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Islamic Relief conducts Qurbani around the world, with prices varying depending on the cost of animals in the local areas where the sacrifices are being carried out.
Darul Uloom Pretoria
Pretoria Islamic Educational Centre
Qurbani 2025
What is Qurbani?
Qurbani means ‘sacrifice’. Every year during the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah, Muslims around the world slaughter an animal – a goat, sheep, cow or camel – to reflect the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail, in complete submission to God. After the animal has been sacrificed, its meat is distributed to those most in need.
Donating Qurbani is highly recommended according to the majority of scholars, and is obligatory in the Hanafi Madhab for every Muslim who is financially able to do so. There are also Qurbani rules that dictate which animals can be sacrificed, based on their quality of life and health, as well as guidelines on how the sacrifice must be carried out.
In 2025, Islamic Relief aims to reach more people than ever before with its Qurbani distributions. By donating your Qurbani through us, you will enable some of the most vulnerable and under-resourced communities in over 30 countries to enjoy Eid with nourishing meat.
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Give the best possible Qurbani
Last year alone, your donations enabled us to provide quality meat to over 3 million vulnerable people across 27 countries, including Palestine (Gaza), Sudan and Syria, as well as impoverished communities right here in the South Africa.
As believers who are called to love for our brothers and sisters what we love for ourselves, Islamic Relief facilitates the best possible Qurbani offerings. We adopt high quality standards, including health, weight (meat yielded) and age, when selecting sacrificial animals.
We also make every effort to reach some of the most vulnerable communities, often located in particularly remote areas that have been impacted by conflict or other disasters.
These high quality standards, coupled with our mission to transport meat to hard-to-reach areas, do tend to incur higher costs. However, because we collaborate with local suppliers within the countries in which we facilitate Qurbani, these costs also support local economies.
When you donate Qurbani through Islamic Relief, you can rest assured that you are offering the best to those who need it the most.
Donate Qurbani through Islamic Relief this Dhul Hijjah, and reap the rewards of the 10 best days.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will Qurbani 2025 be performed?
Eid al-Adha 2025 is expected on the evening of Friday, 6 June, until Tuesday, 10 June.
Qurbani will be performed after the Eid Salah in each field office. The slaughter will take place from after the Eid prayer on Eid al-Adha (10th of Dhul Hijjah) and ends up to sunset on the 13th of Dhul Hijjah. There is a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether Qurbani can be done over three or four days. To respect this difference of opinion, Islamic Relief strives to perform Qurbani in three days. However, we only extend into the fourth day in localities where this is religiously accepted by the local Muslim population. And if there is an operational need for this extra day.
If you give a Qurbani on any of these days, the Qurbani will still be carried out in time, as Islamic Relief has already purchased the animals to be slaughtered beforehand.
When is Eid al-Adha 2025?
Eid al-Adha is sometimes referred to as Qurbani Eid, and follows the completion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Depending on the country, the celebrations of Eid al-Adha (10th Dhul Hijjah) can last anywhere between two and four days. The Qurbani (sacrifice) is carried out following the Eid prayers, which are performed in congregation. Inshallah, Qurbani Eid 2025 is expected to be from sunset on 6th June 2025 till Tuesday, 10th Jun 2025, dependant on the moon sighting for the month of Dhul Hijja.
How much is Qurbani? How are your prices defined?
- High Quality – Since Qurbani is an act of worship that is the most beloved to Allah (SWT) during the days of Tashreek, it is important that one offers the best possible offering. Therefore Islamic Relief adopts high quality standards when it comes to selecting the sacrificial animals. Standards cover health, weight (meat yielded) and age.
- High Standards – We would also like our brothers and sisters around the world to receive the best quality meat because the believer is asked to love for his brother/sister that which he/she loves for him/herself. These high standards therefore come at a higher cost which in turn further supports economic development of our Qurbani farmers.
- Transporting Qurbani to hard-to-reach areas – Islamic Relief always tries to reach the most vulnerable people in the most remote areas where the communities are hard to reach. However, transporting meat to hard-to-reach rural areas incurs higher transportation costs which in turn affects the Qurbani price. Conflict or disasters can make distribution more difficult and can add to the cost.
Who is eligible for Qurbani?
Who is eligible for Qurbani?
Islamic Relief has a set criteria and scoring systems in place to determine Qurbani recipients. The scoring system is based on the following criteria:
- Families who live on less than the minimum income for that particular country.
- Female-headed households.
- Families with disabled and/or elderly persons.
- Children under five years old.
- Pregnant women.
- Breastfeeding mothers.
- Families with little or no access to the market.
A thorough assessment is therefore carried out by our teams to objectively identify the weighting and priority of each of the above criteria. These are then applied when selecting recipient families to ensure we reach the most vulnerable without bias.
Who has to give Qurbani?
Qurbani is highly recommended and according to the Hanafi madhab, it is obligatory upon every sane adult Muslim male/female who has wealth in excess to his/her needs. Therefore, normally, those who are eligible to pay Zakat are obliged to give Qurbani.
How many animals must I sacrifice?
Donating Qurbani is obligatory for every Muslim who is financially able to do so in the Hanafi madhab and according to the majority of scholars, it is highly recommended. If you’re obligated to donate Qurbani, the minimum you can donate is one Qurbani share, which is equivalent to one sheep/goat or one seventh of a cow/buffalo/camel.
It’s permissible to donate more than one share of Qurbani should you wish to do so. The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself carried out multiple Qurbani for himself and the Ummah. Therefore, many Muslims offer multiple Qurbani on behalf of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and for deceased parents.