Bakr Eid (Idul Joha), the second great festival of Muslims, is being celebrated today in mosques across the country. There is a religious tradition of celebrating Eid al-Fitr on the 70th day of Ramadan. Muslims take bath early in the morning and go to the nearest mosque or Idgah to pray in congregation. After praying, greetings are exchanged.

On this occasion, Muslims flock to mosques and Idgahs across the country, including Nepali Jame Masjid, Kashmiri Masjid on Darbar Marg. According to the Hijri calendar, 1440 years ago, this festival was started to commemorate that Ibrahim was ready to sacrifice his son Ishmael, peace be upon him, at the command of Allah.

Muslim religious guru (Maulana) Rahmat Ali says that the lineage of Ibrahim, which became the basis of the historical Bakr Eid festival, was continued in the year 571 by Mohammad Salalah in Mecca. Who made a significant contribution to pass down this festival and religion from generation to generation and composed the scripture called Hadith.

'This book is now being studied and taught in Muslim religious schools (madrasahs). Salalah, who was born in Mecca, moved to Medina after the age of 53. In memory of this, even now, a big fair is held in both of these pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia,' he said.

It is considered auspicious to go to Mecca and Medina on the occasion of this festival. The Ministry of Home Affairs arranges flight tickets to go to Makkah Madinah. For this, the secretariat of the Haj Committee has been established under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Even pilgrims who cannot go to Mecca and Medina celebrate Bakr Eid at home. The main purpose of this festival is Hajj. In this festival, to please Allah, Muslims sacrifice animals that are considered legitimate by religion.

According to religious beliefs, Allah's Navi (messenger) Ibrahim Ali Salam at the age of 90 received an order to sacrifice his son Ismail, the child he received from his wife Hajar. It is religiously believed that Allah is pleased with the observance of which is not the sacrifice of Ishmael, but the sacrifice of the dumbas raised in heaven (Jannat). For this reason, the Muslim religion has maintained the practice of sacrifice until now.

The childless Ibrahim asked Allah for blessings to have children. Ibrahim's commitment was that if Allah gives me the happiness of children, I will sacrifice. Accordingly, Muslims believe that Allah said that he should sacrifice in his dream as a test.

Many animals were sacrificed but Allah was not pleased. In the end, he wanted to please Allah by sacrificing his most beloved son. At this moment, after his test was proved to be successful, instead of a human being, the Qurban (sacrifice) of Dumba, who had been brought up to heaven, was performed.

The sacrificial meat is divided into three parts and distributed. It is a Muslim religious belief that one portion should be given to the poor and needy family, another portion should be given to one's friends, and the third portion should be eaten by oneself. Accordingly, the first day of Bakr Eid is being celebrated today. Muslims celebrate this festival for three days till Monday.