sentence telling us of how the well allowed the city to become a trade route and allowed it to prosper.
Then we jump thousands of years to the the Hijrah/Hegira (flight or emigration) to Medina.
Why is this added, if useful why start with this sans why this was necessary or how it relates to Eid al-Adha? Atmamatma ( talk) 07:11, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
The history section of this article may be interesting, but it talks about the establishment of Mecca and the Kaaba. While tangentially related to the Eid al-Adha, that doesn't explain what the holiday is about. Could someone correct the history section to include the almost sacrifice of Ishmael?
75.141.130.148 ( talk) 03:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
The grammar and punctuation in the history section was pretty rough. If there is a way to, feel free to let me know if anyone needs help proofing anything for this article.
Citizengw ( talk) 00:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
"Eid ul-Azha" means the major festival. It is also called the "Eid of Sacrifice" or the "Eid ul-Hajj". The "Eid ul-Azha" is a commemoration and a reminder to Muslims of several things; for example:
• The story of Prophet Ebrahim (AS) (Abraham) and Prophet Ismail (AS) (Ishmael) and their willingness to make great sacrifices for Allah.
• To be ready to make sacrifices for the religion of Islam.
• For those who have not gone for Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mekka), it is showing support for their fellow Muslims who are completing the Hajj on that day (i.e., 10th Dhu al Hejja).
Please read complete article on my Site http://malikpaki.blogspot.com/
The date according to the Saudi government is January 10th while many other countries have reported the 11th as the date. They include Pakistan, Bangladesh and many parts of America. Though some parts of America do follow the Saudi decision and will have the 10th as their Eid.
the slaughter picture
i don't mind the picture at all, but i think other people will because it is graphic. Also the people who are slaughtering it look like savages in the pic, i dont think it gives a good image of eid or islam in general. just my thoughts, i actually thought the picture was not bad or disturbing at all.
Dear Eid depend on Hajj, it is nothing without Hajj.
aad picture it would be better .
Khalidkhoso 12:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I also agree. We've all slaughtered a goat or two, but we dont want to appear savage to others, even if McDonalds does it in an even more horrific way. BlackTooth93 ( talk) 03:40, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm not very knowledgable about prayers and I was trying to find an online description of how to perform the Eid-ul-Azha prayers by myself but couldn't find any reliable source (e.g. some come from a Madhi or Shi-a perspective). I think it would be quite useful and beneficial to add a paragraph on how to perform the Eid prayers either here in the Eid-ul-Azha article or on the Salaat article and then link it here.
Thanks to the muslim Guild for all of your great works relating to the Islamic articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.34.234.120 ( talk • contribs) .
Here is some information from Sunnipath:
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=650&CATE=115
Yeah it is not different then Common Prayer we have as decrisbe by user above
Khalidkhoso 12:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
What does 'Wa lillah lilham' (towards the end) mean for the Eidul Adha prayer? -- 203.15.122.35 04:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
More correctly it is as follows: "Wa Lillahi L'Hamdu" which means "And to God All the Thanks".
Noureddine ( talk) 15:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
and not Ishmael as given. That conflicts with the info given under Abraham. I will change it to Isaac but I doubt it will stay unchanged. Another example of Wikipedia famous credibility. Nickbee 03:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)Nickbee
Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam) was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:10, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
The question is which one is more ancient and chronologically closer to the event? The Genesis or Quran? The answer is obvious and that one should be logically regarded as _______ (fill in the blank). — Preceding
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Ishamel wasn't Muslim at all.Therefore,Muslim-Christian-Jewish arguing isn't valid.The sacrificed son was Isaac,no doubt about it but Muslims shouldnt be offended as like I stated Ishmael wasn't muslim,rather Arab who believed in one God — Preceding
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The Infobox says "Commemoration of Ibrahim (Abraham)'s willingness to sacrifice his young first-born and only son in obedience of a command from God"; in my view "and only son" is misleading as two sons are commonly associated or it should be added "and only son *at time of sacrifice*" if sources sufficiently confirm.
Regarding the point, which son it was it can be stated that according to Muslim belief it was Ishmael and according to Jewish and Christian interpretation Isaac. As no witness is living today this remains a fair statement and the strength of the respective arguments can be discussed in a different enty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.219.10.250 ( talk) 12:42, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
wat about adding a pic of people praying Salat?
Salam. Eid ul-Azha is three days, not four. And Eid ul-Fitr is only one. Some countries such as Bangladesh have 3-day Eid ul-Fitrs and 4-day Eid ul-Adhas, but that's only custom, not proper Islamic teaching. Source: [1] Insha'Allaah I will change this. 84.68.164.9 19:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Eid al-Adha is four days long. Of course actual celebrations can be shorter or longer depending on locale, but the ritual Eid al-Adha is four days long. This is akin to how Christmas as a ritual holiday is only one day long but can be celebrated, e.g. in the form of holiday from work or school or the setting up of a Christmas tree, for several days depending on locale. Eid al-Adha begins on 10 Dhul Hijjah with the eid prayer and ends on 13 Dhul Hijjah, the deadline for ritual sacrifices to be accepted. The article should also be consistent; the side box states the four days of 10 Dhul Hijjah - 13 Dhul Hijjah as its duration.
