Sahib-i-Nisab (_i.e._ worth Rs.
52) should offer sacrifice on this day, provided that this sum is
exclusive of his horse, his clothes, his tools, and his household goods
and slaves. It is wajib for every one to offer sacrifice for himself,
but it is not a wajib order that he should do it for his children.[262]
A goat, a ram or a cow should be offered in sacrifice for every seven
persons. The victim must not be one-eyed, blind, lame or very thin.

If you sacrifice a fat animal it will serve you well, and carry you
across the Sirat. O Believers, thus said the Prophet, on whom be the
mercy and peace of God, "Sacrifice the victim with your own hands, this
was the Sunnat of Ibrahim, on whom be peace."

In the Kitab-uz-zad-ut-Taqwa, it is said that on the 'Id-ul-Fitr and
the 'Id-uz-Zuha, four nafl rak'ats should be said after the farz Namaz
{256} of the 'Id. In the first rak'at after the Surat-ul-Fatiha recite
the Surat-ul-A'la (Sura lxxvii); in the second, the Surat-ush-Shams
(Sura xci); in the third, the Surat-uz-Zuha (Sura xciii); in the
fourth, the Surat-ul-Ikhlas (cxii).

O Believers, if ye do so, God will pardon the sins of fifty years which
are past and of fifty years to come. The reading of these Suras are
equal as an act of merit to the reading of all the books God has sent
by His prophets.

May God include us amongst those who are accepted by Him, who act
according to the Law, whose desire will be granted at the last day. To
all such there will be no fear in the day of resurrection; no sorrow in
the examination at the day of judgment. The best of all books is the
Quran. O believers! May God give to us, and to you a blessing for ever
by the grace of the Noble Quran. May its verses be our guide, and may
its wise mention of God direct us aright. I desire that God may pardon
all believers, male and female, the Muslimin and the Muslimat. O
believers, also seek for pardon. Truly God is the Forgiver, the
Merciful, the Eternal King, the Compassionate, the Clement. O
believers, the Khutba is over. Let all desire that on Muhammad Mustafa
the mercy and peace of God may rest.

The worshippers then return to their respective homes and offer up the
sacrifice,[263] for it is a wajib order that every Muslim should keep this
feast, and sacrifice an animal for himself. He need not fear though he has
to i