Muslims in Cebu offer prayers for peace during Eid’l Adha

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=922363
• Monday, September 12, 2016

(PNA), LAP/EB/SGP

CEBU CITY, Sept. 12 (PNA) -- Muslims in Cebu on Monday offered prayers for peace and unity in celebration of Eid’l Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice.

Aladin Ubpon, imam or worship leader and administrator of the Al-Khairiah Mosque in Barangay Mambaling in Cebu City, said they offered the prayers for a swift end to hostilities in Mindanao following the bombing of Roxas Market in Davao City, which resulted in the death of 14 people and injury to dozens of others.

“We always pray for that, we ask from the heavens that peace will continue to dominate,” Ubpon said.

Ubpon said the annual feast of Eid’l Adha is a three-day celebration and will involve prayer, feasting and giving alms to the poor.

They slaughtered 22 goats and a cow for their feast.

Ubpon said Eid’l Adha or the “Feast of the Sacrifice,” commemorates the deeds of the Prophet Ibrahim or Abraham.

He said that according to Islamic tradition, Ibrahim brought his son to the desert to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, as an offering to Allah.

But Allah, through an angel, stopped Ibrahim and told him to sacrifice a lamb instead of his son.

In honor of Ibrahim’s sacrifice, Muslims must slaughter a lamb or goat and divide its meat among family, friends and neighbors.