Eid-ul-Azha on June 7

The holy Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in Bangladesh on June 7 (Saturday) as the crescent moon of the Zilhaj month of 1446 Hijri was sighted in Bangladesh's sky on Wednesday evening.

The decision was taken at a National Moon Sighting Committee meeting at the Islamic Foundation's (IF) conference room at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city this evening.

National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Adviser AFM Khalid Hossain chaired the meeting, it said.

The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of Zilhajj month of the Hijri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day, some 4,500 years ago, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS), who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Almighty Allah.

But the Almighty Allah in His benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed.