Eid al-Adha
Enable an AI agent to recognise an Eid al-Adha observance, assess its locally grounded state and coordinate appropriate participation without assuming uniform dates, practices or obligations.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 35 questions
Festival identity and boundaries Establishes what is being recognised as Eid al-Adha and how its components relate to the whole observance.
Recognition and naming
Grounds the festival's identity in an explicit community context.
Community-recognised identity
Record the name used, its source and whether it identifies Eid al-Adha unambiguously.
- What establishes that this reference means Eid al-Adha rather than Eid al-Fitr or an unspecified Eid? definition
- Which community or source uses this name, and does the name identify the festival or one of its activities? provenance
Festival and related rites
Separates festival identity from pilgrimage and component activities.
Related observance boundaries
Record how Hajj, Eid prayer and sacrifice-related activities connect to this occurrence without treating them as interchangeable.
- Does this record describe the festival occurrence, an Eid prayer, a sacrifice arrangement or a Hajj rite? boundary
- Which related activities require links to separate models while remaining part of this occurrence's context? boundary
Calendar and local confirmation Captures the religious calendar reference and the evidence supporting local dates and activity windows.
Date authority
Records the announcement or determination used by the observing community.
Traceable date determination
Retain the Hijri year, local civil date, announcing authority and confirmation status.
- Which authority or calendar determination does this community follow for the start of Eid al-Adha? provenance
- What local date has been announced, for which Hijri year, and is it provisional or confirmed? measurement
- If relevant communities announce different dates, which occurrence should each planned activity follow? action
Distinct observance windows
Separates festival days, prayer times, sacrifice-related windows and civic leave.
Activity-specific timing
Record a separately grounded interval for each time-sensitive component.
- What are the locally applicable start and end points for prayer, sacrifice-related participation and community celebrations? measurement
- Which intervals express religious guidance, customary celebration or statutory public holidays? boundary
- Which reminders or commitments must change if the date announcement is revised? action
Worship and gathering participation Describes locally organised Eid worship and the conditions needed for informed attendance.
Eid prayer arrangements
Connects the occurrence to confirmed prayer services and organiser instructions.
Confirmed prayer opportunity
Record the organising congregation, service time, location and current arrangement status.
- Which organiser has confirmed the Eid prayer time and venue for this occurrence? provenance
- What arrival instructions, capacity limits or changes must an attendee know before setting out? action
Participant fit and guidance
Records participation information without making assumptions about personal religious standing.
Stated participation conditions
Capture organiser guidance, access provisions and voluntarily expressed participant needs.
- What does the organiser state about visitor attendance, family arrangements, language and accessibility? provenance
- What assistance has the participant requested to take part in this Eid gathering? action
- Which questions about worship obligations require the participant's chosen religious authority? boundary
Sacrifice-related participation Records the meaning, applicable guidance and progress of udhiyah or qurbani arrangements associated with the occurrence.
Applicable guidance and intention
Grounds the intended form of participation in participant choice and attributed guidance.
Scoped sacrifice guidance
Record the participant's intended involvement and the source used to interpret its requirements.
- What form of udhiyah or qurbani participation, if any, has the participant explicitly chosen? definition
- Which guidance is being used for eligibility, timing, eligible animals and any shared arrangement? provenance
- If a donation or other activity is proposed, what supports describing it as fulfilling the intended religious purpose? boundary
Delegation and fulfilment
Distinguishes an authorised arrangement from payment, performance and subsequent distribution.
Evidenced arrangement progress
Record who is authorised to act, what they undertake and what evidence supports each reported milestone.
- Who has been authorised to arrange the sacrifice, and what timing, location and distribution commitments were accepted? action
- What evidence distinguishes a booking or payment from reported performance and completed distribution? provenance
- What should happen if the provider reports delay, inability to fulfil or a departure from the agreed arrangement? action
Sharing and community observance Connects Eid-specific food sharing, hospitality and mutual support to concrete commitments and local practices.
Festival sharing
Records intended recipients and delivery arrangements for food or support associated with the observance.
Sharing commitments and receipt
Track agreed sharing arrangements while attributing any claimed religious allocation rule.
- What meat, meals or other support is committed to households or community recipients for this occurrence? measurement
- Are proposed allocations based on attributed religious guidance, local custom or donor preference? provenance
- How will recipient preferences, delivery arrangements and confirmation of receipt be established? action
Visits, celebration and local custom
Captures the community's chosen forms of hospitality and celebration.
Locally grounded social participation
Record invitations, visits and celebrations as specific arrangements rather than universal festival requirements.
- Which visits, meals or celebrations are actually planned by this household or community? definition
- Which expectations are local customs or host preferences rather than established requirements for every observer? boundary
- What invitations, scheduling constraints or requested support should guide participation? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Kinds and varieties
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Identifiers and schemes
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Eid al-Adha this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
What it is Filled
A canonical Islamic festival (Eid) falling on 10 Dhu al-Hijjah during Hajj, whose rites continue beyond that day, commemorating Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son and constituted in practice by a morning congregational prayer and a time-bound animal offering (udhiyah/qurban) whose meat is shared with household, neighbours, and the poor.
