EID-UL-ADHA!

Like every eid, this eid-ul-adha was celebrated with full zeal and zest. Eid-ul-adha honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his promised son Ismael as an act of submission to God's command before God then intervened to provide Abraham with a lamb to sacrifice instead. The meat from the sacrificed animal is preferred to be divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is given to the poor and needy.In the lunar-based Islamic Calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Du-al-Hajj and lasts for three days.
Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a Sunnah prayer of two rakats followed by a sermon . Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the descent of the Hajj from Mount Arafat, a hill east of Mecca. Eid sacrifice may take place until sunset on the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijj.The days of Eid have been singled out in the Hadith as "days of remembrance". The takbir (days) of Tashriq are from the Fajr prayers of the 9th of Dhul Hijjah up to the Asr prayer of the 13th of Dhul Hijjah (5 days and 4 nights). This equals 23 prayers: 5 on the 9th–12th, which equals 20, and 3 on the 13th.