Rayhan Ahmed Topader :
The day of Eid-ul-Fitr marks the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan and the beginning of the month of Shawal. From this day, Muslims are absolved of their obligation to fast and can continue living as normal. To commemorate the end of Ramadan Muslims get together with friends and family and celebrate Eid. Before the celebrations, however, it is important that the obligation of paying Sadqat-ul-Fitr or Fitra is completed before Eid prayers. Unlike the general Jakat which is 2.5% of all net savings, Sadqat-ul-Fitr is a very small amount, enough to cover the cost of one meal. For children, their parents or guardians pay the amount on their behalf. Making a donation after Eid prayers, however, will not count towards Sadqat-ul-Fitr, and so it is vital that this is done before Eid Salat.
Eid prayer consists of two raka ‘ats with six takbeers in congregation of Muslims followed by the Khutba of Eid. After the Eid Prayers, Muslims eat and celebrate with friends and family. The feast of Eid-ul-Fitr is about joy and happiness, but also about remembering the poor and hungry.
Thus, Muslims are encouraged to give donations to charitable organizations. It is also encouraged to seek out families in need of assistance, those in debt, orphans and gene rally those in need of basic necessities like food, water, clothing, medicine and education Give generously in charity and share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr with brothers and sisters in the society.
Eid-ul-Fitr is time for spreading happiness, exchanging gifts and celebrating Ramadan experience. The celebration of Eid ul-Fitr culminates a month of fasting wherein the faithful have spent their time praying and beseeching Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala for forgiveness and mercy. The most glorious month of Ramadan was not just an abstention from food and drink. Rather, it was an exercise in patience and discipline. Eid-ul-Fitr is the celebration for those who fasted and obeyed Almighty Allah’s rules and teachings. It is for those who spent the most wonderful month of caring and sharing, the month of patience and constant ibadah in complete devotion to Allah Rabbul ‘Alameen. Eid is a time when the entire Muslim community comes together to share in one another’s joys and blessings and also to lessen the burden of those who are suffering.
It is preceded by people shopping and looking around for gifts for their near and dear ones. It is a time when the bright lights from homes and shops illuminates our life.We use this day and the following days to spread happiness and social harmony by visiting our friends and relatives and offering our dua for all those who have departed from this world. Gifts are exchanged during Eid by young and old alike. We also visit the elderly and the sick. Eid is a time where all kinds of festivities prevail.
With all the going around we sometimes forget our lesser privileged brethren. We forget that there are many who have nothing to celebrate. There are those among our brothers and sisters for whom Eid day is just like another day as they are not wealthy to meet Eid expenses. There are people in hospitals who will go through a bleak and lonely day with no one visiting them. Friendless, deprived of company they will have no one to offer solace or comfort. Let us therefore see to it that our deprived brethren welcome the day of Eid-ul-Fitr with warmth and hope. This, after all is a day of caring and sharing and bringing joy and happiness to those who are less fortunate.
This is the essence and message of this most wonderful day of reward. As we buy gifts and clothes for our children, let us earmark a special sum for those who cannot afford to buy. We should also instill in our children a sense of compassion so that when they buy something they will also think of their unfortunate brethren. Let us teach them the art of giving, the art of caring and sharing, the desire of wishing for others what we would wish for ourselves. We should let them know that there are millions of children in war-torn areas of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosova, the Philippines and the Caucasus region, the poor and downtrodden areas of Africa, Asia and South America and even in the forgotten ghettos of Europe and North America who do not have the basic necessities to make this day a different day–a day of joy and happiness, a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving.
This is a day for praying and remembering our unfortunate brothers and sisters who are victims of drought, famine and other natural disasters as well as those who had survived the devastating earthquake. They need our urgent help and as true Muslims we must do whatever is necessary to assist them in rebuilding their lives.We cannot divest ourselves from the misery of others. We cannot shrug it off saying that it does not concern us. To do this would be an injustice to humanity and to our Iman. The Most Holy and Glorious Quran reminds us in verse 8 of Surah Al Mayedah.
Many of us donate money to charity and fulfill religious duty. However, if we actually meet the recipients of our charity the perception of charity changes. There is a feeling of belonging when the recipients and givers meet. Islamic ideology teaches us to be kind and compassionate. Our beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam said : “I and the provider of the orphan will be together”. And what greater prize is there for anyone of us than to be around our Nabee Rahmatullil ‘Alameen ? All we need for that is compassion, sincerity and the feeling of brotherhood and understanding. And that will decide the quality of our life on earth and the hereafter.
