Stock Photo - Men lead cows at a cattle market the day before Eid-al-Adha in Dhaka, BangladeshEid al-Adha called the ""Sacrifice Feast"", is the second of two  Muslim holidays  celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of  Ibrahim (Abraham)  to sacrifice his son, as an act of obedience to  God's command. Before Abraham sacrificed his son, God provided a male goat to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this, an animal is sacrificed and divided into three parts: one third of the share is given to the poor and needy; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is retained by the family.