Jabar and Sirah
Daddy Hashim and his sweetheart Athirah
The gals with mum
Excited over their goody bag
The family in all white - Yusuf and Ros
Performance time by each family
Hazim, Hanif, Nizar and Charcoal
The winners of the Guess the number of of macaroni
I won this!
Another winner - Dhabitah
Two birthday girls cutting the cake
I love you Nenek!
Yipee! A toblerone for me
A dark chocolate for my dessert!
Fikri one of the winners in the Treasure hunt
Gee! I found a gold coin as my treasure
The game and the prizes at stake
Nasi Rawon for a feast at the table
LOVE ABOUNDS
Aidil Adha visited us again. We thanked Allah for giving us the whole family the opportunity to meet again. I had prepared the dishes to serve my siblings and after the usual morning prayers at the mosque, I began to get ready receiving them.
First, my husband and I spent some time hanging buntings, balloons and decorations for two birthday celebrations - my niece Masayu Athirah's and my sister's Fiza birthday. I then gathered some prizes for games that we would play during the celebration. Guess the number of macaroni was one game we played and the other was treasure hunt. Each family also had to perform to entertain one another.
Warong Sazatin served Nasi Rawon for our guests. There was pickle, serunding, ayam masak merah, bagedil and Brother Hashim helped out in cooking sambal sotong. Each family went home with a goody bag and some packed food.
What Aidil Adha is all about?
Aidiladha is also commonly known as Hari Raya Korban or Hari Raya Haji. Celebrated about two months after Hari Raya Aidilfitri, on the 10th day of Zulhijjah, the 12th (last) month of the Muslim calendar, it marks the end of the haj pilgrimage period (about two weeks). Every year, millions of Muslims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the haj, one of the five basic tenets of Islam.
Aidiladha also commemorates the sacrifices made by the Prophet Ibrahim (hence the word 'korban,' which means sacrifice in Arabic), who demonstrated immense faith when he was put to the test by God.
Prophet Ibrahim was commanded to offer his son Ismail up for sacrifice, and though it grieved him greatly, he made ready to perform the task. However, as he was about to strike his son, God stopped him and revealed that it was a trial. Ismail's life was spared, and a ram was sacrificed in his place.
As such, during Aidiladha, the sacrifice of four-legged animals such as lambs, goats, cows, bulls and camels is performed. The slaughter of the animal is done after the congregational prayer in the morning of Aidiladha.
The animals are killed in accordance with the proper religious rites and the meat is then distributed. One third of the meat is given to the individual who made the sacrifice, while the rest is given to the poor and deserving people in the community. Making the sacrifice (korban) is not a compulsory religious duty, but an obligations for those who are able to afford it.
The rest of the day is celebrated by visiting relatives and friends and the graves of those who have left us..
Aidil Adha visited us again. We thanked Allah for giving us the whole family the opportunity to meet again. I had prepared the dishes to serve my siblings and after the usual morning prayers at the mosque, I began to get ready receiving them.
First, my husband and I spent some time hanging buntings, balloons and decorations for two birthday celebrations - my niece Masayu Athirah's and my sister's Fiza birthday. I then gathered some prizes for games that we would play during the celebration. Guess the number of macaroni was one game we played and the other was treasure hunt. Each family also had to perform to entertain one another.
Warong Sazatin served Nasi Rawon for our guests. There was pickle, serunding, ayam masak merah, bagedil and Brother Hashim helped out in cooking sambal sotong. Each family went home with a goody bag and some packed food.
What Aidil Adha is all about?
Aidiladha is also commonly known as Hari Raya Korban or Hari Raya Haji. Celebrated about two months after Hari Raya Aidilfitri, on the 10th day of Zulhijjah, the 12th (last) month of the Muslim calendar, it marks the end of the haj pilgrimage period (about two weeks). Every year, millions of Muslims make the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the haj, one of the five basic tenets of Islam.
Aidiladha also commemorates the sacrifices made by the Prophet Ibrahim (hence the word 'korban,' which means sacrifice in Arabic), who demonstrated immense faith when he was put to the test by God.
Prophet Ibrahim was commanded to offer his son Ismail up for sacrifice, and though it grieved him greatly, he made ready to perform the task. However, as he was about to strike his son, God stopped him and revealed that it was a trial. Ismail's life was spared, and a ram was sacrificed in his place.
As such, during Aidiladha, the sacrifice of four-legged animals such as lambs, goats, cows, bulls and camels is performed. The slaughter of the animal is done after the congregational prayer in the morning of Aidiladha.
The animals are killed in accordance with the proper religious rites and the meat is then distributed. One third of the meat is given to the individual who made the sacrifice, while the rest is given to the poor and deserving people in the community. Making the sacrifice (korban) is not a compulsory religious duty, but an obligations for those who are able to afford it.
The rest of the day is celebrated by visiting relatives and friends and the graves of those who have left us..
