what is the significance of sacrifice on Bakrid
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what is the significance of sacrifice on Bakrid
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it basically commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael in order to show his obedience to Allah.
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it basically commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael in order to show his obedience to Allah.
thank you atleast you replied
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it basically commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael in order to show his obedience to Allah.
why only bakra is scrificed and not any other animal?
Is it an obligation for every muslim to sacrifice bakra or one can skip also?
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Actually...the very animal that was replace with Prophet Ishmael was a Lamb. Why specifically lamb? well it's a loooong story and one that is tied to the earliest of times.
Read if u have patience...please forgive me if i skip something significant:
Prophet Adam had two sons Abel and Cain. And they at one time gave offerings to please Allah due to a conflict that they needed guidance on, and on the advice of their father Prophet Adam, they made an offering of their individual fitting. Cain offered garden produce (claiming them to be a better offering then that of his brother Abel) and Abel was a shepard, who could only spare whatever he had of his herd so he offered a Lamb. Back then, the tradition was that an offering would be made on a mountain (i dnt recall the name of), and a blaze would come out of the skies, capture the offering and take it back into heavens within a flash. So, on this particular occassion, Abel offered a Lamb, and it is told that, Allah (SWT) accepted that offering over that of the other brother (Cain), and this very lamb was saved in the heavens for a later time. Now if we fast fwd. to the times of Prophet Abraham. When Prophet Abraham was to sacrifice Ishmael for the sake of Allah, that very lamb was sent from the heavens to replace Ishmael. Hence a Lamb being a preferred animal.
It is NOT a must to sacrifice lamb only, many ppl sacrifice other animals as well, like a family or a group of people can go together on a Camel or a Cow. Many people, majority, sacrifice Goat.
So there it is...
This is the shortest way i could explain the origin of why Lamb or Goat....
The actual history behind it all is very lengthly, and interesting i might add. :)
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thank you atleast you replied
no problem. :)
why only bakra is scrificed and not any other animal?
Is it an obligation for every muslim to sacrifice bakra or one can skip also?
it's not just a bakra....it can be from any livestock (ie cow,sheep,camel) as well. "Bakra Eid" is a term used mostly by indian/paki muslims because the bakra is mostly used for sacrifice in those regions. In arabic "Bakra Eid" is called Eid ul Adha simply meaning the "festival of sacrifice" this term has nothing to do with a bakra.
It's not an obligation for muslims but it is good to do it if one easily do it and can afford to do so.
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no problem. :)
it's not just a bakra....it can be from any livestock (ie cow,sheep,camel) as well. "Bakra Eid" is a term used mostly by indian/paki muslims because the bakra is mostly used for sacrifice in those regions. In arabic "Bakra Eid" is called Eid ul Adha simply meaning the "festival of sacrifice" this term has nothing to do with a bakra.
It's not an obligation for muslims but it is good to do it if one easily do it and can afford to do so.
In proper urdu, we call it Baqar Eid or Baqra Eid which means qurbani wali eid.
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bakra eid doesnt literally MEAN Qurabani wali eid..it’s just a term used for Qurbani wali eid (ie eid ul adha)…right?..because isnt a bakra a goat? 
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The way actual Baqar Eid is written in Urdu, it is "Baqar"of arabic and which means COW :)
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The way actual Baqar Eid is written in Urdu, it is "Baqar"of arabic and which means COW :)
so then why do ppl say bakra....bakra means goat in urdu right? but now you are saying it written as baqar eid? ufff so confusing. Anyway off topic i suppose.
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Actually...the very animal that was replace with Prophet Ishmael was a Lamb. Why specifically lamb? well it's a loooong story and one that is tied to the earliest of times. Read if u have patience...please forgive me if i skip something significant: Prophet Adam had two sons Abel and Cain. And they at one time gave offerings to please Allah due to a conflict that they needed guidance on, and on the advice of their father Prophet Adam, they made an offering of their individual fitting. Cain offered garden produce (claiming them to be a better offering then that of his brother Abel) and Abel was a shepard, who could only spare whatever he had of his herd so he offered a Lamb. Back then, the tradition was that an offering would be made on a mountain (i dnt recall the name of), and a blaze would come out of the skies, capture the offering and take it back into heavens within a flash. So, on this particular occassion, Abel offered a Lamb, and it is told that, Allah (SWT) accepted that offering over that of the other brother (Cain), and this very lamb was saved in the heavens for a later time. Now if we fast fwd. to the times of Prophet Abraham. When Prophet Abraham was to sacrifice Ishmael for the sake of Allah, that very lamb was sent from the heavens to replace Ishmael. Hence a Lamb being a preferred animal. It is NOT a must to sacrifice lamb only, many ppl sacrifice other animals as well, like a family or a group of people can go together on a Camel or a Cow. Many people, majority, sacrifice Goat.
So there it is...
This is the shortest way i could explain the origin of why Lamb or Goat.... The actual history behind it all is very lengthly, and interesting i might add. :)
very well said mashallah....:)
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so then why do ppl say bakra....bakra means goat in urdu right? but now you are saying it written as baqar eid? ufff so confusing. Anyway off topic i suppose.
Peace AnGel EyEs
I have a theory on this ... off topic ... some time ago the Arab merchants must have pointed to the cow and called it a Baqarah to this Hind people. They the Hind people might have vulgarised the name to Bakarah and falsely attributed it to a goat.
Worth a guess but it might be completely different. It could be that the term bakara originates in Persian or Sanskrit ... Allahu'Alim.
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Actually...the very animal that was replace with Prophet Ishmael was a Lamb. Why specifically lamb? well it's a loooong story and one that is tied to the earliest of times. Read if u have patience...please forgive me if i skip something significant:
...... and a blaze would come out of the skies, capture the offering and take it back into heavens within a flash.
Peace teggy
Just for the record I think you will find that the offering is burnt with the strike from the skies not taken away.
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Peace teggy
Just for the record I think you will find that the offering is burnt with the strike from the skies not taken away.
Thanks for the correction brother! :) May Allah bless you.
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Teggy can you provide the reference for this. I know about the Cain and Abel story and their offering and also about Ishmael. I have read in detail in Ibn Kathir and other places however I have never come across that the lamb that replaced Ishmael AS was the same one accepted from Abel.
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Peace AnGel EyEs
I have a theory on this ... off topic ... some time ago the Arab merchants must have pointed to the cow and called it a Baqarah to this Hind people. They the Hind people might have vulgarised the name to Bakarah and falsely attributed it to a goat.
Worth a guess but it might be completely different. It could be that the term bakara originates in Persian or Sanskrit ... Allahu'Alim.
hmmm thanks for your theory...could be :)
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I’ll most certainly try n locate the source for you…