Khurban Heyt- Islam dinigha etikhad khilidighan helkhlerning eng zor enenivi bayrimi bolup, uzun tarihkha ige. Rivayet khilinixiqe, khurban, khurvanlikh khilix aditi miladidin ilgiriki XII esirde yaxighan peyghember Ibrahimning oz oghli Ismayilni Mina tighida khurbanlikh khilip, ozining Allahgha bolghan sadakhitini bildurux herkitidin kelgen. Khurban khilix hijiriye kalindari boyiqe zulhejjening oninqi kuni bolidu. Xu kuni kixiler jamege yighilip heyt namizi oteydu. Namazdin keyin oylirige khaytixip khurbanlikh uqun hazirlighan mallirini soyidu. Uningdin keyin khulum khoxna, urukh-tukhkhan, el-aghiniler ozara heytlixidu.

Uyghurlarda heyt bilen munasivetlik birmunqe yahxi adetler xekillengen. Mesilen: 

1. Heyttin burun qong tazlikh khilinidu. Oyning tam- turuslirini supurup, oyni tazlaydu. Zorur tipilghanda oyni hak bilen akhartidu. Oyni koturup khakhidu, kir yuyidu. Ailining qong-kiqik ezaliri yuyunup tazlinidu. 

2. Aile ezaliri heytlikh birer khurdin yengi kiyim kiyidu, bolupmu kiqik balilargha yengi kiyim khilip berip, ularni qiraylikh yasandurup khoyidu.

3. Ayallar heyttin burun heyt uqun sangza, khiyikhqe ve turluk piqine-pirenik khatarlikhlarni pixuridu. Heyt kuni dastihan nahayti mol raslinidu.

4. Urukh-tukhkhanlar heytlap kelse, kiqik balilargha heytlikh pul tutkhuzup khoyidu. 

5. Heyt namizi okhux uqun jamege barghuqilar gherib- ghurvalargha alahide sadigha beridu.

6. Heyt-bayramlarning eng esil hasiyiti xuningdin ibaretki, urukh-tughkhan, el-ghine ve khlum-khoxnilar arisida arazlixip yurguqiler texebbuskarlikh bilen bir-birining ailisige heytlap kirip, otturdiki adavetni yuyup taxlaydu hemde yahxi boluxup khalidu.

7. Heytta ayallar mihman kutux bilen bolup baxkhilarning oylirige heytlap kirelmigini uqun uq kun heyt tugigendin keyin, ayallar ara heytlixix baxlinip ketidu ve heyt qiyi uyuxturidu. Bu qay heyt eyi tugigiqe davamlixidu.

<<Uyghur Orup Adetliri>> namlikh kitabtin elindi.

Eid ul-Adha

Eid ul-Adha is second in the series of Eid festivals that Muslims celebrate. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail for Allah.

On this day Muslims sacrifice animals which have been deemed Halaal, or fit for sacrifice. They not only eat the meat themselves but distribute it amongst their neighbours, relatives and the poor and hungry.

It is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the Islamic calendar, after Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This happens to be 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan. While Eid ul-Fitr is considered to be one day, Eid ul-Adha is supposed to be four days, with the prayer being on the first day. Likewise, Eid ul-Fitr has the prayer on the first and only day. During this day, men, women, and children are expected to dress in nice clothing.

The centre of the world-wide celebrations of Eid ul-Adha is the small village of Mina, a few miles from Mecca. This is the site of the three pillars which represent the devil (Iblis) and are stoned by Muslims during the Hajj. These three pillars represent the three steps taken to shoo away the devil by stoning him, who tried to change the mind of ibrahim for giving the sacrifice. The village also plays host to scores of butchers who arrange for the halal slaughter of the sacrificial animals on the pilgrims' behalf. The recent explosion of numbers of people attending Hajj has led to a huge number of animals being slaughtered, which has been somewhat wasteful. Today, instead of sacrificing the traditional sheep in memory of Allah's intervention in the story of Ibrahim and Ismail, sacrifices can be measured in terms of sheep-units, in which a cow or a camel is worth many sheep.

The charitable instincts of the Muslim community are demonstrated during Eid ul-Adha by the concerted effort to see that no impoverished Muslim is left without sacrificial food during this day. Coming immediately after the Day of Arafat (when the prophet Muhammad pronounced the final seal on the religion of Islam), Eid ul-Adha gives concrete realisation to what the Muslim community ethic means in practice.

Eid ul-Adha in the Western Calendar

1. While Eid ul-Adha is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Western calendar (the Gregorian calendar) varies from year to year due to differences between the two calendars. Furthermore, the method used to determine when each Islamic month begins varies from country to country. (For details, please see Islamic calendar.) All future dates listed below are only estimates:

2002: February 23

2003: February 12

2004: February 1

2005: January 21; January 20 in Saudi Arabia (See note below.)

2006: January 10, then December 31

2007: December 20

2008: December 8

2009: November 28

2010: November 17

2011: November 7

Reference: http://moonsighting.com/holy.html

NOTE: The Saudi authorities have originally confirmed that Eid ul-Adha in 2005 would begin on Friday, January 21, but subsequently moved up the date by one day to January 20, possibly for better crowd control by avoiding Hajj during the weekend. The official reason was that the new moon was sighted earlier than expected, starting the month of Dhul Hijja one day early. It is not known if other countries will follow and adjust their calendar accordingly.

Article added by Tughluk on Saturday, January 7, 2006