"There! I found the moon," exclaimed six year old Ali to his father.
"Where?" asked Ali’s ten year old brother, Abdullah.
"See that big tree? Its right next to it," replied Ali.
The boys were trying to sight the new moon for the beginning of the Islamic month of Zulhijjah. Eid would be ten days from the day they saw the new moon.
"Oh, I see it now," said Abdullah.
"Daddy, can we go tomorrow to buy a goat?" asked Ali.
"Sure, we’ll go tomorrow after the Zuhr prayer," replied their father.
The next day, all of the boys got in to the car with their father. They were going to the neighboring hills to buy a goat to slaughter on the day of Eid in commemoration of what Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), alayhi salam, did.
"We’re going to bring the goat home this time," said their father, "so you will have to take care of it and feed it. You can also play with it."
"Yahoo! I’ll take care of it," said Ali, "I’ll even teach it tricks!"
The boys and their father finally found a goat and took it home. The next day, Ali woke up early long before the time he used to wake up. He washed and dressed, then went outside to play with the goat. His brothers Usman and Abdullah were already outside playing with the goat.
"Assalamu alaikum," they said together.
"Wa-alaikum as salam," replied Ali.
"We have decided that we will take turns to feed the goat. Everyone will take care of the goat for one day. You can be the first one to feed him," said Abdullah.
"Okay," said Ali, "where is the food?"
"Right here," replied Abdullah, pointing to the food hidden in a corner.
"Make sure, you give him enough water and hay," said Usman.
Ali then called the goat. The goat came to him obediently and ate the food. Then he drank a little water.
The boys kept on taking turns until the Eid day. Many times they took it for walks around their neighborhood. One time, as Abdullah was getting out of his house to go for the Maghrib prayer, the goat followed him. Abdullah then had to force the goat back into the backyard, which the goat resisted very much. The boys started liking the goat very much.
After the Eid prayer, on the Eid day, the family returned home. It was time to slaughter the goat.
"D-d-daddy, why are you going to k-k-kill the goat?" asked Ali, who was nearly crying, as his father sharpened his knife.
"We have to kill him, because Allah has ordered us to," came the reply, "Every Eid-ul-Adha, Muslims all over the world, who can afford, slaughter a goat, sheep, lamb, cow, or camel. Prophet Ibrahim, alayhi salam, was ordered by Allah to slaughter his son as a test. He was about to do that because it was Allah’s order, but then Allah provided him with a ram to slaughter, and Ibrahim, alayhi salam, slaughtered that. As a commemoration of that great sacrifice, Muslims are asked to slaughter an animal. You will also be slaughtering an animal when you grow up."
Ali did not reply but rather watched his father as he slaughtered the goat. Then he ran into the house, because he could not stand watching the goat die.
Abdullah went after him and explained everything to him again that his father had said before. Ali finally understood, but he still seemed sad.
The boys then helped their father in doing the rest of the work. As he kept thinking about it, Ali realized he had just learned the word "sacrifice" now: you give up something you love for a higher purpose. He had become happy now because he knew they had killed the goat because Allah had commanded them to do so. Then he skipped into his house and started helping his mother clear up the meat.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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25 Responses to "Ali's Sacrifice (Thursday 19-07-2007)"what I learned about this story is that every eid-ahdah you have to salghter an animal because allah forced prophet ibrahim to slaghter his son it was a test instead allah told him to salurter a goat and he did.
what i learned about this story is you have to slaghter an animal at eid ahdah.
On Eid ahdah you have to salghter an animal because allah told prophet ibrahim to salghter his son as a test .But then Allah gave him a goat to salghter and he did.
Nasra.S
The boys and their father went to buy a goat to slaughter on the day of Eid to remember what Prophet Ibrahim Alayhi Salam did. Then their father told them that were going to bring the goat home this time but it was the boys job to take care of the goat and feed it and also they can play with it. After the Eid prayer on the day of Eid it was time for the boy and their father to then slaughter the goat. Every Eid-ul-Adha all the Muslims who live around the world that can afford a goat must slaughter it becuase Allah informed them that they had to do it.
