ABU DHABI, Nov. 16th, 2010: H.H General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has performed the Eid Al-Adha prayer at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Sheikh Mohammed was joined by H.H Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Representative of H.H the President of the UAE, H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Interior, H.H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, H.H Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Chairman of the Presidential Flight, H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Presidential Affairs, H.H Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Court of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.H Sheikh Omar Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Said Al-Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council, other sheikhs, dignitaries, senior civil and military officials and a large number of UAE nationals and expatriates.

In the Eid Al Adha sermon, Religious Advisor at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs sheikh Ali Al-Hashimi prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the soul of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan in eternal peace and grant him an abode in Paradise and to protect President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Their Highnesses Members of the Supreme Council and Rulers of the Emirates from any harm and maintain His grace of peace, stability and security on the UAE and all other Muslim countries.

Later, Sheikh H.H Mohammed Bin Zayed, H.H Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed, other sheikhs and senior officials paid a visit to the tomb of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque. They all recited surat Al-Fatiha for his soul.

Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2010.