From the first moment that the light of ‘Taqwa’ of Allah shines into the heart of a human being possessing faith, he or she becomes conscious of its worth and significance. Humility, modesty and kindness are proper before Almighty Allah, Who created all the existents and the world of being with His Will. Human beings are His ‘banda’. Basically, humility in front of the Most Exalted Creator of the heavens and the earth is itself the greatest source of human honour and dignity.
As Muslims we must remember that the vital force that lies within a pious person keeps him or her aware of the realities of life and he or she never gets swallowed up by the deep sea of mundane things for the sake of enjoying life. That is because our intellect and souls are infused with the Truths of the Deen of Haq and we view everything in the perspective of Islamic worldview. Islam attaches so much value to the affairs of the faithful that their station of honour is mentioned along with the Majesty of Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa AATa’ala and Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahou Alayhi wa Sallam in (part of) verse 8 of Surah Al Munafiqun : But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger and to the Believers.
May Almighty Allah the Most Merciful grant us all the good fortune to revive the Islamic values in our midst and to cherish them with all our heart : to bow and bend only before Him and to fear no one besides Him, and to be loyal to His Deen, and proud of His Message. We beseech Him from the depths of our hearts to confer this great wealth upon us for He is indeed, able to do all things.
Cure the ills of the world with the panacaa you possess. The world will then know that this radical cure is possible only with the elixir still preserved in its pristine purity by the Muslim Ummah.
Eid-ul-Fitr is the day, the Malaeeka in heaven call it Yaumul Jaza–Day of Great Reward.
Eid-ul-Fitr is a celebratory occasion that Muslims mark the end of Ramadan with. It denotes the end of a whole month of spiritual cleansing that the Muslims have gone through and lands on the 1st of Shawal, the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Generally Muslims celebrate with feasts and buy new clothes on the occasion and enjoy themselves. After such an extensive training session a celebration is only logical. This is where Eid ul-Fitr comes in. It is a celebration of successful completion of Ramadan and the newly renewed spiritual cleansing and connection.
Sweets of various kinds are a common feature of this Eid. There are different ways in which people celebrate, Eid, but in general they all go in the morning to pray the special Eid prayer. On the way there and while waiting for the prayer session to start it is common to recite the Eid Takbir. Then after praying people generally have a feast of sorts with their families and or friends. It is a typical time to travel to family’s homes and visit.
Typical foods vary by country/region. In the Middle East it is common to buy new clothes for the Eid and children often receive ‘Eidia’ which is money. Eidia is received from family and friends but generally comes from an adult to child. Gifts between adults are rare and actual gifts from child to adult are almost non-existant.Kids use the money to buy toys and sweets. Practices vary around the world quite a bit. For example in China it’s common for families to go to visit the graves of their ancestors to pray for their salvation.
In the US, Canada, Australia, UK it is often more common to give children gifts as opposed to money is also increasingly common to make Eid goody bags with little trinkets party favors, stickers, temporary tattoo’s, and candy to hand out to children after the Eid prayer and gifts between adults or from child to adult are more common. So exact practices and traditions have a great deal of variation around the world often influenced by local cultural practices. It is also common to go to amusement parks/carnivals circuses in many places although in the West this is more common than in many other countries probably because immigrants and subsequent generations do not have very large extended families to visit. So they spend more time going out as smaller familial groups and because of the often minority status of their holidays and the abundance of Christian holiday commercialization they often feel the need to make Eid’s ‘extra special’ to keep kids interested.
With the start of the month of Ramadan, where Muslims plan how they are going to spend each and every moment of this month with good deeds, prayer and worship of Allah Almighty, they also plan on how they are going to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr that would come at the end of Ramadan. The Eid after Ramadan is one of the most awaited events among Muslims and Muslims from across the globe make special preparations for this day, as it is a day of spreading and sharing joy and happiness. Besides the fact that on the day of Eid there is joy and bliss all around, the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr itself is a blessing from Allah Almighty.
The first major obligation pertaining to Eid-ul-Fitr is the offering of Eid prayer. Praying to Allah on the day of Eid means that a Muslim understands and realizes the fact that all the joy and pleasure in his life is a blessing of Allah and He needs to be praised for it.
The offering of Eid prayer was a routine of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). Hence every Muslim must try to offer this prayer and start the day of Eid-ul-Fitr with worship of Allah and by being grateful to Him.
