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Muslims Worldwide Celebrate Eid al-Adha

Published August 3rd, 2020 - 05:50 GMT

Eid al-Adha was marked by all Muslims around the world Friday, 31st July, 2020 despite limited celebrations and gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Muslims during this Eid and who can afford it sacrificed cattle as part of the celebrations, as well as camels, goats, sheep or rams.

Moreover, the sacrifice and the meat which is distributed to the poor is to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. However, during this harsh economic situations many people couldn't afford livestock.

Mosques worldwide imposed strict hygiene rules in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading during Eid prayers.

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Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Muslims worshippers perform prayers at a stadium in Bayan district in Kuwait City on July 31, 2020 on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP

Muslims worshippers perform prayers at a stadium in Bayan district in Kuwait City on July 31, 2020 on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP

A Muslim worshipper leaves Auburn Gallipoli Mosque after mass Friday prayer on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival in Sydney on July 31, 2020. Muslims in Australia offered their Eid Al-Adha and Friday prayers inside the mosques with limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the country recorded over 16,000 coronavirus cases and 189 deaths in a population of 25 million. SAEED KHAN / AFP

A Muslim worshipper leaves Auburn Gallipoli Mosque after mass Friday prayer on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival in Sydney on July 31, 2020. Muslims in Australia offered their Eid Al-Adha and Friday prayers inside the mosques with limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the country recorded over 16,000 coronavirus cases and 189 deaths in a population of 25 million. SAEED KHAN / AFP

Relatives of a slain Kurdish fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), visit his tomb at a cemetery in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha on July 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

Relatives of a slain Kurdish fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), visit his tomb at a cemetery in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha on July 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

People carrying their belongings arrive at a bus station to go back home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice' at a bus station in Lahore on July 30, 2020. Arif ALI / AFP

People carrying their belongings arrive at a bus station to go back home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice' at a bus station in Lahore on July 30, 2020. Arif ALI / AFP

A displaced Syrian boy, wearing protective a face mask, displays cookies to the camera at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 29, 2020, as Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha. AAREF WATAD / AFP

A displaced Syrian boy, wearing protective a face mask, displays cookies to the camera at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 29, 2020, as Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha. AAREF WATAD / AFP

A livestock vendor sits along with camels as he waits for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 29, 2020. Asif HASSAN / AFP

A livestock vendor sits along with camels as he waits for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 29, 2020. Asif HASSAN / AFP

A man walks past a shuttered market in Rawalpindi on July 29, 2020, after the Punjab province government announced a lockdown closing markets, shopping malls and plazas to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice'. Farooq NAEEM / AFP

A man walks past a shuttered market in Rawalpindi on July 29, 2020, after the Punjab province government announced a lockdown closing markets, shopping malls and plazas to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice'. Farooq NAEEM / AFP

A man checks a cow's head after slaughtering it during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

A man checks a cow's head after slaughtering it during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

Muslim devotees greet each other after offering a special morning prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at the Jama Masjid Khairuddin in Amritsar on August 1, 2020. NARINDER NANU / AFP

Muslim devotees greet each other after offering a special morning prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at the Jama Masjid Khairuddin in Amritsar on August 1, 2020. NARINDER NANU / AFP

Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
Muslims worshippers perform prayers at a stadium in Bayan district in Kuwait City on July 31, 2020 on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP
A Muslim worshipper leaves Auburn Gallipoli Mosque after mass Friday prayer on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival in Sydney on July 31, 2020. Muslims in Australia offered their Eid Al-Adha and Friday prayers inside the mosques with limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the country recorded over 16,000 coronavirus cases and 189 deaths in a population of 25 million. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Relatives of a slain Kurdish fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), visit his tomb at a cemetery in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha on July 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP
People carrying their belongings arrive at a bus station to go back home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice' at a bus station in Lahore on July 30, 2020. Arif ALI / AFP
A displaced Syrian boy, wearing protective a face mask, displays cookies to the camera at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 29, 2020, as Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha. AAREF WATAD / AFP
A livestock vendor sits along with camels as he waits for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 29, 2020. Asif HASSAN / AFP
A man walks past a shuttered market in Rawalpindi on July 29, 2020, after the Punjab province government announced a lockdown closing markets, shopping malls and plazas to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice'. Farooq NAEEM / AFP
A man checks a cow's head after slaughtering it during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
Muslim devotees greet each other after offering a special morning prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at the Jama Masjid Khairuddin in Amritsar on August 1, 2020. NARINDER NANU / AFP
Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
Muslims worshippers perform prayers at a stadium in Bayan district in Kuwait City on July 31, 2020 on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP
Muslims worshippers perform prayers at a stadium in Bayan district in Kuwait City on July 31, 2020 on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP
A Muslim worshipper leaves Auburn Gallipoli Mosque after mass Friday prayer on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival in Sydney on July 31, 2020. Muslims in Australia offered their Eid Al-Adha and Friday prayers inside the mosques with limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the country recorded over 16,000 coronavirus cases and 189 deaths in a population of 25 million. SAEED KHAN / AFP
A Muslim worshipper leaves Auburn Gallipoli Mosque after mass Friday prayer on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival in Sydney on July 31, 2020. Muslims in Australia offered their Eid Al-Adha and Friday prayers inside the mosques with limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the country recorded over 16,000 coronavirus cases and 189 deaths in a population of 25 million. SAEED KHAN / AFP
Relatives of a slain Kurdish fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), visit his tomb at a cemetery in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha on July 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP
Relatives of a slain Kurdish fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), visit his tomb at a cemetery in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on the eve of the holy Muslim Feast of Sacrifice or Eid al-Adha on July 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP
People carrying their belongings arrive at a bus station to go back home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice' at a bus station in Lahore on July 30, 2020. Arif ALI / AFP
People carrying their belongings arrive at a bus station to go back home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice' at a bus station in Lahore on July 30, 2020. Arif ALI / AFP
A displaced Syrian boy, wearing protective a face mask, displays cookies to the camera at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 29, 2020, as Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha. AAREF WATAD / AFP
A displaced Syrian boy, wearing protective a face mask, displays cookies to the camera at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 29, 2020, as Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha. AAREF WATAD / AFP
A livestock vendor sits along with camels as he waits for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 29, 2020. Asif HASSAN / AFP
A livestock vendor sits along with camels as he waits for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice', in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 29, 2020. Asif HASSAN / AFP
A man walks past a shuttered market in Rawalpindi on July 29, 2020, after the Punjab province government announced a lockdown closing markets, shopping malls and plazas to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice'. Farooq NAEEM / AFP
A man walks past a shuttered market in Rawalpindi on July 29, 2020, after the Punjab province government announced a lockdown closing markets, shopping malls and plazas to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the occasion of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the 'Festival of Sacrifice'. Farooq NAEEM / AFP
A man checks a cow's head after slaughtering it during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
A man checks a cow's head after slaughtering it during the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Banda Aceh on August 1, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
Muslim devotees greet each other after offering a special morning prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at the Jama Masjid Khairuddin in Amritsar on August 1, 2020. NARINDER NANU / AFP
Muslim devotees greet each other after offering a special morning prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at the Jama Masjid Khairuddin in Amritsar on August 1, 2020. NARINDER NANU / AFP

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