Source: Mittwoch, E. "ʿĪd al- Aḍḥā." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2010. Brill Online. < http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/entry?entry=islam_SIM-3472> A gitano ( talk) 15:21, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
I would like to to change the duration back to four days. Please read this talk archive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hajj/Archive_1#63327583931 — Preceding unsigned comment added by OpTioNiGhT ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
the prophet ibrahim or abraham had 2 sons one named ishac or isaac born by sarah and mainly lived in arabic palestine however isaac is the youngest of ibrahim 2 sons and was born when sarah and ibrahim were too old. the first son for ibrahim was ismael from hagar the present given to ibrahim from a king it was god's will to divide the descenders of ibrahim the prophet of allah a branch in palestine and a branch in mecca where the first masged was built for the people. then as a test for both ismael and ibrahim god ordered ibrahim to sacrifice his son and before killing ismael gibril the angel came down with a big sheep for ibrahim to sacrifice instead. the palestinian branch was to spreead out the words of allah in thier region and for the arabic branch in mecca to spread the words of allah thier too and also take care of the kaaba that ibrahim and ismael built together and care for the prayers who went there as pilygrims. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.205.226.99 ( talk)
This is nonsense. The origin of the Muslim story HAS to be from the Hebrew version which predates the Muslim version by CENTURIES. And this should be included within the Origins section — Preceding
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Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Prophet Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam)was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:08, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
I believe that the ul- would be a non standard spelling?
Please do not add more languages to the first line in the article. The first line in Wikipedia articles is reserved for the English name (and the name in another language ONLY IF the English name stems from that non-English name) only. Thus, the Bosnian, Turkish, Bengali, Persian, etc., names DO NOT belong in the first line of the article. The most common English renderings of the holiday's name all stem from the Arabic version, so that should be the only non-English name in the first line (check on English Google - see how many hits Eid ul-Adha, Id al Adha, etc. get as opposed to Eid-e-Ghorban, Eyd-e-Qorban, etc.). The names in other languages belong in the "other names" section and in the infobox, but nowhere else. Please keep this article professional. -- SameerKhan 19:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
סרסלי, קײק פּלז ( talk) 06:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
"Days of Eid= It is Four Days Eid Not three"
Is not quite the most informative thing I've ever read on Wikipedia 80.4.195.106 13:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Another nitpick: Christopher Hitchens mentions, low down in this article, that Shiites begin their celebration of Eid ul-Adha one day later than Sunnis. (This is presumably due to variations in interpreting the lunar calendar -- as I recall, there's a similar variance, of a full week, between the celebration of Easter by western Christianity descending from Catholicism, and the eastern Orthodox churches.) Rmharman 19:08, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
i have many Shia friends and they celebirte eid on same day as Sunni there is no difference.it is on same dat
Khalidkhoso 06:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
I understand that we ask for Allah's blessing that we slaughter the animals in His name. Some people have misunderstood that sacrificing animals in the name of Allah is like that of the pagan Arab religion (pre-Islamic Arabia) that sacrifice animals and humans to appease the gods. How can we explain that we're doing it not for the sake of appeasing Allah and that it's only for human consumption just so to make the confused people clear about the sacrificing? -- Fantastic4boy 06:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
REPLY:
I say tomato you say tom AH to.
This article states that khutba follows prayer, in khutba it says that khutba precedes prayer. AxelBoldt 20:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Around the time of Saddam Hussein's execution I remember a lot of claims that Sunni and Shia Muslims recognize Eid ul-Adha on different dates. Is this true? If so the article should say something about it. Elliotreed 03:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, in the german wikipedia someone just changed the date from the 20th of December to the 19th of December. He said that Saudi-Arabia celebrates on the 19th of December and that this is the important date as it's important for all the pilgrims from all over the world coming to Saudi-Arabia. What is the reason for having the 19th and 20th-24th in this article? How did you get to these dates? The german edit quotes www.islam-qa.com, but I can't read Arabic to check. Thanks, -- JanCK ( talk) 19:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Maybe we can agree on what kind of picture we are searching for? One of the Kaaba? -- JanCK ( talk) 22:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Right now the image
is included in the article. I don't know, what I can see on that picture. And the subtitle of the picture Eid Ghah isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article. Could someone tell me why this picture is relevant and what one can see on it? --
JanCK (
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21:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Do we have several sources for the future dates of Eid ul-Adha? I think http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm#principal looks good. But I just came across http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier , which I can't read as it's french. But
The ramadan dates aren't the same either. Do we have other sources? Can someone check the calculations? Is http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier maybe not refering to Saudi-Arabian moon sightings? Right now, the date in the article are based on http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm . -- JanCK ( talk) 10:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The article states that the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son is Qur'anically based. However, the cited verse (2:196) doesn't seem to mention Abraham or his sons at all. All I see is a commandment that, if you can't do the Hajj pilgrimage, then you should do sacrifice. In fact, I can't tell if if the cited sura is even talking about Eid ul-Adha at all. Searching at http://www.islamicity.com/QuranSearch/ doesn't show the word "Adha" in the Qur'an anywhere.
It appears to me that the actual sacrifice story appears in Sura 37, the Rangers, verses 100 through 106. Also, verse 112 could be interpreted as meaning that the son to be sacrificed was Ishmael; if we assume it happens chronologically as well as textually after the sacrifice, then the divine messengers come to Abraham to announce Isaac's impending birth after the sacrifice story has already happened.
So, assuming the sacrifice referred to in 2:196 is indeed the sacrifice of Eid ul-Adha, how did that come to be linked with the Abraham-Ishmael story?
Pirate Dan ( talk) 20:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that the page contains three different spellings: Eid ul-Adha, Eid el-Adha, and Eid Al-Adha. Should we decide on one spelling and make it the only one in the actual article? 68.193.75.149 ( talk) 18:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
The name Itzhac itself generated the verb "Tzaha-Dhaha" which means "sacrify" in Arabic. Tradition when "told" from one generation to another, creates a new "term" in a living language, where an event generates a verb. The most important holiday in Arabia is the pilgrimage to Makkah, centuries before Islam. In this pilgrimage, the sacrifice "story" is repeated on the "mount of mercy", which in Arabic is literally "Har-Ra'fat" or simply Arafat. In the Hebrew tradition this mount is called Moriah, which recalls the name of "Marwah" in the Mecca area. The big Sacrifice holiday is then the Ad-ha holiday. This is the holiday that repeats the Sacrifice by Abraham to his son Itzhac. Therefore, Arabs who may think (without proof) that it was Ismael who was offered as scrifice, the name of that big holiday "Atz-ha" proves that it was Itzhac who was sacrificed. The name Tzah-ha (Dah-ha) in Arabic also means "Sacrify at Dawn". The term Dawn is also derived from the "Sacrifice Tradition". The sheep sacrifice in the Hajj Islamic tradition also must happen before sunrise which means at Dawn. The history of Arabia must be re-written on the basis that the theater of all the Biblical events was Arabia. The Arabian tradition seems to be more coherent and clear than the biblical stories. The Bible stories are interpreted as deciphered from the old Hebrew, which is unclear while the Arabian oral stories are linked together in a way that makes sense. A complete analysis of the Abraham legend is posted under the titles Mecca and Abraham on Wikipedia. Please log on and look for my name in the discussion tabs.