Islam is a religion that pays great emphasis on giving charity. The emphasis on charity increases even more when there is a need of making joy and happiness available from it to the less fortunate ones. The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr is a perfect occasion when charity can lead others being happy and joyful. The right time for offering this Sadqatul Fitr is between the Fajr and Eid-ul-Fitr prayer. However, the Sadaqah can also be offered during the month of Ramadan so that the less fortunate can have time to buy necessary things with which they can celebrate their Eid in a better way. This Sadqah as an obligatory act pertaining to the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr.
For a Muslim the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is the best example and the Muslims try to imitate Him as much as possible. Pertaining to Eid-ul-Fitr, besides the prayer of Eid and the Sadqatul Fitr, there are other elements of Sunnat of Prophet (Pbuh) specific to that day. Some general Sunnats, which a Muslim must try to observe during Eid day,are as follows. The first is of waking up early in the morning. On the day of Eid a Muslim offer the Fazar prayer. After the prayer one prepares the dress and other wearable things that are to be worn when going to the Eid prayer.
Therefore, the things need to be ready once a person goes for a bath. Taking shower on the day of Eid before wearing clothes is a Sunnat of Muhammad (Pbuh). A Muslim must also make sure that before wearing on clean clothes he is also clean in bodily respect as well. If the clothes are new then well and good. If new are not available then one should wear the best clothes and on those clothes one should apply perfume as well to ensure that one is best prepared for the prayer. It is also a Sunnat that before going for prayer, a Muslim eats breakfast or anything that is available in the house.
Pertaining to Eid-ul-fitr another Sunnat of Prophet (Pbuh) was that he would go to the mosque from one way and come back home from the other way so that he could meet and greet as much people as possible on the day of Eid. undoubtedly this is an occasion specific to happiness and joy all around.
However, in celebrations Muslims also need to make the less fortunate a part of it so that they could also celebrate Eid. All should cure the ills of the world with the panacea they possess. The world will then know that this radical cure is possible only with the elixir still preserved in its pristine purity by the Ummah of Muhammed Mustafa Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam.
Eid al-Fitr celebrates the successful completion of Ramadan and the newly renewed spiritual cleansing and connection.
Eid ul-Fitr is one of the two biggest Muslim holidays of the year. The other major festival is Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice.
The day of Eid-ul-Fitr marks the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan and the beginning of the month of Shawal. From this day, Muslims are absolved of their obligation to fast and can continue living as normal. To commemorate the end of Ramadan Muslims get together with friends and family and celebrate Eid. Before the celebrations, however, it is important that the obligation of paying Sadqat-ul-Fitr or Fitra is completed before Eid prayers. Unlike the general Jakat which is 2.5% of all net savings, Sadqat-ul-Fitr is a very small amount, enough to cover the cost of one meal. For children, their parents or guardians pay the amount on their behalf. Making a donation after Eid prayers, however, will not count towards Sadqat-ul-Fitr, and so it is vital that this is done before Eid Salat.
Eid prayer consists of two raka ‘ats with six takbeers in congregation of Muslims followed by the Khutba of Eid. After the Eid Prayers, Muslims eat and celebrate with friends and family. The feast of Eid-ul-Fitr is about joy and happiness, but also about remembering the poor and hungry.
Thus, Muslims are encouraged to give donations to charitable organizations. It is also encouraged to seek out families in need of assistance, those in debt, orphans and gene rally those in need of basic necessities like food, water, clothing, medicine and education Give generously in charity and share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr with brothers and sisters in the society.
Eid-ul-Fitr is time for spreading happiness, exchanging gifts and celebrating Ramadan experience. The celebration of Eid ul-Fitr culminates a month of fasting wherein the faithful have spent their time praying and beseeching Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala for forgiveness and mercy. The most glorious month of Ramadan was not just an abstention from food and drink. Rather, it was an exercise in patience and discipline. Eid-ul-Fitr is the celebration for those who fasted and obeyed Almighty Allah’s rules and teachings. It is for those who spent the most wonderful month of caring and sharing, the month of patience and constant ibadah in complete devotion to Allah Rabbul ‘Alameen. Eid is a time when the entire Muslim community comes together to share in one another’s joys and blessings and also to lessen the burden of those who are suffering.
It is preceded by people shopping and looking around for gifts for their near and dear ones. It is a time when the bright lights from homes and shops illuminates our life.We use this day and the following days to spread happiness and social harmony by visiting our friends and relatives and offering our dua for all those who have departed from this world. Gifts are exchanged during Eid by young and old alike. We also visit the elderly and the sick. Eid is a time where all kinds of festivities prevail.
