Sacrifice

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Sacrifice

• A Very Common Ritual in All Beliefs

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Overview

• What is Sacrifice?
• Sacrifice in Primitive Tribes
• Sacrifice in Three Abrahamic Religions
• Who is Prophet Abraham(pbuh)?
• The Place of Sacrifice in Each Religion
• A Living Example Sacrifice in Islam

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What is Sacrifice?

• Sacrifice in most general meaning The offering
  of anything to God, or to a god
• Offering can be in any form by killing with a
  knife, by burning, etc.
• Anything can be offered an animal, a human, a
  non-living object, etc.
• To God, or to a god!
• For any reason thanksgiving, atonement, or
  conciliation

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Sacrifice in Primitive Tribes

• Usually believed in
• Celestial objects (sun, moon, stars, etc.)
• Atmospheric Events (rain, wind, etc.)
• Idols
• Sacrifice was a common ritual for
• Thanksgiving
• Protection against anger of gods
• Preventing natural disasters
• They have sacrificed
• An important person, animal, or object

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Sacrifice in Abrahamic Religions

• Who is Prophet Abraham(pbuh) and Why is he so
  important?
• The Place of Sacrifice in Each Religion
• A Living Example Sacrifice in Islam

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Prophet Abraham(pbuh)

• Descendant of the son of Prophet Noah(pbuh) named
  Sam
• Had two sons
• Ishmael (Prophet Mohammed(pbuh)s ancestor)
• Isaac (Ancestor of Moses and Jesus)
• Found Allah (or the God) using his own rationale
• Had very hard times with Nimrod and his own tribe

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Prophet Abraham(pbuh)

• Built the House of Allah Kaaba
• Performed the first Hajj

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The Place of Sacrifice in JudaismChristianity

• In the Torah
• (Gen. 22) Some time later God tested Abraham. He
  said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
  Then God said, "Take your son, your only son,
  Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of
  Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering
  on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
• In Christianity, Jesus was the Perfect Sacrifice
  to take away the sin of the mankind

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Sacrifice in Islam

• Verses from Quran about sacrifice
• 37.101-108 So We gave him the good news of a
  boy, possessing forbearance. And when he attained
  to working with him, he said O my son! surely I
  have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you
  consider then what you see. He said O my father!
  do what you are commanded if Allah please, you
  will find me of the patient ones. So when they
  both submitted and he threw him down upon his
  forehead, And We called out to him saying O
  Ibrahim! You have indeed shown the truth of the
  vision surely thus do We reward the doers of
  good Most surely this is a manifest trial. And
  We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice. And We
  perpetuated (praise) to him among the later
  generations. 108.2 Therefore pray to your
  Lord and make a sacrifice.
• Prophet Mohammed(pbuh) tells us to make sacrifice
  as Prophet Abraham(pbuh) did.

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Sacrifice in Islam

• Eid-Ul-Adha (a.k.a. the Feast of Sacrifice)
• the second of the two major Muslim holy days
• observed after the Hajj
• Qurbani means approach
• Qurbani is a symbol of
• commitment,
• obedience and
• self-sacrifice to Allah
• Our Qurbanis carry us in
• our journey to Heaven

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Feast of Sacrifice

• Salatul-Eid (Eid Prayer) in the morning
• A short sermon, after which everyone socializes
• Offering of domestic animals, usually sheep, as a
  symbol of
• Abraham's(pbuh) sacrifice
• One third of the meat to poor
• people
• One third to relatives, friends,
• neighbors
• One third for their own

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Feast of Sacrifice

• Visits to relatives, friends and neighbors
• Gifts and sweets for children
• Pray for forgiveness from Allah and strength of
  faith
• Forgive others,
• releasing any feelings of
• enmity or ill feeling
• towards others