File- A boy waits for customers at a cattle market in Al Manashi village, ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO – 12 July 2022: About 19,623 cattle heads of cows, buffaloes, camels, sheep, and goats, Youm7 reported on Thursday.
On the first day of Eid Al-Adha (the feat of sacrifices), a total of 6,514 heads of cattle were slaughtered, while on the second day about 7,812 ones, and during the third day about 5,297 heads were slaughtered.
The Ministry of Agriculture had stated that slaughtering services were provided to citizens free of charge.
Eid Al-Adha is the most significant feast for Muslims worldwide, as it marks the end of the Hajj (pilgrimage) to the holy city of Mecca.
The Adha honors the day when Prophet Ibrahim -peace be upon him- was ordered to sacrifice his son, Ismael, and because of his obedience, God substituted Ismael with a ram, and this day has become a feast for Muslims since that day.
“And We have ransomed you with a mighty sacrifice” - Qur’an 37:107
In Islam, the sacrificed animal during Al-Adha is divided into parts, in order for the animal’s owner to be able to give a share of the meat to the needy people.
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