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Hello and welcome students once again, it's me Mr Latif.

And today in our learning, we will be looking at the second of the two Eids, which is Eid ul-Adha.

Now a very important Eid 'cause it is a time in which it occurs at the end of the Hajj and the month of Hajj as well.

And as I'm recording this video on the 27th of July, what's really interesting is that Eid actually falls within this week of me recording so will occur on the 31st of July and it is a celebration for three days.

So today in our learning, we will be looking at the following to understand what occurs at Eid ul-Adha and also to understand how Muslims celebrate this event.

Now, as always there's five things that you need, if you don't have them please ensure that you have your exercise book or some lined paper, a black or blue pen, a different colour pen for any corrections, those attentive ears, and that curious brain.

Now, once you have those five things, let's start our learning for today.

So welcome to our learning today, the second art of the two festivals of Eid, and I really interest in a very important Eid Now today in our learning we'll be actually making some links if you have already watched or done the learning on the Hajj as well, because we'll be seeing the links of the life of prophet Ibrahim and that's Eid ul-Adha as well.

So today's two main things to understand what occurs on this day and to also understand how Muslims celebrate this event.

Now, as always, please ensure that you have the following five things with you.

If you have them fantastic.

If you don't have these five things this is a great opportunity for you to pause the video to ensure that you have them ready for your learning today.

Now once you have them, or if you have them, let's get into our learning.

So to start off with our learning today, when is Eid ul-Adha? Eid ul-Adha is celebrated on the 10th date of Dhu al-Hijjah, which is a very important month in the Islamic calendar.

Now within this month, it says when the Hajj pilgrimage occurs.

Remember there are two types of pilgrimages.

There is the Hajj, which is one of the five pillars of faith, which is an obligatory action which all Muslims should do if they're able to do so.

And there's also the Umbra, which is the lesser pilgrimage and that occurs during consistently throughout the year.

So the Hajj is a very important part of the five pillars of faith and the Hajj links to the story and the life of prophet Ibrahim.

So now let's look at the life of Prophet Ibrahim and how it links to the celebration of the Eid.

So the links between prophet Ibrahim and that of the Hajj and also that of the celebration of Eid ul-Adha.

So Eid ul-Adha it commemorates and honours the life of Prophet Ibrahim.

And it reminds Muslims, Prophet Ibrahim's willingness and his ability of obedience towards Allah.

So remember, Prophet Ibrahim has this dream, which comes from Allah.

And within this dream, he has this command.

Now this command is very interesting and very important.

Prophet Ibrahim was unable to have children with his first wife for many, many years.

So afterwards he married a second wife, Hajar and Hajar gives birth to Ishmael.

So it's a big celebration in their life that he now has a son in his life.

Now within his dream, he has a dream that Allah has commanded him to sacrifice his son.

So you can imagine this, God asking you to sacrifice your son.

And to what does Ibrahim do as a reflection upon this, he accepts this command.

He says, "If God has commanded me to do so.

"I trust God and I trust God's decision here." And Ishmael says it to his father as well.

He says, "Do not fear God.

"If God has told you to do this, "just ensure that we do this." Now as they're walking towards the hill to sacrifice the son Ibrahim is tempted by Shaitan, which known as Satan.

So Satan comes and he tempts to not to do it.

And he says, "Why would you do this? "Why would God ask you to sacrifice your son?" So each time Ibraham meets Shaitan or comes across Shaitan, he throw stones at him.

Yet to tempt the devil as well.

Now when the sacrifice is about to occur and prophet Ibrahim has a knife next to his son, Ishmael, there's a sacrifice or a ram or a goat's given instead.

So this is when Allah commands him and says, "This was a test and you've completed this test.

"Rather than sacrificing your son, "I now instruct and order for you to sacrifice "a goat or a ram instead." So this is a replacement that is given.

So this story really links the life of Prophet Ibrahim.

It reminds Muslims of his duty and his willingness to command God.

And it also shows God's blessing and God's ability too in a time of calamity and a time of difficulty that God actually blesses Ibrahim as well.

So how does this actually link to the Eid? Now on Eid ul-Adha Muslims perform and donate the Qurbani.

So this is a sacrifice of a goat or a ram.

So this occurs at the Eid or occurs before the Eid.

So in order to get ready and prepared for the Eid you have to do a Qurbani if you're able to do so in your means.

Now this involves a slow performance of halal slaughter.

So halal slaughter is the slaughter that's done by a Muslim, mainly done within a slaughter house by someone who is able to do so, which follows the Surah law.

So there's many things that occur within the halal slaughter.

Now within the halal slaughter as well, the distribution of the meat is given in thirds.

So one third of meat is given to that family, one third of meat is given to that of friends, and one third of meat is given to that of the poor.

Now in the society today, in the world that we live in, when we have a population of Muslims that consists of nearly 2 billion, many Muslims will not perform the Qurbani.

Because number one they may not be able to do so 'cause they haven't been brought up to the skills of how to slaughter animal, and number two, they don't have any means to do so.

You need to set some place in terms of legislation and law as well.