Noureddine ( talk) 15:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Prophet Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam)was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Not sure why there was ever any doubt about this question.
The Quran says nothing about it at all. By contrast the Bible ( more than a thousand years older) is quite clear and explicit. Ishmael was Abraham's elder son by his wife' servant Hagar. After Abraham's wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac however Hagar and Ishmael were sent away. Thus Isaac became Abraham's only remaining son, and it was he whom Abraham set out to sacrifice. The Biblical account is set out in great detail so there can be no doubt or confusion.
According to the Bible Ishmael later wed an Egyptian woman - and is implicitly presumed to have become the father of the Arab peoples. One can only imagine that in Arab tradition the original story got slightly muddled. But it's all mythological - so it doesn't really matter much, if at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.55.95 ( talk) 15:34, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Seeing how so many names were cluttering both the infobox and the main article, I deleted all foreign names from the infobox and put them all in the article, and then shortened/reorganized that section in the article by type of name. All the names should still be there, although rearranged by translation/borrowing. -- SameerKhan ( talk) 23:39, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I am not happy with the phrasing "The Arabic term "Festival of Sacrifice", ‘Eid ul-’Aḍḥā, is similar to the Semitic roots that evolved into Indic languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Bengali ..." etc. The meaning is that the semitic roots have been adopted by some Indic languages and I think the article should be changed to this effect Steflars2011 ( talk) 15:58, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
There is no archeological evidence that 4000 years ago Mekka was uninhabited when Abraham walked in there. It is misleading the reader. Fact and fiction are not carefully seperated in this artice. The entire article has NPOV issues. The Koran should not be called "holy" either. MuratOnWiki ( talk) 20:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Some men sitting on the floor has no encyclopedic value. Eid is about a peculiar way of slaughtering an animal. Someone interest in this should see how this is done in practice. No bowdlerization needed. I propose this detailed pic: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cow_slaughter.jpg MuratOnWiki ( talk) 20:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
2.The animal has reached the required age. The adult age is: Six months for a sheep One year for a goat, lamb
Isn't lamb and sheep the wrong way round? Eugene-elgato ( talk) 20:20, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
In the first paragraph of the article, it says that "God intervened to provide him [Abraham (Ibrahim)] with a sheep— to sacrifice instead" or his son. But under the section called "Origin", it says "Abraham was told to replace his son with a goat to sacrifice instead." I understand that there are several observances of this that have used various animals, but--
According to Muslim "official" writings, was it a goat or a sheep that "God" (or Allah / elohim) told Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice?
Several official links (in English)?
Thanks! Misty MH ( talk) 13:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
The article contradicts itself in facts: In the first paragraph of the article, it says that "God intervened to provide him [Abraham (Ibrahim)] with a sheep— to sacrifice instead" or his son. While under the section called Origin, it says "Abraham was told to replace his son with a goat to sacrifice instead." Understanding there are several observances of the festival that have used various animals, what do "official" writings say it was, a goat or a sheep that Allah/elohim told Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice? Please provide official links in English. Thanks! Misty MH ( talk) 13:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Was a goat or sheep sacrificed originally? The article says both. Misty MH ( talk) 13:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Twice just now I tried to add a very relevant question to the Discussion/Talk page, but both times it seems to be rejecting it as possible Soapbox, which of course it isn't even close to! Misty MH ( talk) 13:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
In practice this event is about the ritual slaughter of animals or animal sacrifice. This information isn't easily available from this article. It is a request to major contributors to this article to do so. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 04:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
I have no idea why a Sheep eating grass is a "Symbol of Eid" How about people praying? The new clothing, the sheep eating grass looks like a symbol of a Meat company, not a religious holiday.-- Inayity ( talk) 01:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Kwamikagami removed the supplementary pronunciation without giving a reason and substituted it with a fake one, so I restored the pronunciation. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 04:31, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
need section regarding Eid in western countries where animalrights see an issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.75.60 ( talk) 22:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Clearly the editors don't want to hear or see any dissenting voices about the public and brutal slaughter of animals on this wikipedia page. I have had my comments (referenced) that offer a critique to the non-critical or self-reflective information given about Eid twice, and twice editors have removed my edit. Nobody is forcing any opinion on this page (as one rather arrogant commentator says to my edit), I am actually adding a balance to what is a very one sided article about animal sacrifice. I have been told to discuss this matter here. so I am doing so. However in every other edit I have done on Wikipedia, if the edit is referenced and adds another opinion then nothing is wrong with that edit. What I find rather sinister is the removal of any criticism from this article which creates a very unbalanced information piece. As a senior academic, I would hope that the editors could at least countenance some dissent on this subject. I believe the removal of my edit is a way of censoring this page of information some people just don't want to see or hear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.198.134 ( talk) 15:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
It is not an objection but a criticism of Eid that should be acknowledged if information in Eid is to be without bias and objective per Wikipedia rules. Nor is it an opinion - it is a short summary of other people's views of Eid which isn't covered in the said article. That is not opinion - opinion. Yes, the removal of criticism or a counter view is censorship since anyone reading the article will not hear that debate. Just like the photos on the page don't not represent the diverse experience of Eid - from the holiday to some of the ugly side of the sacrificing of the animals. My addition was to give a wider picture to the cherry picked and sanitized version represented here. Wikipedia is according the rules a place to give objective and unbiased views - and to achieve that you need different perspective represented. That is not dissent, unless your saying there is only one way to understand a subject ?! This is not about edit warring - you are doing that, by refusing to accept an alternative view to make the page more balanced as per Wikipedia rules, and what is needed when providing information and knowledge to people. The only warring going on is by the editors who seem to think it is their duty to censor out alternative views. And for your information, some Muslims (as I have mentioned) do not like aspects of the animal sacrifice either, and that is important information for Muslims who read this page to know; and not for them to go away with the partisan viewpoint you are trying to insist for this page while pretending that is what Wikipedia wants. knowledge comes from learning and discussing different views, not from pretending other views don't exist on that subject and censoring information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.61.132 ( talk) 23:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
In the article:
What is the source of this information? Do you have this information in the Qur'an? Information about the age of 13 and 99 are only in the Bible. Why these details are transferred from the Bible. So this information should reference to the Bible. Why the Koran and the Bible is mixed. In addition, the Qur'an does not say that Ishmael was to be sacrificed. The Qur'an does not give a name. In the Qur'an, this information is not available. Does religious information compiled from here and there? This is not a problem, but the source of this information should be indicated.
