Eid al-Adha 2023, 2024 and 2025 in Morocco

Eid al-Adha in Morocco is one of the most important festivities of the year for the nation’s many Muslims. Eid al-Adha means “Feast of the Sacrifice”, but it is also sometimes called Eid al Kabir, meaning “The Big Holiday”, due to its importance.

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2023	29 Jun	Thu	Eid al-Adha
2024	17 Jun	Mon	Eid al-Adha
2025	7 Jun	Sat	Eid al-Adha
2026	27 May	Wed	Eid al-Adha
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

Eid al-Adha comes at the end of hajj, the time when many Muslims go on pilgrimage to Mecca, and it lasts for three days straight. The basis of the holiday is the Koranic tradition of Ibrahim being willing to sacrifice his son Ismail on Mount Moriah of Arabia but being stopped by a voice from heaven. A ram was provided by Allah, which Ibrahim then sacrificed instead.

In Morocco, young men will obtain an animal to slaughter for Eid al-Adha, often a sheep or goat but sometimes a cow or even a camel. There are strict rules on how to do the sacrifice, on what quality of animals qualify, and on how to dispose of the waste. And much of the meat is given to the poor.

For Eid, people will attend prayer times at a mosque and meet together with family and friends afterwards to slaughter an animal and then to cook, share it and eat it. There are also a lot of cookies and other sweets consumed. And special dishes like herbel, a soup consisting of milk and wheat, are eaten, along with various meat-intensive dishes.

Previous Years

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2022	10 Jul	Sun	Eid al-Adha
2021	20 Jul	Tue	Eid al-Adha
2020	31 Jul	Fri	Eid al-Adha
2019	12 Aug	Mon	Eid al-Adha
2018	22 Aug	Wed	Eid al-Adha
2017	1 Sep	Fri	Eid al-Adha