Eid al-Adha

E7628

Islamic religious festival public holiday in many countries religious holiday

Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Eid al-Adha canonical	54
Greater Eid	3
Eid ul-Adha	2
Hari Raya Haji	2
Bakr Eid	1
Bakrid	1
Eid al-Adha rituals	1
EidAlAdha	1
Feast of the Sacrifice	1
Hari Raya Qurban	1
Id al-Adha	1
Kurban Bayramı	1
Qurbani (Udhiya, sacrifice in Eid al-Adha)	1
Tashriq days	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eid al-Adha
Context triple: [Islam, majorHoliday, Eid al-Adha]

A. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
B. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
C. Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
D. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
E. Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eid al-Adha
Target entity description: Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.

A. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
B. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
C. Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
D. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
E. Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious festival ⓘ public holiday in many countries ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ
associatedPractice	community gatherings ⓘ takbir recitations ⓘ wearing new or best clothes ⓘ
basedOnText	Qur’anic narrative of Ibrahim and his son ⓘ
calendarType	Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
commemorates	Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God ⓘ submission to the will of God ⓘ
dateRelativeToGregorian	shifts about 10–11 days earlier each Gregorian year ⓘ
duration	4 days in many Islamic traditions ⓘ
followsEvent	Day of Arafah ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Bakr Eid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Bakrid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Eid ul-Adha Festival of Sacrifice ⓘ Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Greater Eid Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Hari Raya Haji Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Hari Raya Qurban Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Id al-Adha Eid al-Adha ⓘ surface form: Kurban Bayramı
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus	public holiday in many Muslim-majority countries ⓘ
linkedToRitual	Hajj ⓘ surface form: Hajj pilgrimage
mainRitual	Eid congregational prayer ⓘ distribution of meat to the poor ⓘ festive meals ⓘ giving charity (sadaqah) ⓘ khutbah (sermon) ⓘ ritual animal sacrifice (qurbani or udhiyah) ⓘ visiting relatives and neighbors ⓘ
meatDistributionRule	portion for relatives and friends ⓘ portion for the family ⓘ portion for the poor and needy ⓘ
nameMeaning	Eid al-Adha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feast of the Sacrifice
observedBy	Muslims worldwide ⓘ
occursDuring	Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
prayerLocation	mosques ⓘ open prayer grounds (musalla or eidgah) ⓘ
precededBy	Eid al-Fitr in the Islamic year ⓘ
relativeImportance	one of the two major Islamic Eids ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
sacrificeAnimalType	camel ⓘ cow ⓘ goat ⓘ sheep ⓘ
symbolizes	charity and sharing ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islam → majorHoliday → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Eid al-Fitr → precedes → Eid al-Adha ⓘ

Arabs → majorHoliday → Eid al-Adha ⓘ