new delhi prominent muslim body jamiat ulemaehind on monday urged members of the community to celebrate eidulazha adhering to all union health ministry guidelines on the covid19 pandemicjamiat president maulana arshad madani said that in view of the rising cases of coronavirus it is advised that muslims perform eidulazha prayers in mosques or at home following all social distancing norms and guidelines issued by the health ministry from time to timeit is better to perform animal sacrifice an important part of the festival after offering sermon and prayers in a short period of time immediately after 20 minutes of sunrise madani saidhe said that it must also be ensured that all waste be buried or disposed of in a manner that it does not create any problem for other peopleif however there is no way to fulfil this sacrifice religious obligation then a sacrifice should be offered at a nearby place where there is no difficulty madani saidbut at a place where the sacrifice has been offered regularly and there is a problem right now at least one goat must be sacrificed there after registration with the local administration he saideidulazha will be celebrated on august 1 animal sacrifices are performed as a ritual to commemorate prophet ibrahims willingness to sacrifice his son ismail as an act of obedience to god