The Day of Sacrifice and Its Acts

The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
In this lesson today, we would like you to shed light on and speak about this noble day, which is the Day of Sacrifice, O Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The Day of Sacrifice is the tenth day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, after the Day of 'Arafah. It is in the Great Qur'an. The Greatest Day of Hajj is the Day of 'Arafah, because most of the rites of Hajj are performed on this day: the stoning of the Jamarat al-Aqabah, descending to Mina, and spending the night in Mina. The sacrificial animals are slaughtered on this day, so the rites of Hajj converge in it: the Tawaf al-Ifadah is performed on this day, and the Sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah. So it is the Greatest Day of Hajj. The 'Umrah is exited, so it is a lesser Hajj. It is called the Greatest Day of Hajj for the reason we mentioned, that most of the acts of Hajj are done in it, such as stoning the largest Jamarah, slaughtering the sacrificial animals, descending to Mina, and the Days of Tashriq. Yes.