With all the going around we sometimes forget our lesser privileged brethren. We forget that there are many who have nothing to celebrate. There are those among our brothers and sisters for whom Eid day is just like another day as they are not wealthy to meet Eid expenses. There are people in hospitals who will go through a bleak and lonely day with no one visiting them. Friendless, deprived of company they will have no one to offer solace or comfort. Let us therefore see to it that our deprived brethren welcome the day of Eid-ul-Fitr with warmth and hope. This, after all is a day of caring and sharing and bringing joy and happiness to those who are less fortunate.
This is the essence and message of this most wonderful day of reward. As we buy gifts and clothes for our children, let us earmark a special sum for those who cannot afford to buy. We should also instill in our children a sense of compassion so that when they buy something they will also think of their unfortunate brethren. Let us teach them the art of giving, the art of caring and sharing, the desire of wishing for others what we would wish for ourselves. We should let them know that there are millions of children in war-torn areas of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosova, the Philippines and the Caucasus region, the poor and downtrodden areas of Africa, Asia and South America and even in the forgotten ghettos of Europe and North America who do not have the basic necessities to make this day a different day–a day of joy and happiness, a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving.
This is a day for praying and remembering our unfortunate brothers and sisters who are victims of drought, famine and other natural disasters as well as those who had survived the devastating earthquake. They need our urgent help and as true Muslims we must do whatever is necessary to assist them in rebuilding their lives.We cannot divest ourselves from the misery of others. We cannot shrug it off saying that it does not concern us. To do this would be an injustice to humanity and to our Iman. The Most Holy and Glorious Quran reminds us in verse 8 of Surah Al Mayedah.
Many of us donate money to charity and fulfill religious duty. However, if we actually meet the recipients of our charity the perception of charity changes. There is a feeling of belonging when the recipients and givers meet. Islamic ideology teaches us to be kind and compassionate. Our beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam said : “I and the provider of the orphan will be together”. And what greater prize is there for anyone of us than to be around our Nabee Rahmatullil ‘Alameen ? All we need for that is compassion, sincerity and the feeling of brotherhood and understanding. And that will decide the quality of our life on earth and the hereafter.
From the first moment that the light of ‘Taqwa’ of Allah shines into the heart of a human being possessing faith, he or she becomes conscious of its worth and significance. Humility, modesty and kindness are proper before Almighty Allah, Who created all the existents and the world of being with His Will. Human beings are His ‘banda’. Basically, humility in front of the Most Exalted Creator of the heavens and the earth is itself the greatest source of human honour and dignity.
As Muslims we must remember that the vital force that lies within a pious person keeps him or her aware of the realities of life and he or she never gets swallowed up by the deep sea of mundane things for the sake of enjoying life. That is because our intellect and souls are infused with the Truths of the Deen of Haq and we view everything in the perspective of Islamic worldview. Islam attaches so much value to the affairs of the faithful that their station of honour is mentioned along with the Majesty of Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa AATa’ala and Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahou Alayhi wa Sallam in (part of) verse 8 of Surah Al Munafiqun : But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger and to the Believers.
May Almighty Allah the Most Merciful grant us all the good fortune to revive the Islamic values in our midst and to cherish them with all our heart : to bow and bend only before Him and to fear no one besides Him, and to be loyal to His Deen, and proud of His Message. We beseech Him from the depths of our hearts to confer this great wealth upon us for He is indeed, able to do all things.
Cure the ills of the world with the panacaa you possess. The world will then know that this radical cure is possible only with the elixir still preserved in its pristine purity by the Muslim Ummah.
Eid-ul-Fitr is the day, the Malaeeka in heaven call it Yaumul Jaza–Day of Great Reward.
Eid-ul-Fitr is a celebratory occasion that Muslims mark the end of Ramadan with. It denotes the end of a whole month of spiritual cleansing that the Muslims have gone through and lands on the 1st of Shawal, the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Generally Muslims celebrate with feasts and buy new clothes on the occasion and enjoy themselves. After such an extensive training session a celebration is only logical. This is where Eid ul-Fitr comes in. It is a celebration of successful completion of Ramadan and the newly renewed spiritual cleansing and connection.
