What date is Eid al-Adha in 2020

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Eid al-Adha is an important holiday for all followers of the Islamic faith. We will tell you what date the beginning and end of 2020 will be, when it will be celebrated.

Reasons for the annual transfer of dates

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha every year. The celebration usually takes place on the tenth day of the month of Zul-Hijja. He, in accordance with the Muslim calendar, is considered the 12th month.

It turns out that there are fewer months in this calendar than in the most common Gregorian today. This is also the reason that the holidays celebrated in Islam are regularly shifted in time.

Due to the fact that Muslims use the lunar calendar, the length of the year for them is 354 days. For comparison, a leap year lasts 355 days.

It is difficult to determine on your own what date Eid al-Adha will be in 2020. But you just need to find out when the event is approved in order to remember this date. It begins on the evening of Thursday, July 30.

The end of the holiday is scheduled for August 3. This date falls on Monday. Eid al-Adha is considered completed after sunset.

When it begins and ends

In all countries where Muslim communities are present, the celebration of Eid al-Adha is accepted at the state level. This is expressed in the conduct of nationwide morning prayers, especially in large cities. Rites of sacrifice, without which it is impossible to imagine this holiday, are held in places specially equipped for these purposes.

Eid al-Adha begins from Thursday to Friday - a day that is considered a day off among Muslims. After Friday there will be Saturday and Sunday, which, according to Russian traditions, are accepted as non-working days. Accordingly, Muslims will have 2 additional non-working days - August 1 and 2.

Eid al-Adha is a part of an ancient rite carried out by Muslims during the period of pilgrimage. Believers clean the house, put on festive clothes and gather for prayer.

Dates approved in the Russian republics

Holidays are provided in all republics where the predominant population is Muslim: Dagestan, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus republics, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.

There is no need to find out what date in 2020 the holiday of sacrifice will be celebrated separately by the republics of the Russian Federation. There are no differences in terms of timing. Eid al-Adha will be celebrated everywhere in the same way: from the evening of July 30 to August 2. The holiday will last 3 days.

Traditions and customs

On the holiday, ablution is performed, after which they put on clean clothes, and say a short takbir prayer. Then everyone goes to the mosque to perform the morning prayer (prayer). Usually they don't have breakfast in the morning.

After the morning prayer, a sermon is read praising Allah and his prophet Muhammad. The Imam tells the audience how important this holiday is in the lives of believers, and how important sacrifices are. The sermon is often delivered in verse.

Sacrifice is a key tradition. It is usually done on the first day of the holiday. However, it can be carried out on other days as well. A ram usually acts as a sacrificial animal. Occasionally, this role is played by cows or camels.

The requirements state that the ram must be over 6 months old, and the cow must be at least 2 years old. If a camel is sacrificed, then it must be at least 3 years old. It is important that the animals are healthy. Depending on the material condition, every Muslim family must sacrifice at least one ram.

After cutting the meat, it is cooked and divided into several parts. One part is given to family members, the second is given to the poor, the third is given to neighbors. You can put sweet treats and other types of treats on the festive table.

Summarize

1. The holiday of Eid al-Adha will last for 3 days, namely: July 31, August 1 and 2.
2. The dates in question are accepted in all Muslim republics of Russia, but each of them has the right to independently change them in its region.
3. The reasons for the fact that the timing of the holiday changes annually is the difference between the Muslim lunar calendar and the Gregorian one.