The essence of Eid Ul Azha

 The essence of eid ul azha is not to have feasts and merry making with the goat and cow meat but to sacrifice according to Allah's command remembering the dream of Hazrat Ibrahim's sacrificing his son Hazrat Ismail instead a lamb was slaughtered.  This sacrifice and dream of Hazrat Ibrahim teaches us whether we are willing to sacrifice the dearest of our possessions in the name of Allah.

The sacrificing of goat and cow meat teaches us taqwa which is the fear of Allah. We are willing to spend and sacrifice in Allah's name having his fear. For every hair of the animal we sacrifice we will get the reward of Allah's countless blessings and sawab. 

In the end what I would like to say is that we sacrifice in Allah's name not for materialistic show and gain but to obey Allah's orders and command. 

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