Eid gets the crazy out of people, and with all the frenzy surrounding Eid ul-Adha, some people go crazy on a level that messes up the day for other people. Here's your guide to avoid that by being a good guy on Qurbani Eid – a list of don'ts. 

Don't take selfies with your animal

The person who first had the idea to put cameras on the front of a camera probably didn't think that one day, this is how it'd be used. There's always the risk of overdoing it with selfies; you can only take so many pictures of your own face from a disturbingly close distance. Add a cow to that fray, and that's the definition of overdoing it. If you want to share a picture of your animal with your friends on social media, take an actual picture of it, selfies are pointless because to the human eye, most animals of the same species have the same face. 

Cow fashion shows/pageants… just no

In the endeavour of coming up with something new, people have a tendency to absolutely lose the plot sometimes. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated in the spirit of sacrifice, and what a fashion show has to do with sacrifice is beyond understanding. Yes, the organisers must have had to sacrifice their sanity to have come up with this idea and go through with it, and the unfortunate people who had to attend this fashion show probably sacrificed a lot more, including but not limited to peace of mind. 

Don't speak ill of other people's animals

Once again, think of the spirit of sacrifice. If someone has found an animal they liked and brought it home, you'd be way out of line telling them it's not good enough. People hate hearing the words "Why is it so small" in whatever context, but more so when you're talking about the animal they've chosen for sacrifice. Whether or not an animal was overpriced, or looks good and healthy, or comes from a noble house of cows is really no one's business other than the person who bought it.

Don't put up sacrificial videos

The slaughter of an animal is a gruesome affair, and many people don't have the stomach for it, understandably so. On the morning of Eid, these people try to distract themselves by looking at social media to see what their friends are up to. Imagine you're one of them and scrolling down your news feed, a video appears of a cow being put down with the thumbnail conveniently paused at the bloodiest of moment in the video. With Facebook making live videos available recently, I predict a live animal sacrifice epidemic on the morning of Eid on social media. 

Be nice to the unfortunate

One of the beautiful things about Eid is that it makes people of different social classes interact with each other. When you're working with the people who sort out the meat or you're giving out one third of it to the less fortunate, you get to see them from up close, if you choose to do so. It doesn't hurt to be nice to these people but every year you'll see someone screaming at them and calling them names because of causing trouble that was most probably not caused by them in the first place. Don't be that person. Be nice to them for the sake of Eid, if nothing else. That alone could have a huge influence on someone's day. 

Azmin Azran is terrified of the challenges life is about to throw at him. He watches football and listens to weird music to find strength. Give him encouragement at fb.com/azminazran