This type of information is biased, because: Religious issues are as a football team to favor. So there is no benefit to insist on Isaac. There is no neutrality in religious beliefs. But there is flexibility in beliefs because beliefs can be shaped according to the desires of people. Because all of these issues are not only religious issues. Nationalism plays an important role. Hagar and Ishmael are the ancestors of the Arabs. So they prefer to Ishmael. Sarah and Isaac are the ancestors of the Israelites. And in the Bible it is the name of Isaac. Even if a name is not specified directly in the Qur'an, according to Arabs, this name is Ishmael. People are proud of their ancestors, and this is normal. They are proud of their ancestors Hagar and Ishmael. Moreover, in the Bible it is written that Hagar and Ishmael expelled from home. This event has happened twice. Thus began animosity between the two women. The first incident was related to childbearing capability. Sara was barren, but Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. After Ishmael Hagar began to see herself superior to Sara. Sara was so mistreated Hagar and Hagar fled with his son to the desert. Then, Hagar and her son came back again. 13 years later, Sara gave birth to Isaac. Isaac had reached the age of 3. And Abraham had organized a feast for his son Isaac. This time the 16-year-old Ishmael mocked Isaac. And Isaac's mother Sarah saw it. Sara asked Abraham to send them away. [2] "While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt." (Genesis 21:21). Thus, this contention was started and continued until today. Hagar and Ishmael are members of a team, Sara and Isaac are members of another team.
The article should give the order of events. The order of events in the Bible: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] -- AltıncıTas ( talk) 21:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
My Country of Eidul Adha Today ইকবাল হোসেন সোয়েব ( talk) 10:11, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
Why are all those dates mentioned of some previous and coming eids? There seems no need for this.. Can anyone explain? Sohebbasharat ( talk) 21:57, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Yes,why are previous Eid days mentioned? JmisquitH 15:19, 9 September 2015 (UTC) JmisquitH 15:19, 9 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by J maroon5 2308 ( talk • contribs)
People here should seriously be careful of which photos or information added to this article, and to any other Islamic or otherwise any religion-based article, as it has to be accepted by it’s law, interpretation, and acceptable representation. We have to be accurate at a religion’s correct and acceptable representation regardless of how well we want it represented. I would advise only using Islamic text images and people celebrating the Eid, not unauthentic or ‘foreign’ art on the religion. Thank you. The Astute Adamant ( talk) 18:50, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Very well, your objection is justified only by the ridiculous definition of the Wikipedia’s ‘encyclopedic reform’ policy . It contradicts safe and trustable information that can be wholly opposed by someone’s interpretation of something unrelevant to his/her responsibility and restrictions, and therefore resulting in completely untrue information. Sad. Do not think I am accusing you, I am not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Astute Adamant ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
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The consensus is to keep the "Other names" section. Editors found the section worth retaining because it shows how the festival is celebrated in many places in the world.
There is "Other names" section into the article includes names of Eid al-Adha in other languages and I think it is not cyclopedic and better to remove. Is there another idea about it? Saff V. ( talk) 12:09, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
"Skeptics, however, feel that this is due to a Saudi superstition that states that if the Eid falls on a Friday, the King will die soon. As chance (or Fate) would have it, King Fahd died later that year." What is the relevance of the above statement to this article? Doesn't this look like some tabloid story to you? I suggest removal of the above from the article.
What is the Also called section for? Probably it's useful for some other names. But someone ( User:87.180.212.42)just added Opferfest, and I don't see no reason for listing it there, as that is just the German translation of The Festival of Sacrifice. We can't just list all translations of that, can we? -- JanCK ( talk) 20:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Should it say "scarification" in the first paragraph of Traditions and Practices, or is it a typo? Xaxx 10:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Hari Raya refers to the other Eid, Eid-ul-Fitr not eidul Adha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.199.177.246 ( talk) 09:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
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You Muslims talk about IMAGE? "What kind of IMAGE do we want?" Are you serious? Why not just show everyone the truth? Isn't that what Eid is all about -- taking the life of an innocent animal to fulfill one's own selfish desires to be "right with God"? I mean, what, do you all reckon yourselves to be butchers? OF COURSE this makes you all look like savages! Animal cruelty is degrading to humanity. You slit the --- throats of animals, not at all knowing what you're doing, and the animal bleeds to death as everyone stands around watching, humiliating it as it suffers and dies in a huge pool of its own blood. Animal rights activists ought to be all over your --- . And you do this not just for FOOD, but in the name of GOD. Bloodshed in the name of GOD. And you are all exposed to this as children, and you are desensitized to suffering. You just don't care. The animal writhes around in pain and fear, held down as its throat is slit. And NOT by someone with a JOB as a butcher, rather, EVERY Muslim is commanded to do this, and innocent children are watching. I REALLY don't think it's a coincidence that the ones who behead and slit the throats of human beings also are the ones to slit animal throats..... How anyone could ever bow their heads to this reprehensible God of death is beyond me.... I know I would rather rot for an eternity in hell. So yes, I want to see a picture of the animal having its throat slit. I want everyone to be able to see it. That is what your Eid-al-Adha is about. The very name means "Feast of Sacrifice." What's the problem? But I'm sure this comment will be reverted because "freedom of speech" is reduced to mere principle these days and it is becoming less and less common to see it in practice. Oh well. At least I can say I tried.... Please express yourself in a more civilized way. ( Ewpfpod ( talk) 09:13, 20 November 2010 (UTC)) |
This sentence:
Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat.
