05/25/2026
# # ๐ ISLAMIC CENTER OF LUMBERTON | ู
ุฑูุฒ ูู
ุจุฑุชูู ุงูุฅุณูุงู
ู
# # # ๐ ููู
ุนุฑูุฉ | ูุฑุตุฉ ุงูุนู
ุฑ
# # # Day of Arafah | A Lifetime Opportunity
# # # 1. ุตูุงู
ููู
ุนุฑูุฉ | Fasting the Day of Arafah
* **๐ฌ ุงูุญุฏูุซ:** ยซุตูููุงู
ู ููููู
ู ุนูุฑูููุฉู... ูููููููุฑู ุงูุณููููุฉูๆขฏููุชูู ููุจูููููุ ููุงูุณููููุฉู ุงูููุชูู ุจูุนูุฏูููยป [ุฑูุงู ู
ุณูู
]
* **En:** "Fasting on the day of Arafah, I hope that Allah will expiate the sins of the year before it and the year after it." [Muslim]
# # # 2. ุงูุนุชู ู
ู ุงููุงุฑ | Ransom from Hellfire
* **๐ฌ ุงูุญุฏูุซ:** ยซู
ูุง ู
ููู ููููู
ู ุฃูููุซูุฑู ู
ููู ุฃููู ููุนูุชููู ุงูููู ููููู ุนูุจูุฏูุง ู
ููู ุงููููุงุฑู ู
ููู ููููู
ู ุนูุฑูููุฉูยป [ุฑูุงู ู
ุณูู
]
* **En:** "There is no day on which Allah frees more slaves from the Fire than the day of Arafah." [Muslim]
# # # 3. ุงููููู ูู ุฅุฌุงุจุฉ ุงูุฏุนุงุก | Certainty in Answered Prayers
* **๐ฌ ุงูุฃุซุฑ:** "ููุง ูุฏูุฎุฑ ุญุงุฌุงุชูุง ูููู
ุนุฑูุฉ ููููููุง ุฃู ุงูุฏุนุงุก ู
ุณุชุฌุงุจุ ููุงููู ู
ุง ุฏุงุฑ ุนูููุง ุงูุญูู ุฅูุง ูุฑุฃููุงูุง ู
ุซู ููู ุงูุตุจุญ".
* **En:** "We used to save our needs for the Day of Arafah out of absolute certainty that prayers are answered; by Allah, a year never passed except that we saw them answered as clear as the morning light."
# # # ๐ ุฃุญูุงู
ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ ูุนูุฏ ุงูุฃุถุญู | Eid Al-Adha & Udhiyah Regulations
> **ู
ุดุฑูุนูุฉ ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ | The Ruling of Udhiyah**
> ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ ุณูุฉ ู
ุคูุฏุฉ ูููุงุฏุฑ ุนูููุง ุนูุฏ ุฌู
ููุฑ ุงูุนูู
ุงุกุ ููู ุดุนูุฑุฉ ุนุธูู
ุฉ ุชูุฑุจูุง ุฅูู ุงููู ุชุนุงูู ูู ุฃูุงู
ุงูุนูุฏ.
> Offering a sacrifice (Udhiyah/Qurbani) is a confirmed Sunnah (Sunnah Mu'akkadah) for whoever has the financial means according to the majority of scholars, serving as a profound act of worship to draw closer to Allah during Eid.
>
# # # ๐ ุฃูู
ูุฉ ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ | The Importance of Udhiyah
* **ุฅุญูุงุก ุณูุฉ ุงูุฎููููู:** ุงู
ุชุซุงู ูุฃู
ุฑ ุงููู ุชุนุงูู ูุฅุญูุงุก ูุณูุฉ ูุจููุง ู
ุญู
ุฏ ๏ทบ ูุฃุจููุง ุฅุจุฑุงููู
ุนููู ุงูุณูุงู
.
* **ุชูุณุนุฉ ุนูู ุงูููุฑุงุก ูุงูู
ุณุงููู:** ุฅุฏุฎุงู ุงูุณุฑูุฑ ุนูู ูููุจ ุงูู
ุณูู
ูู ูุชูุทูุฏ ุฃูุงุตุฑ ุงูุชูุงูู ุงูุงุฌุชู
ุงุนู ู
ู ุฎูุงู ุชูุณูู
ุงููุญูู
.
* **En:** **Reviving the Sunnah:** It honors the obedience of Prophet Ibrahim and the tradition of Prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ.
* **En:** **Charity & Community:** It brings joy to the community and supports those in need through the distribution of meat.
# # # ๐ ุณู ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ ูุดุฑูุทูุง | Age & Types of Sacrificial Animals
Valid sacrificial animals must meet specific age requirements to ensure the meat is of good quality and the offering is honorable.
| ููุน ุงูุญููุงู | ุงูุฃูุนุงู
(Arabic) | English | ุงูุณู ุงูู
ุฌุฒุฆ ุดุฑุนุงู | Minimum Required Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **ุงูุถุฃู** | ุงูุฎุฑูู | Sheep | ุฌุฐุน: ุฃุชู
ุณุชุฉ ุฃุดูุฑ | **6 months** (Must be robust/healthy) |
| **ุงูู
ุงุนุฒ** | ุงูู
ุงุนุฒ | Goat | ุซูู: ุฃุชู
ุณูุฉ ูุงู
ูุฉ | **1 full year** |
| **ุงูุจูุฑ** | ุงูุฃุจูุงุฑ ูุงูุฌุงู
ูุณ | Cattle / Cows | ุซูู: ุฃุชู
ุณูุชูู ูุงู
ููู | **2 full years** |
| **ุงูุฅุจู** | ุงูุฌู
ุงู | Camels | ุซูู: ุฃุชู
ุฎู
ุณ ุณููุงุช | **5 full years** |
> **โ ๏ธ ุชูุจูู ูุงู
| Essential Condition:**
> ูุฌุจ ุฃู ุชููู ุงูุฃุถุญูุฉ ุณููู
ุฉ ู
ู ุงูุนููุจ ุงููุงุถุญุฉุ ููุง ุชุฌุฒุฆ ุงูุนูุฑุงุก ุงูุจูู ุนูุฑูุงุ ููุง ุงูู
ุฑูุถุฉ ุงูุจูู ู
ุฑุถูุงุ ููุง ุงูุนุฑุฌุงุก ุงูุจูู ุถูุนูุงุ ููุง ุงูุนุฌูุงุก (ุงููุฒููุฉ) ุงูุชู ูุง ุชููู.
> The animal must be healthy and free from obvious defects. It cannot be blindly deficient in one eye, visibly sick, laminatingly lame, or emaciated.
>