Eid Ul Adha In Uae

The muslim festival of eid al adha marks the conclusion of the pilgrimage to mecca known as haj.

Eid ul adha in uae. Eid al adha 2020. Because eid al adha is a 3 day holiday uae residents should expect a long weekend. United arab emirates holidays 2020. The dubai government s human resources department has announced a four day holiday for eid al adha and arafat for the public sector.

The authority said the break will be from thursday july 30 to. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced so please check back regularly for updates. List of dates for other years. Uae public holidays 2020 this page contains a national calendar of all 2020 public holidays.

Eid al adha or the festival of the sacrifice starts with the special eid al adha prayer also known as salat al eid al adha 2020. Uae prayer timings announced mosques and eid public praying areas will remain closed as worshippers are urged to pray at home eid al adha lights have been put up across abu dhabi. Saudi arabia s supreme court on monday said that the day of arafat will fall on thursday july 30 and that the eid al adha holiday will be on friday july 31. Uae residents will be likely to enjoy a long weekend with a three day break for eid al fitr expected to fall on may 24 sunday depending on sighting the crescent of shawwal.

Considering that eid means solemn festival it is not surprising that eid al adha has a distinctly religiousness to it with morning prayers at the mosque listening to a sermon on the importance of sacrifice wearing new clothes and animal sacrifice called qurbani constituting a major. United arab emirates holidays 2021. For those who will perform the congregational eid ul adha prayer in the uae we bring you the 2020 eid al adha prayer time in dubai abu dhabi sharjah and other emirates. After that the coming holiday that is most important in islamic point of view that comes in uae is arafah day and eid ul adha feast of sacrifice from 9 to 12 dhu al hijjah.

Eid al adha is an islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of ibrahim also known as abraham to follow allah s god s command to sacrifice his son. In the uae as in many muslim countries eid al adha is a time of family and religious devotion.