has poor sentence structure, but I don't know what the intention of the sentence is so I can't fix it. Anyone familiar enough with this history should fix it. The structure indicates that the "pilgrimage" is the thing that "descend" from Mount Arafat. Unless a "pilgrimage" is a plural noun, it (they) cannot "descend" from anything.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.24.63 ( talk) 13:21, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
We end with the sentence telling us of how the well allowed the city to become a trade route and allowed it to prosper.
Then we jump thousands of years to the the Hijrah/Hegira (flight or emigration) to Medina.
Why is this added, if useful why start with this sans why this was necessary or how it relates to Eid al-Adha? Atmamatma ( talk) 07:11, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
The history section of this article may be interesting, but it talks about the establishment of Mecca and the Kaaba. While tangentially related to the Eid al-Adha, that doesn't explain what the holiday is about. Could someone correct the history section to include the almost sacrifice of Ishmael?
75.141.130.148 ( talk) 03:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
The grammar and punctuation in the history section was pretty rough. If there is a way to, feel free to let me know if anyone needs help proofing anything for this article.
Citizengw ( talk) 00:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
"Eid ul-Azha" means the major festival. It is also called the "Eid of Sacrifice" or the "Eid ul-Hajj". The "Eid ul-Azha" is a commemoration and a reminder to Muslims of several things; for example:
• The story of Prophet Ebrahim (AS) (Abraham) and Prophet Ismail (AS) (Ishmael) and their willingness to make great sacrifices for Allah.
• To be ready to make sacrifices for the religion of Islam.
• For those who have not gone for Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mekka), it is showing support for their fellow Muslims who are completing the Hajj on that day (i.e., 10th Dhu al Hejja).
Please read complete article on my Site http://malikpaki.blogspot.com/
The date according to the Saudi government is January 10th while many other countries have reported the 11th as the date. They include Pakistan, Bangladesh and many parts of America. Though some parts of America do follow the Saudi decision and will have the 10th as their Eid.
the slaughter picture
i don't mind the picture at all, but i think other people will because it is graphic. Also the people who are slaughtering it look like savages in the pic, i dont think it gives a good image of eid or islam in general. just my thoughts, i actually thought the picture was not bad or disturbing at all.
Dear Eid depend on Hajj, it is nothing without Hajj.
aad picture it would be better .
Khalidkhoso 12:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
I also agree. We've all slaughtered a goat or two, but we dont want to appear savage to others, even if McDonalds does it in an even more horrific way. BlackTooth93 ( talk) 03:40, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm not very knowledgable about prayers and I was trying to find an online description of how to perform the Eid-ul-Azha prayers by myself but couldn't find any reliable source (e.g. some come from a Madhi or Shi-a perspective). I think it would be quite useful and beneficial to add a paragraph on how to perform the Eid prayers either here in the Eid-ul-Azha article or on the Salaat article and then link it here.
Thanks to the muslim Guild for all of your great works relating to the Islamic articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.34.234.120 ( talk • contribs) .
Here is some information from Sunnipath:
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=650&CATE=115
Yeah it is not different then Common Prayer we have as decrisbe by user above
Khalidkhoso 12:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
What does 'Wa lillah lilham' (towards the end) mean for the Eidul Adha prayer? -- 203.15.122.35 04:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
More correctly it is as follows: "Wa Lillahi L'Hamdu" which means "And to God All the Thanks".
Noureddine ( talk) 15:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
and not Ishmael as given. That conflicts with the info given under Abraham. I will change it to Isaac but I doubt it will stay unchanged. Another example of Wikipedia famous credibility. Nickbee 03:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)Nickbee
Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam) was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:10, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
The question is which one is more ancient and chronologically closer to the event? The Genesis or Quran? The answer is obvious and that one should be logically regarded as _______ (fill in the blank). — Preceding
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Ishamel wasn't Muslim at all.Therefore,Muslim-Christian-Jewish arguing isn't valid.The sacrificed son was Isaac,no doubt about it but Muslims shouldnt be offended as like I stated Ishmael wasn't muslim,rather Arab who believed in one God — Preceding
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The Infobox says "Commemoration of Ibrahim (Abraham)'s willingness to sacrifice his young first-born and only son in obedience of a command from God"; in my view "and only son" is misleading as two sons are commonly associated or it should be added "and only son *at time of sacrifice*" if sources sufficiently confirm.
Regarding the point, which son it was it can be stated that according to Muslim belief it was Ishmael and according to Jewish and Christian interpretation Isaac. As no witness is living today this remains a fair statement and the strength of the respective arguments can be discussed in a different enty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.219.10.250 ( talk) 12:42, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
wat about adding a pic of people praying Salat?
