Why is Eid-ul-Fitr so special to Muslims? The simple answer to that is that it is one of the days Muslims from all walks of life assemble at a prayer ground, called Eid prayer ground, and later on rejoice with one another for seeing the end of the 29 or 30 days of rigorous spiritual exercise called Ramadan fast.
A warm Eid-ul-Fitr celebration
Although, there are basically two annual festivals in the religion of Islam (Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha).
Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan fast, but Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated by often slaughtering a ram to mark the day in which Prophet Ibrahim wanted to slaughter his son, Prophet Ismaaeel, but Allah replaced a ram to be slaughtered in place of Ibrahim’s son. (peace be upon the souls of Ibrahim and Ismaaeel).
The third festival is Yaomul Jumuah, which is not really pronounced as a festival because it is weekly.
According to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon his noble soul), he said Yaomul Jumuah is also a festival for the Muslims in his Hadeeth.
As Muslims brace up to enjoy themselves after Ramadan ends, they should not forget to observe the do’s and don’t’s of Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
Muslims should try to exchange gifts, visit one another, eat and drink lawfully together and give out what they have in charity.
Muslims should remember to avoid returning to crime and sin, which they neglected for the 30 days of Ramadan.
All shades of crime and sin should not be re-visited when Ramadan ends. This is because anybody who returns to crime and sin would have just wasted his or her 30 days of fasting.
Conclusively, the month after Ramadan which starts on Wednesday, July 6 is called ‘Sha’awaal’ (10th month of Islamic calendar).
When Sha’awaal enters day 4, Muslims should try to fast six days in Sha’awaal, which is called ‘Situ-l-Sha’awaal.’
In a Hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim, as narrated by a man called Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him), he reported that The Messenger of Allah said: “He who observes the fast in the month of Ramadan, and also observes six days of fasting in the month of Sha’awaal, it is as if he has observed fasting for the whole year.”
The explanation of the above Hadeeth is that if a Muslim does what is contained in the Hadeeth, he will be rewarded by Allah as if he used all the years he spends in this world fasting, which is a great reward for him on the day of judgement
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