It's not something you could just do in your back garden, right? Has to be done in a slaughter house, which is seen as a lawful place.

So how do Muslims actually perform the act of Qurbani? So many Muslims donate money.

And this is done through Islamic charities to which they donate money.

And from that donation, the Qurbani is given to the one third of the poor.

And many Muslims actually may go to a slaughter house or go to a butchers and buy the meat and then distribute it to their friends and family, and also to the poor as well.

But that first option of going to a charity and submitting your details, and then ensuring that that meat goes to where it's the most needed is what many Muslims do today.

So at this part of the video, I'd like for you to spend five minutes to answer the following question.

How does Eid ul-Adha link to the life of Prophet Ibrahim? So what link does it have to his life? Now, once that disappeared, you may pause the video and I'll see you in five minutes.

Welcome back and let's go over our answer together.

So some key terms there in red, and please ensure that you read in the answer as I may rates it and if there's any corrections that you need to make, please ensure you do.

Eid ul-Adha commemorates and celebrates the life of Prophet Ibrahim and his obedience to Allah.

It's as mentioned in the Qur'an in verse 37, Muslims are reminded that Ibrahim was commanded to sacrifice his only son Ishmael and of his willingness to follow the commandment of Allah.

When he was about to carry out the sacrifice, Allah revealed that he had completed a test and a ram was given instead.

On this Eid, Muslims sacrifice an animal and donate one third of the meat to the poor and the other two thirds.

one third to a family , and one-third to your friends.

So if there's any corrections that you need to make, please ensure that you do it now, if not, let's continue.

So welcome back.

So now we've looked at the origins and the links of the life of Prophet Ibrahim to this Eid, but how is actually Eid ul-Adha celebrated as well? So Sadaqat is also given on this day and there's a Eid Salah at the mosque.

So many Muslims will perform the Qurbani before or they'll ensure that they have donated the money to the Qurbani or to ensure that it's given to the poor before the Eid.

And that's a really important part of being a Muslim and is part and part of Islam, that you give the rights to the poor if it's in your means to do so.

Now, unlike Eid ul-Fitr, you can see there's many similarities if you've watched the previous lesson on Eid ul-Fitr.

So is the wearing of your best clothes.

It's a really important day, it's a day of celebration.

It's a day to wear your best perfumes.

Many Muslims will go and perform the Eid Salah at the mosque.

And a sermon is given by the Imam afterwards.

Now generally because of the time within the year, many Muslims will be reminded of their duty to go to perform the Hajj or to remind of the duty and obedience that prophet Ibrahim had and that is for them to also show their obedience to Allah as well.

Now, Muslims celebrate, but also sing the following, which is Eid Mubarak and eating of dates as well.

Now, key thing here, which is a bit different.

It's not often the month of Ramadhan.

So this is at the end of the Hajj, which is a very important pillar of Islam.

Now the Qurbani that I mentioned as well that this is performed.

Now countries like the UK, many Muslims may go to their local butcher or to a slaughterhouse to receive the meat, or they may donate their one-third through a charity.

And this is really important because it reminds Muslims to reflect and to remember the poor.

For many poor people around the world, many Muslims the Qurbani, the meat that they receive, the one third, may be the only meat that they eat for many months ahead.

So the importance of the Qurbani it's not only just to give the one-third of the meat to the charity as well, but also it should ensure and remind Muslims if they can and it's in their means to do so to give a sadaqah, since sadaqah meaning donate to charity.

So if they're able to in their means to ensure that I continue to feed the poor throughout the year, cause the poor have rights over them.

And there's also a link there to the concept of Umah, that global unity of the brotherhood.

Now Muslims are reminded that actually they have a duty to their fellow Muslim, that they're all collectively the same body of humans who are equal before God and there'll be asked on a day of judgement , how they spent their wealth as well.

So for the ones that remember the poor and looked after the poor they spent their wealth well and is seen as a good deed.

So Muslims want to do this as well.

They want to seek out God's obedience, also by giving the Qurbani and forms of Sadaqah, they also want to receive God's reward in the afterlife.

Now like Eid ul-Fitr, this Eid is celebrated in many similar ways.

So the gifting of gifts, the visiting of family and friends, a special feast in the evening, remembering to remain steadfast for the rest of the year ahead, and also the visiting of the poor and the sick, if you can and your means to do so.

And it's also a time for those who are celebrated and performed the Hajj and their family or friends to wish them and give them a Mubarak to tell them congratulations for performing, fifth of the final pillars.

Because they're very important to have time for those who are able to do so.

So if they know anyone who's able to perform the Hajj, to give them a sense of Mubarak, which means congratulations.

Now the next task I'd like for you to do is the following.

Could I please ask for you now to spend a moment, five minutes to answer the following question? I'd like for you to write one paragraph and to answer the following question which says, how is Eid ul-Adha celebrated and how is it celebrated differently from Eid ul-Fitr? So for this task I like to give you five minutes.

Now as always, there are some keys terms there at the bottom to help you with your answers.

So there's Qurbani, Ibrahim, Salah, family, new clothes, Eid prayer, feast, and Eid Mubarak.