Salam. Eid ul-Azha is three days, not four. And Eid ul-Fitr is only one. Some countries such as Bangladesh have 3-day Eid ul-Fitrs and 4-day Eid ul-Adhas, but that's only custom, not proper Islamic teaching. Source: [1] Insha'Allaah I will change this. 84.68.164.9 19:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Eid al-Adha is four days long. Of course actual celebrations can be shorter or longer depending on locale, but the ritual Eid al-Adha is four days long. This is akin to how Christmas as a ritual holiday is only one day long but can be celebrated, e.g. in the form of holiday from work or school or the setting up of a Christmas tree, for several days depending on locale. Eid al-Adha begins on 10 Dhul Hijjah with the eid prayer and ends on 13 Dhul Hijjah, the deadline for ritual sacrifices to be accepted. The article should also be consistent; the side box states the four days of 10 Dhul Hijjah - 13 Dhul Hijjah as its duration.
Source: Mittwoch, E. "ʿĪd al- Aḍḥā." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman , Th. Bianquis , C.E. Bosworth , E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2010. Brill Online. < http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/entry?entry=islam_SIM-3472> A gitano ( talk) 15:21, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
I would like to to change the duration back to four days. Please read this talk archive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hajj/Archive_1#63327583931 — Preceding unsigned comment added by OpTioNiGhT ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
the prophet ibrahim or abraham had 2 sons one named ishac or isaac born by sarah and mainly lived in arabic palestine however isaac is the youngest of ibrahim 2 sons and was born when sarah and ibrahim were too old. the first son for ibrahim was ismael from hagar the present given to ibrahim from a king it was god's will to divide the descenders of ibrahim the prophet of allah a branch in palestine and a branch in mecca where the first masged was built for the people. then as a test for both ismael and ibrahim god ordered ibrahim to sacrifice his son and before killing ismael gibril the angel came down with a big sheep for ibrahim to sacrifice instead. the palestinian branch was to spreead out the words of allah in thier region and for the arabic branch in mecca to spread the words of allah thier too and also take care of the kaaba that ibrahim and ismael built together and care for the prayers who went there as pilygrims. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.205.226.99 ( talk)
This is nonsense. The origin of the Muslim story HAS to be from the Hebrew version which predates the Muslim version by CENTURIES. And this should be included within the Origins section — Preceding
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Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Prophet Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam)was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:08, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
I believe that the ul- would be a non standard spelling?
Please do not add more languages to the first line in the article. The first line in Wikipedia articles is reserved for the English name (and the name in another language ONLY IF the English name stems from that non-English name) only. Thus, the Bosnian, Turkish, Bengali, Persian, etc., names DO NOT belong in the first line of the article. The most common English renderings of the holiday's name all stem from the Arabic version, so that should be the only non-English name in the first line (check on English Google - see how many hits Eid ul-Adha, Id al Adha, etc. get as opposed to Eid-e-Ghorban, Eyd-e-Qorban, etc.). The names in other languages belong in the "other names" section and in the infobox, but nowhere else. Please keep this article professional. -- SameerKhan 19:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
סרסלי, קײק פּלז ( talk) 06:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
"Days of Eid= It is Four Days Eid Not three"
Is not quite the most informative thing I've ever read on Wikipedia 80.4.195.106 13:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Another nitpick: Christopher Hitchens mentions, low down in this article, that Shiites begin their celebration of Eid ul-Adha one day later than Sunnis. (This is presumably due to variations in interpreting the lunar calendar -- as I recall, there's a similar variance, of a full week, between the celebration of Easter by western Christianity descending from Catholicism, and the eastern Orthodox churches.) Rmharman 19:08, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
i have many Shia friends and they celebirte eid on same day as Sunni there is no difference.it is on same dat
Khalidkhoso 06:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
I understand that we ask for Allah's blessing that we slaughter the animals in His name. Some people have misunderstood that sacrificing animals in the name of Allah is like that of the pagan Arab religion (pre-Islamic Arabia) that sacrifice animals and humans to appease the gods. How can we explain that we're doing it not for the sake of appeasing Allah and that it's only for human consumption just so to make the confused people clear about the sacrificing? -- Fantastic4boy 06:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
REPLY:
I say tomato you say tom AH to.
This article states that khutba follows prayer, in khutba it says that khutba precedes prayer. AxelBoldt 20:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Around the time of Saddam Hussein's execution I remember a lot of claims that Sunni and Shia Muslims recognize Eid ul-Adha on different dates. Is this true? If so the article should say something about it. Elliotreed 03:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, in the german wikipedia someone just changed the date from the 20th of December to the 19th of December. He said that Saudi-Arabia celebrates on the 19th of December and that this is the important date as it's important for all the pilgrims from all over the world coming to Saudi-Arabia. What is the reason for having the 19th and 20th-24th in this article? How did you get to these dates? The german edit quotes www.islam-qa.com, but I can't read Arabic to check. Thanks, -- JanCK ( talk) 19:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Maybe we can agree on what kind of picture we are searching for? One of the Kaaba? -- JanCK ( talk) 22:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Right now the image
is included in the article. I don't know, what I can see on that picture. And the subtitle of the picture Eid Ghah isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article. Could someone tell me why this picture is relevant and what one can see on it? --
JanCK (
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21:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Do we have several sources for the future dates of Eid ul-Adha? I think http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm#principal looks good. But I just came across http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier , which I can't read as it's french. But
The ramadan dates aren't the same either. Do we have other sources? Can someone check the calculations? Is http://www.mosquee-lyon.org/?cat=Calendrier maybe not refering to Saudi-Arabian moon sightings? Right now, the date in the article are based on http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm . -- JanCK ( talk) 10:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The article states that the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son is Qur'anically based. However, the cited verse (2:196) doesn't seem to mention Abraham or his sons at all. All I see is a commandment that, if you can't do the Hajj pilgrimage, then you should do sacrifice. In fact, I can't tell if if the cited sura is even talking about Eid ul-Adha at all. Searching at http://www.islamicity.com/QuranSearch/ doesn't show the word "Adha" in the Qur'an anywhere.