Hayat Saeed
Ali, his brothers and his father go and buy a goat for Eid-al-Udha.Ali and his brothers feed the goat they teach the goat tricks and the goat even follows them sometimes.Finally when it comes to Eid and Ali sees hs dad sharpening the knife he asks his dad why they have to kill the goat. Ali's father tells him that they have to make sacrafice.That Allah told Prophet Ibrahim to sacrafice his son and kill him. Just when the prophet was about to do that Allah told him that it was a test and that they should slaughter a goat instead. Ali finally understood but was still sad. But then he remembered that they had done the right thing by listening to Allah.
i learend that on eid-ahdah you have to kill a cow,goat and more animals.It's sad the first time but then you get use to it.
in this story it teaches you sacrifice.ali had to sacrifice his goat which made him very sad.so it teaches you to do every thing for allah no matter what happens.
this story says that you have to sacrific stuff for allah and thats what ali did he sacrificed his goat which made him sad but you have to do stuff for allah even if it makes you sad or happy.
I learned that you have to slaughter a goat, sheep, lamb, cow or camel [if you can afford it] on eid-ul-adha. You got to do this because Allah told us to.
Zaynab Abdullahi
I have learned from this story that Allah has commanded us to do things even when it's hard. For example if you can afford it you have to sacrifice an animal on eid-ul-ahda because Allah ha commanded us to do so.
Maryam Abdullahi
i learned that every eid al-adha,if you have animalyo have to salghter him because allah tol and forced prophet abraham to do it.So you must do it because it is allah comand's.
what i learn about this story we have to slaghter an animal at eid ahdah because Allah told prophet ibrahim to slaghter his son as a test.And after hi slaghter a goat.
What I learn about the story was that every eid you to slauter (cut the head of ...) goat because Prophet Ibrahim slauter his son because Allah told him as a test, so he did. So his dad had to slauter the goat and same thing as him, he been told by Allah but it was least of a test.
the moral of the story was that eid-aladha you have to kill an animal because allah told prophet ibrahim to kill his son it was a test from allah to see if theprophet would turn against allah
after allah told the prophet to kill a goat.
What i learned that every Eid-ul-Adha you must slaughter an animal. The reason why you slauter an animal is because Prophet Ibrahim was told by Allah to slaugter his son. Ali was very sad at the starting when the goat was slaughtered but when his brother told him the reason why we should slaughter the goat he was glad that that goat was in gods hands.
Khalid Eggeh
ali and his brother and his father
went to buy a goat for eid -ahdah so ali and and his brothers had to take care of it so they feed him and take a walk with him so when it was eid ali said to his dad that don't kill him so his dad said we have to because the prophet ibrahim was going to salghter his son it was i test so prophet salghter a goat so ali understood but when his dad was going to salghter the goat but ali did't want to watch it so he left ali under stood but he was sad
by asiya.I
After the eid prayer the boys and their dad sloterd a goat to obey the words of allah,and to sloter an animal on eid wich prophet Ibrahim Alayhi salam did.
Fatima ali
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In this story above, Ali and his brothers played with the goat ten days before eid( when it was slaughtered). Ali grew so attached to it because it followed him to the mosque, and ali fed him sometimes. When it was getting slaughtered he cried with grief but after his father explained to him that every eid aladha muslims have to slaughter a goat, sheep, lamb, cow, or camel, if they can afford to, because Allah (swt) ordered prophet ibrahim (pbuh) to slaughter his son, but it was only a test in the end Allah(swt) ordered him to slaughter a ram instead. Then Ali understood that muslims have to give up something of value for a higher purpose. So in the end he helped his mother clear up the meat, instead of being sad he was happy that they had done something ordained to them by Allah (swt).
Mahmud Ali
The boys and their father went to buy a goat to slaughter on the day of Eid to remember what Prophet Ibrahim Alayhi Salam did. Then their father told them that were going to bring the goat home this time but it was the boys job to take care of the goat and feed it and also they can play with it. After the Eid prayer on the day of Eid it was time for the boy and their father to then slaughter the goat. Every Eid-ul-Adha all the Muslims who live around the world that can afford a goat must slaughter it becuase Allah informed them that they had to do it.
what i learned is that you have to be loyal to allah that is why prophet ibrahim's son said okay dad kill me when he said i had a vision and god told me to kill you but at the end it was a test of loyalty and ibrahim and he's son passed
ali knew that he was supposed to trust allah decision and that is why he let hes father try to slauther him becuz allah's decision is alwese right
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