Eid Al Adha 2023 holidays announced for private sector

UAE employees will be off from June 27, with work resuming on July 3

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, August 21 – 2018 :- People greeting each other after the Eid Al Adha prayers at the Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai. ( Pawan Singh / The National ) For News. Story by Nawal

Worshippers at Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai greet each other after Eid Al Adha prayers in 2018. Pawan Singh / The National

Jun 19, 2023

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Private sector workers will enjoy a six-day break for Eid Al Adha.

Staff will be off from Tuesday, June 27, until Friday, June 30, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced on Monday.

Work will resume on Monday, July 3.

The holiday dates for the public sector were announced earlier this month.

We announce that 27th June to 30th June will be an official paid holiday for private sector employees in celebration of Eid Al Adha.

Eid Mubarak! ❤️#MoHRE
— وزارة الموارد البشرية والتوطين (@MOHRE_UAE) June 19, 2023

The annual Hajj pilgrimage will begin on June 26 with Eid Al Adha falling two days later, Saudi Arabia confirmed on Sunday evening.

The announcement came after the crescent moon, which heralds the start of Dhul Hijjah, the 12th and final month in the Islamic calendar, was sighted.

It meant Dhul Hijjah began on Monday, allowing for the start dates of Hajj – which falls on the eighth day of the month – and Eid Al Adha, which commences on its 10th day, to be determined.

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Hajj will begin on Monday, June 26, with Arafat Day on Tuesday, with Eid Al Adha celebrations beginning on Wednesday, June 28.

Hajj and Eid Al Adha explained

Millions of Muslims travel to Makkah to perform Hajj each year, with many also heading farther north to the city of Madinah.

All Muslims able to do so are required to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah at least once in their lifetime. Hajj and the other four pillars of Islam form a foundation of life for Muslims.

The annual pilgrimage takes place during Dhu Al Hijja, the last month of the Islamic calendar and lasts for about four to six days.

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More than two million Muslims are expected to take part this year, in a return to pre-pandemic numbers.

Eid Al Adha means “festival of the sacrifice”. It coincides with the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah.

The sacrifice the holiday commemorates is explained in the Quran, which tells of how the Prophet Ibrahim was asked by God in a dream to sacrifice his son, Ismail, as a test of his faith.