It appears to me that the actual sacrifice story appears in Sura 37, the Rangers, verses 100 through 106. Also, verse 112 could be interpreted as meaning that the son to be sacrificed was Ishmael; if we assume it happens chronologically as well as textually after the sacrifice, then the divine messengers come to Abraham to announce Isaac's impending birth after the sacrifice story has already happened.
So, assuming the sacrifice referred to in 2:196 is indeed the sacrifice of Eid ul-Adha, how did that come to be linked with the Abraham-Ishmael story?
Pirate Dan ( talk) 20:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that the page contains three different spellings: Eid ul-Adha, Eid el-Adha, and Eid Al-Adha. Should we decide on one spelling and make it the only one in the actual article? 68.193.75.149 ( talk) 18:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
The name Itzhac itself generated the verb "Tzaha-Dhaha" which means "sacrify" in Arabic. Tradition when "told" from one generation to another, creates a new "term" in a living language, where an event generates a verb. The most important holiday in Arabia is the pilgrimage to Makkah, centuries before Islam. In this pilgrimage, the sacrifice "story" is repeated on the "mount of mercy", which in Arabic is literally "Har-Ra'fat" or simply Arafat. In the Hebrew tradition this mount is called Moriah, which recalls the name of "Marwah" in the Mecca area. The big Sacrifice holiday is then the Ad-ha holiday. This is the holiday that repeats the Sacrifice by Abraham to his son Itzhac. Therefore, Arabs who may think (without proof) that it was Ismael who was offered as scrifice, the name of that big holiday "Atz-ha" proves that it was Itzhac who was sacrificed. The name Tzah-ha (Dah-ha) in Arabic also means "Sacrify at Dawn". The term Dawn is also derived from the "Sacrifice Tradition". The sheep sacrifice in the Hajj Islamic tradition also must happen before sunrise which means at Dawn. The history of Arabia must be re-written on the basis that the theater of all the Biblical events was Arabia. The Arabian tradition seems to be more coherent and clear than the biblical stories. The Bible stories are interpreted as deciphered from the old Hebrew, which is unclear while the Arabian oral stories are linked together in a way that makes sense. A complete analysis of the Abraham legend is posted under the titles Mecca and Abraham on Wikipedia. Please log on and look for my name in the discussion tabs.
Noureddine ( talk) 15:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Ismael was the sacrified son, as muslems believe.. if you believe in the bible the bible mentioned that "Prophet Ibraham was orderd to sacrify his only son". When Ismael was born he was Ibraham (Alihim Al-Salam)only Son, and Itzhac (Alihi Al-Salam)was Ibraham second son and never been his only son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.44.35.3 ( talk) 02:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Not sure why there was ever any doubt about this question.
The Quran says nothing about it at all. By contrast the Bible ( more than a thousand years older) is quite clear and explicit. Ishmael was Abraham's elder son by his wife' servant Hagar. After Abraham's wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac however Hagar and Ishmael were sent away. Thus Isaac became Abraham's only remaining son, and it was he whom Abraham set out to sacrifice. The Biblical account is set out in great detail so there can be no doubt or confusion.
According to the Bible Ishmael later wed an Egyptian woman - and is implicitly presumed to have become the father of the Arab peoples. One can only imagine that in Arab tradition the original story got slightly muddled. But it's all mythological - so it doesn't really matter much, if at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.55.95 ( talk) 15:34, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Seeing how so many names were cluttering both the infobox and the main article, I deleted all foreign names from the infobox and put them all in the article, and then shortened/reorganized that section in the article by type of name. All the names should still be there, although rearranged by translation/borrowing. -- SameerKhan ( talk) 23:39, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I am not happy with the phrasing "The Arabic term "Festival of Sacrifice", ‘Eid ul-’Aḍḥā, is similar to the Semitic roots that evolved into Indic languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Bengali ..." etc. The meaning is that the semitic roots have been adopted by some Indic languages and I think the article should be changed to this effect Steflars2011 ( talk) 15:58, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
There is no archeological evidence that 4000 years ago Mekka was uninhabited when Abraham walked in there. It is misleading the reader. Fact and fiction are not carefully seperated in this artice. The entire article has NPOV issues. The Koran should not be called "holy" either. MuratOnWiki ( talk) 20:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Some men sitting on the floor has no encyclopedic value. Eid is about a peculiar way of slaughtering an animal. Someone interest in this should see how this is done in practice. No bowdlerization needed. I propose this detailed pic: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cow_slaughter.jpg MuratOnWiki ( talk) 20:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
2.The animal has reached the required age. The adult age is: Six months for a sheep One year for a goat, lamb
Isn't lamb and sheep the wrong way round? Eugene-elgato ( talk) 20:20, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
In the first paragraph of the article, it says that "God intervened to provide him [Abraham (Ibrahim)] with a sheep— to sacrifice instead" or his son. But under the section called "Origin", it says "Abraham was told to replace his son with a goat to sacrifice instead." I understand that there are several observances of this that have used various animals, but--
According to Muslim "official" writings, was it a goat or a sheep that "God" (or Allah / elohim) told Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice?
Several official links (in English)?