Sweets of various kinds are a common feature of this Eid. There are different ways in which people celebrate, Eid, but in general they all go in the morning to pray the special Eid prayer. On the way there and while waiting for the prayer session to start it is common to recite the Eid Takbir. Then after praying people generally have a feast of sorts with their families and or friends. It is a typical time to travel to family’s homes and visit.
Typical foods vary by country/region. In the Middle East it is common to buy new clothes for the Eid and children often receive ‘Eidia’ which is money. Eidia is received from family and friends but generally comes from an adult to child. Gifts between adults are rare and actual gifts from child to adult are almost non-existant.Kids use the money to buy toys and sweets. Practices vary around the world quite a bit. For example in China it’s common for families to go to visit the graves of their ancestors to pray for their salvation.
In the US, Canada, Australia, UK it is often more common to give children gifts as opposed to money is also increasingly common to make Eid goody bags with little trinkets party favors, stickers, temporary tattoo’s, and candy to hand out to children after the Eid prayer and gifts between adults or from child to adult are more common. So exact practices and traditions have a great deal of variation around the world often influenced by local cultural practices. It is also common to go to amusement parks/carnivals circuses in many places although in the West this is more common than in many other countries probably because immigrants and subsequent generations do not have very large extended families to visit. So they spend more time going out as smaller familial groups and because of the often minority status of their holidays and the abundance of Christian holiday commercialization they often feel the need to make Eid’s ‘extra special’ to keep kids interested.
With the start of the month of Ramadan, where Muslims plan how they are going to spend each and every moment of this month with good deeds, prayer and worship of Allah Almighty, they also plan on how they are going to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr that would come at the end of Ramadan. The Eid after Ramadan is one of the most awaited events among Muslims and Muslims from across the globe make special preparations for this day, as it is a day of spreading and sharing joy and happiness. Besides the fact that on the day of Eid there is joy and bliss all around, the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr itself is a blessing from Allah Almighty.
The first major obligation pertaining to Eid-ul-Fitr is the offering of Eid prayer. Praying to Allah on the day of Eid means that a Muslim understands and realizes the fact that all the joy and pleasure in his life is a blessing of Allah and He needs to be praised for it.
The offering of Eid prayer was a routine of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). Hence every Muslim must try to offer this prayer and start the day of Eid-ul-Fitr with worship of Allah and by being grateful to Him.
Islam is a religion that pays great emphasis on giving charity. The emphasis on charity increases even more when there is a need of making joy and happiness available from it to the less fortunate ones. The celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr is a perfect occasion when charity can lead others being happy and joyful. The right time for offering this Sadqatul Fitr is between the Fajr and Eid-ul-Fitr prayer. However, the Sadaqah can also be offered during the month of Ramadan so that the less fortunate can have time to buy necessary things with which they can celebrate their Eid in a better way. This Sadqah as an obligatory act pertaining to the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr.
For a Muslim the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is the best example and the Muslims try to imitate Him as much as possible. Pertaining to Eid-ul-Fitr, besides the prayer of Eid and the Sadqatul Fitr, there are other elements of Sunnat of Prophet (Pbuh) specific to that day. Some general Sunnats, which a Muslim must try to observe during Eid day,are as follows. The first is of waking up early in the morning. On the day of Eid a Muslim offer the Fazar prayer. After the prayer one prepares the dress and other wearable things that are to be worn when going to the Eid prayer.
Therefore, the things need to be ready once a person goes for a bath. Taking shower on the day of Eid before wearing clothes is a Sunnat of Muhammad (Pbuh). A Muslim must also make sure that before wearing on clean clothes he is also clean in bodily respect as well. If the clothes are new then well and good. If new are not available then one should wear the best clothes and on those clothes one should apply perfume as well to ensure that one is best prepared for the prayer. It is also a Sunnat that before going for prayer, a Muslim eats breakfast or anything that is available in the house.
Pertaining to Eid-ul-fitr another Sunnat of Prophet (Pbuh) was that he would go to the mosque from one way and come back home from the other way so that he could meet and greet as much people as possible on the day of Eid. undoubtedly this is an occasion specific to happiness and joy all around.
However, in celebrations Muslims also need to make the less fortunate a part of it so that they could also celebrate Eid. All should cure the ills of the world with the panacea they possess. The world will then know that this radical cure is possible only with the elixir still preserved in its pristine purity by the Ummah of Muhammed Mustafa Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam.
Eid al-Fitr celebrates the successful completion of Ramadan and the newly renewed spiritual cleansing and connection.
Eid ul-Fitr is one of the two biggest Muslim holidays of the year. The other major festival is Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice.