So once I've disappeared, there we go.

Can I please ask you to pause the video and I'll see you in five minutes Welcome back.

Let's see how we did.

So we're going to go over this answer together and please ensure if there's any corrections you need to make that you do so.

Eid ul-Adha is celebrated with Muslims on this Eid.

It involves the sacrifice of animal and donation of one-third of the meat to the poor.

It is different from Eid ul-Fitr as Eid ul-Adha commemorates the life of prophet Ibrahim However, like a Eid ul-Fitr it is celebrated with Eid Salah and includes preparations of dressing in your best clothes and perfumes, the sharing of gifts, and visiting family and friends.

So the key thing there, the key difference between the two is, is this really remembers the sacrifice and the test and trial given to Ibrahim to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, that commandment that was given.

And many Muslims on this Eid, if they're able in their means to do so will perform the Qurbani and donate one-third of the meat to the poor.

If there's any correction you need to make this is the best time for you to do so.

If not, let's continue.

Now another task.

And for this task I like for you to spend 20 minutes.

I would like for you to make a storyboard which shows all the different things that Muslims do on Eid ul-Adha.

So I'd like for you to spend 20 minutes for this task.

So from the start of the day to the end of the day.

And don't forget that key thing, the Qurbani which is very important.

Now, once I've disappeared, here we go.

I'd like for you now to spend 20 minutes and to pause the video and I'll see you in 20 minutes.

Welcome back.

So now just to finish off and hopefully your storyboards are looking absolutely fantastic.

And hopefully at the end of the lesson you'll be able to have the permission from your parent or carer to share your work or give me an opportunity to see your storyboard.

So now we're going to move on to a bit of true and false.

So I've got a couple of questions and as always, there's different options for you to do.

You can either pause the video before and write the question that true or false, or you can just write true or false, or number three you just want T or F.

So let's get in it together.

So Eid ul-Adha is at the end of Dhu al-Hijjah, true or false.

And the answer is, it is false.

Remember, it's not at the end of Dhu al-Hijjah, it is on the 10th day.

Now next question.

Eid ul-Adha remembers the life of Prophet Ibrahim, true or false? And the answer you should have had is true.

Remember it remembers his life, it remembers that key thing, that test from Allah to sacrifice his son.

You have to sacrifice an animal, apologies, yourself, true or false? And the answer is false.

You do not have to sacrifice an animal yourself.

It can be done through the means of a charity or going to a slaughterhouse.

The sacrifice is known as the haram slaughter, true or false? And the answer is false.

It's known as the Qurbani, not the haram slaughter.

Haram means not permissible or lawful in Arabic.

Next question.

One-third of the meat goes to your family, true or false? And the answer is true.

Remember the first third goes to your family, and the second to your friends, and the third to the poor.

There are only two Eids, true or false? And it is true.

There are only two Eids in the Muslim calendar.

Next question.

It happens at the end of Hajj, true or false? And it is true.

It happens at the end of the Hajj pilgrimage.

Next question.

Many give the meat to the pool through charities, true or false? And the answer is it is true.

Today in society many choose to give the meat through the charities, as it enables them to give it to the Umah, where it is the most needed around the world.

The sacrifice is known as Qurtubi, true or false? And it is false.

Remember the sacrifice is known as Qurbani, not Qurtubi.

Shaytaan Ibrahim not to follow Allah, true or false? And the answer is true.

I remember what he did.

He'd throw stones at Shaytaan, whenever Shaytaan tried to tempt him.

Ishmael told his father not to do it, true or false? And the answer is false.

He said, and he reminded his father.

"If this is a command by God, "it's something that you should obey." So he wasn't scared of the command.

Eid is a public holiday in Muslim countries, true or false? And the answer is true.

It is a public holiday in Muslim countries.

And in many Muslim countries it is celebrated for three to four days.

In non-Muslim countries, someone may ask the employee if they're able to take the day off, which may be paid or in some cases unpaid.

So what have we learned today? We've learned that this Eid is a festival that celebrates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son to Allah.

And this is remembered and celebrated through the act of the Qurbani, which was a command given to Prophet Ibrahim as well.

And the Qurbani itself remember, one-third to family, one-third to friends, aNd one-third to the poor.

And this occurs at the end of Hajj and on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.

And it says the second Eid in Islamic calendar.

In many Muslim countries it's observed as a two, oh sorry, a three or four day celebration as a public holiday, whilst in non-Muslim countries, you may ask your employee for a day off whether that's paid or in some cases unpaid.

Now Muslims remind themselves that they decorate their homes, they exchange the gifts, they say Eid Mubarak to each other, and a family meal is eaten and it's a day of celebration.

So that really summarises our learning today on the Eid.

Now, as always there's one final thing left for you to do, please ensure the end of the lesson if you're able to with your parent or carer's permission to share your work @Oaknational or the #LearnwithOak on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

And as always there's a tricky quiz, so please ensure that you have a go at the exit quiz at the end, which gives me, Mr Latif an opportunity to see how fantastic your learning is on Eid.

And on that note, I will see you soon, take care, best wishes.