Thanks! Misty MH ( talk) 13:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
The article contradicts itself in facts: In the first paragraph of the article, it says that "God intervened to provide him [Abraham (Ibrahim)] with a sheep— to sacrifice instead" or his son. While under the section called Origin, it says "Abraham was told to replace his son with a goat to sacrifice instead." Understanding there are several observances of the festival that have used various animals, what do "official" writings say it was, a goat or a sheep that Allah/elohim told Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice? Please provide official links in English. Thanks! Misty MH ( talk) 13:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Was a goat or sheep sacrificed originally? The article says both. Misty MH ( talk) 13:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Twice just now I tried to add a very relevant question to the Discussion/Talk page, but both times it seems to be rejecting it as possible Soapbox, which of course it isn't even close to! Misty MH ( talk) 13:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
In practice this event is about the ritual slaughter of animals or animal sacrifice. This information isn't easily available from this article. It is a request to major contributors to this article to do so. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 04:10, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
I have no idea why a Sheep eating grass is a "Symbol of Eid" How about people praying? The new clothing, the sheep eating grass looks like a symbol of a Meat company, not a religious holiday.-- Inayity ( talk) 01:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Kwamikagami removed the supplementary pronunciation without giving a reason and substituted it with a fake one, so I restored the pronunciation. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 04:31, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
need section regarding Eid in western countries where animalrights see an issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.75.60 ( talk) 22:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Clearly the editors don't want to hear or see any dissenting voices about the public and brutal slaughter of animals on this wikipedia page. I have had my comments (referenced) that offer a critique to the non-critical or self-reflective information given about Eid twice, and twice editors have removed my edit. Nobody is forcing any opinion on this page (as one rather arrogant commentator says to my edit), I am actually adding a balance to what is a very one sided article about animal sacrifice. I have been told to discuss this matter here. so I am doing so. However in every other edit I have done on Wikipedia, if the edit is referenced and adds another opinion then nothing is wrong with that edit. What I find rather sinister is the removal of any criticism from this article which creates a very unbalanced information piece. As a senior academic, I would hope that the editors could at least countenance some dissent on this subject. I believe the removal of my edit is a way of censoring this page of information some people just don't want to see or hear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.198.134 ( talk) 15:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
It is not an objection but a criticism of Eid that should be acknowledged if information in Eid is to be without bias and objective per Wikipedia rules. Nor is it an opinion - it is a short summary of other people's views of Eid which isn't covered in the said article. That is not opinion - opinion. Yes, the removal of criticism or a counter view is censorship since anyone reading the article will not hear that debate. Just like the photos on the page don't not represent the diverse experience of Eid - from the holiday to some of the ugly side of the sacrificing of the animals. My addition was to give a wider picture to the cherry picked and sanitized version represented here. Wikipedia is according the rules a place to give objective and unbiased views - and to achieve that you need different perspective represented. That is not dissent, unless your saying there is only one way to understand a subject ?! This is not about edit warring - you are doing that, by refusing to accept an alternative view to make the page more balanced as per Wikipedia rules, and what is needed when providing information and knowledge to people. The only warring going on is by the editors who seem to think it is their duty to censor out alternative views. And for your information, some Muslims (as I have mentioned) do not like aspects of the animal sacrifice either, and that is important information for Muslims who read this page to know; and not for them to go away with the partisan viewpoint you are trying to insist for this page while pretending that is what Wikipedia wants. knowledge comes from learning and discussing different views, not from pretending other views don't exist on that subject and censoring information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.61.132 ( talk) 23:34, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
In the article:
What is the source of this information? Do you have this information in the Qur'an? Information about the age of 13 and 99 are only in the Bible. Why these details are transferred from the Bible. So this information should reference to the Bible. Why the Koran and the Bible is mixed. In addition, the Qur'an does not say that Ishmael was to be sacrificed. The Qur'an does not give a name. In the Qur'an, this information is not available. Does religious information compiled from here and there? This is not a problem, but the source of this information should be indicated.
This type of information is biased, because: Religious issues are as a football team to favor. So there is no benefit to insist on Isaac. There is no neutrality in religious beliefs. But there is flexibility in beliefs because beliefs can be shaped according to the desires of people. Because all of these issues are not only religious issues. Nationalism plays an important role. Hagar and Ishmael are the ancestors of the Arabs. So they prefer to Ishmael. Sarah and Isaac are the ancestors of the Israelites. And in the Bible it is the name of Isaac. Even if a name is not specified directly in the Qur'an, according to Arabs, this name is Ishmael. People are proud of their ancestors, and this is normal. They are proud of their ancestors Hagar and Ishmael. Moreover, in the Bible it is written that Hagar and Ishmael expelled from home. This event has happened twice. Thus began animosity between the two women. The first incident was related to childbearing capability. Sara was barren, but Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. After Ishmael Hagar began to see herself superior to Sara. Sara was so mistreated Hagar and Hagar fled with his son to the desert. Then, Hagar and her son came back again. 13 years later, Sara gave birth to Isaac. Isaac had reached the age of 3. And Abraham had organized a feast for his son Isaac. This time the 16-year-old Ishmael mocked Isaac. And Isaac's mother Sarah saw it. Sara asked Abraham to send them away. [2] "While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt." (Genesis 21:21). Thus, this contention was started and continued until today. Hagar and Ishmael are members of a team, Sara and Isaac are members of another team.
The article should give the order of events. The order of events in the Bible: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] -- AltıncıTas ( talk) 21:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
My Country of Eidul Adha Today ইকবাল হোসেন সোয়েব ( talk) 10:11, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
Why are all those dates mentioned of some previous and coming eids? There seems no need for this.. Can anyone explain? Sohebbasharat ( talk) 21:57, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Yes,why are previous Eid days mentioned? JmisquitH 15:19, 9 September 2015 (UTC) JmisquitH 15:19, 9 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by J maroon5 2308 ( talk • contribs)
People here should seriously be careful of which photos or information added to this article, and to any other Islamic or otherwise any religion-based article, as it has to be accepted by it’s law, interpretation, and acceptable representation. We have to be accurate at a religion’s correct and acceptable representation regardless of how well we want it represented. I would advise only using Islamic text images and people celebrating the Eid, not unauthentic or ‘foreign’ art on the religion. Thank you. The Astute Adamant ( talk) 18:50, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Very well, your objection is justified only by the ridiculous definition of the Wikipedia’s ‘encyclopedic reform’ policy . It contradicts safe and trustable information that can be wholly opposed by someone’s interpretation of something unrelevant to his/her responsibility and restrictions, and therefore resulting in completely untrue information. Sad. Do not think I am accusing you, I am not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Astute Adamant ( talk • contribs) 20:03, 24 August 2018 (UTC)