Showing posts with label Eid al-Adha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eid al-Adha. Show all posts
Nov 5, 2011
Jan 29, 2010
Ismailis across North America commemorate Eid al-Adha in a spirit of harmony and shared understanding
This year, together with others in the Muslim Ummah, Ismailis across North America celebrated Eid al-Adha — the festival of sacrifice — with an emphasis on the importance of fostering harmony and understanding in the broader communities in which we live.
In Vancouver, the Ismaili Muslim community, the Muslim Canadian Federation, and the Shia Ithna’Ashari Muslim community of British Columbia came together on the 1st of December 2009 at City Hall to celebrate values shared across the Muslim and Judeo-Christian traditions
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In Vancouver, the Ismaili Muslim community, the Muslim Canadian Federation, and the Shia Ithna’Ashari Muslim community of British Columbia came together on the 1st of December 2009 at City Hall to celebrate values shared across the Muslim and Judeo-Christian traditions
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Nov 26, 2009
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, is observed by Muslims around the world in commemoration of one of the greatest trials of faith in the life of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham — upon whom be peace). In Muslim and Judeo-Christian traditions, it is related that, as a test of Hazrat Ibrahim’s faith, the Almighty calls upon him to sacrifice his beloved son. At the moment of the sacrificial act, a Merciful intervention spared his son’s life. The Holy Qur’an says:
Through the remembrance of the Prophet of Allah who is venerated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Eid al-Adha also celebrates the common humanity and ethical heritage shared by the Ahl al-Kitab — the People of the Book. In the words of Mawlana Hazar Imam:
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“We called out to him, ‘O Ibrahim, you have already fulfilled the vision’ – thus indeed we reward the righteous… indeed this was a manifest trial…”The Qur’an refers to Prophet Ibrahim as a Muslim — one who leads a life of devotion and willing submission to Allah — and confirms that many great prophets were descended from him, including Prophet Musa (Moses — upon whom be peace), Prophet Isa (Jesus — upon whom be peace), as well as Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). The notion that divine guidance is vested in the family of Prophet Ibrahim is firmly established in the Qur’an:
— Surah 37, Ayats 104–106
“Allah did choose Adam and Nuh, the family of Ibrahim, and the family of Imran above all people; Offspring, one from the other, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”In Shia tradition and belief, divine guidance, which Allah vested in the descendants of Hazrat Ibrahim, continued in Prophet Muhammad, the last and final Messenger of Allah, after whom, at Divine Command, the authority for guidance devolved upon his cousin and son-in-law Hazrat Ali and vests thereafter in the Imams in the progeny of Prophet Muhammad through Hazrat Ali and Bibi Fatima, the Prophet's daughter.
— Surah 3, Ayats 33–34
Through the remembrance of the Prophet of Allah who is venerated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Eid al-Adha also celebrates the common humanity and ethical heritage shared by the Ahl al-Kitab — the People of the Book. In the words of Mawlana Hazar Imam:
“The shared destiny of the ethos of the Abrahamic tradition that unites Christians, Jews and Muslims is governed by the duty of loving care to help nurture each life that is born to its God-given potential.”
— Mawlana Hazar Imam in Houston, USA, 23 June 2002.
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