Eid al-Adha begins on the 10th day of the lunar month Dhul-Hijja and marks Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, a central element of the holiday that coincides with the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and requires Muslims who can afford it and are physically able to perform the pilgrimage at least once in their lives, and many choose to make the journey more than once.
Pilgrims enter a state called ihram, follow specific prohibitions, and complete rituals such as tawaf, circling the Kaaba seven times, and standing on the plain of Arafat where many make supplications and seek forgiveness.
The pilgrimage cycles through the seasons because it follows the lunar calendar, and when it falls in summer pilgrims can face extreme heat, which Saudi authorities reported contributed to more than 1,300 deaths during Hajj in a year of intense temperatures.
This year the Hajj approached against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions, and the earlier conflict also disrupted some travelers performing Umrah, leaving some stranded and seeking routes home.
App Based Sacrifice Services And Eid Logistics
At the same time platforms in the Gulf have moved Udhiyah, the ritual sacrifice carried out during Eid al-Adha, onto apps, and a viral post about 15 minute sheep delivery highlighted the shift to rapid logistics for the season.
Noon Minutes, the rapid delivery arm of noon, and Gulf based company Zabehaty jointly manage orders that let customers select livestock, schedule slaughtering, choose donation or home delivery, and track the process digitally in real time.
Israa Fityan, marketing manager at Zabehaty, says orders link to the nearest hub and are distributed across slaughterhouses based on capacity, while Waleed Alireza, general manager of noon Minutes KSA, says the partner coordinates slaughtering in line with Islamic principles.
Platforms deploy refrigerated fleets, livestock forecasting, and slaughterhouse partners to fulfill orders, and they offer options where livestock is delivered to homes before slaughter or where the service handles everything and delivers packaged meat.
Pricing on apps bundles selection, slaughtering, packaging and delivery and tends to cost more than accredited charity programmes that offer lower cost sacrifice options, and companies say they prepare months in advance for the Eid logistics crunch.
