{"id":3194,"date":"2025-05-29T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2025-05-29T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:18:07","slug":"eid-al-adha-holidays-announced-in-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/eid-al-adha-holidays-announced-in-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid Al Adha holidays announced in Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3194\" class=\"elementor elementor-3194\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e1925 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45e1925\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-235e37f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"235e37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"270\"><strong><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Muscat, Oman <\/span><\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"270\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The Government of Oman has officially announced a five-day public holiday for Eid Al Adha 2025, <strong>spanning from Thursday, June 5, to Monday, June 9.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">This decision, guided by Royal directives, applies to both public and private sector employees, with work resuming on Tuesday, June 10.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"430\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The announcement follows the confirmed sighting of the Dhul Hijjah crescent moon, marking the beginning of the Islamic month and setting the date for Eid Al Adha on Friday, <strong>June 6.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong>Traditionally, the holiday extends from the 9th to the 12th of Dhul Hijjah,<\/strong> aligning with the Hajj pilgrimage and the Day of Arafah.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"550\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Given that Eid falls on a Friday this year, an additional compensatory day off has been granted on <strong>Monday, June 9,<\/strong> ensuring a continuous five-day break for residents.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a2d96 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10a2d96\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd23fcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd23fcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3197\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sd-1-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5f737 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b5f737\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db27ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db27ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"670\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong>Eid Al Adha, also known as the &#8220;Festival of Sacrifice,&#8221; commemorates Prophet Ibrahim&#8217;s devotion and willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The occasion is marked by special prayers, charitable acts, and the ritual sacrifice of animals, with the meat distributed among family, friends, and those in need.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"790\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong>With the extended holiday, many Omanis are expected to engage in family gatherings, travel, and cultural festivities<\/strong>.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Authorities have advised the public to plan accordingly and adhere to safety guidelines during the celebrations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muscat, Oman The Government of Oman has officially announced a five-day public holiday for Eid Al Adha 2025, spanning from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muscat-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}