In scope
- Identification of the recurring observance and its community-specific occurrences
- Locally recognised dates, observance periods and announcement status
- Eid prayer, gatherings and their participation arrangements
- The relationship of an occurrence to udhiyah or qurbani and alternatives for participation
- Festival-specific sharing, visiting and community support
Out of scope
- Hajj pilgrimage itineraries, rites and individual pilgrimage status
- General Islamic jurisprudence and rulings independent of a particular observance
- Livestock husbandry, slaughterhouse operations and food-safety management
- Charity organisation governance and financial accounting
- National public-holiday systems and employment entitlements
- Individual religious identity or inferred personal piety
Why it exists Filled
Enable an AI agent to recognise an Eid al-Adha observance, assess its locally grounded state and coordinate appropriate participation without assuming uniform dates, practices or obligations.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The occurrence is identified as Eid al-Adha by a named community or source; the word 'Eid' alone does not establish identity.
- Its religious calendar reference is associated with 10 Dhu al-Hijjah, distinguishing it from Eid al-Fitr and its association with the end of Ramadan.
- It recognises the festival's connection to sacrifice and the Ibrahim tradition, without requiring every participant to perform or commission a sacrifice.
- It is distinguished from Hajj itself: an Eid al-Adha occurrence can concern people and communities who are not undertaking the pilgrimage.
- A prayer, meat distribution or public holiday is linked to the festival as a component or civic recognition, rather than automatically treated as the whole observance.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Mock or misrepresent the festival or its practices.
- Present one community's practice or date as the only correct one.
- Assist in slaughtering animals outside the welfare and food-safety rules that apply.
- Use the festival to stir hostility against Muslims.
Only with a human decision
- Scheduling work, exams or services that conflict with the festival for those who observe it.
May
- Explain Eid al-Adha, its meaning and practices from Islamic sources and the community's own accounts.
- Give dates for the festival with the calendar authority and the possible local variation.
Moral aspects Filled
- Religious festivals deserve respect, and observers should not be penalised for keeping them.
- Animal sacrifice raises welfare questions that communities and regulators address together.
Who is affected
- Muslims who observe it
- Sacrificial animals
- People who receive shared meat
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; Muslim communities and religious authorities hold its observance.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q15645154 - registry parent class
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.eid-al-adha
- Wikidata: Q514400 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514400)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Observing community: Named community, congregation or household, with locality
- Religious calendar reference: Hijri year and locally recognised Dhu al-Hijjah date or interval
- Local date determination: Unannounced, provisional, confirmed by a named authority, or contested
- Observed duration: Days, with explicit start, end and meaning of the interval
- Occurrence phase: Preparing, underway or concluded, relative to a specified activity and local time
- Worship arrangements: Linked Eid prayer or gathering, organiser, venue and participation conditions
- Sacrifice-related participation: Direct, delegated, shared arrangement where recognised, none declared, or unknown
- Practice authority: Named religious authority, community guidance or participant-selected interpretation, with source and date
- Sharing progress: Not specified, planned, arranged, partly completed, completed or reported issue
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Morning congregational prayer in mosques or open grounds on the festival day.
- Festive clothing, family visits and sharing of sacrificial meat.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve a reference to Eid al-Adha into a specific year, locality and observing community.
- Compare date announcements and flag unresolved differences before scheduling.
- Coordinate attendance, visits and reminders using confirmed local arrangements.
- Identify the guidance and participant consent needed before arranging sacrifice-related participation.
- Track festival-specific sharing commitments and request confirmation of fulfilment.
- Explain which conclusions depend on religious interpretation, local custom or civic recognition.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Crowding and heat risks at large gatherings and during the pilgrimage.
- Food-safety and welfare problems with informal slaughter.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- The Saudi Labor Law, enacted by royal decree in Saudi Arabia, provides the legal framework for Eid holiday leave for workers within its scope.
Context of use required Filled
- Eid al-Adha is observed by Muslim communities through worship, gatherings, charitable sharing and sacrificial offerings where practised.
- It occurs on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijja, with local dates and arrangements depending on the religious authorities and calendar practices followed.
Sources Filled
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, s.v. "ʿĪd" and "ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā" - Canonical status of the two ʿīds, date on 10 Dhū al-Ḥijjah, link to ḥajj, and the uḍḥiyah as the distinguishing rite.
- Eid al-Adha - Public description of the festival, Abrahamic commemoration, congregational prayer, and sacrificial distribution.
- The Qurʾan, 37:100-113 and 22:34-37 - Scriptural narrative of the Abrahamic offering and the ritual logic of named slaughter and feeding the needy.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-aḍāḥī (Book of the Sacrifices) - Prophetic timing of slaughter after the Eid prayer, eligible animals, and the offering as a distinct rite from the prayer.
- Wikidata item Q514400: Eid al-Adha - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Eid al-Adha - general description of the item
Open questions
- Does the existing world-model catalogue already cover Eid al-Adha or a parent observance model sufficiently to require a link rather than a separate publication?
- Which authoritative sources should ground differences in date determination, observance duration and sacrifice windows across the communities represented?
- How should differing interpretations of sacrifice obligations, eligibility, shared arrangements and proposed substitutes be represented without implying a universal ruling?
- What evidence is sufficient to label delegated sacrifice and distribution as completed, and how should provider reports be distinguished from independent verification?
- Which regional names and customs need explicit recognition while preserving the registry's single Eid al-Adha entry?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q514400/spec.json