Eid Mubarak everyone!! I pray everyone has a wonderful day for the eid, Insha'Allah. To my family and friends who I will not be seeing, I love you and miss you.
Eid-ul-Fitr is a day of thanksgiving and jubilation as it signifies the successful completion of the sacred month of Ramadan.This festival marks the completion of an act of duty and devotion. It teaches us the lesson that real happiness arises from performing one?s duty and making sacrifices for a noble objective.
Fasting is one of the most significant pillars of Islam. The practice of fasting sublimates the inner self of man and inculcates discernment of the pangs and hardships which the poor and needy face. This feeling is awakened in all those, whether rich or poor, young or old, who observe fasting. It is the
loftiest achievement of moral exercises which is celebrated with the greatest zest and verve on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.
All kinds of spiritual adorations during the sacred month of Ramadan are in celebration of the revelation of the last and perfect message of Allah to humanity,
for the limitless and vast favour on mankind in the shape of the Glorious Qur?an and its implication in the dedication and devotion in the month of Ramadan to
which the Divine Book had led. Says the Qur?an: Allah has revealed to you the Book and Wisdom and taught you what you did not know before. Allah?s goodness to you
has been great indeed.? (4:113)
There are multiple results of fasting in the shape of vigorous duties, moral and spiritual self-discipline and austerity. This reward equips man
to swim in the roughest seas of life. It is in this concept that the Qur?an has clearly expressed the act of fasting as a blessing and not a calamity. Allah
desires your well being, not your discomfort. He desires you to fast the whole of the month so that you may magnify Him for giving you His guidance, and that
you may give thanks. It is with this spirit of thanksgiving that Eid-ul-Fitr is observed all over the world by Muslim Ummah by offering prayers to Allah, and rejoicing and festivity on the accomplishment of an act of
dedication and submission to the Almighty. The Muslim Ummah meditates and pays obeisance to their Lord in congregation, displaying the real spirit of
brotherhood, equality and fraternity through the prayers and through the zest of meeting and embracing the Muslim brothers.
On this happy occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, we should pray to Allah to bless the Muslim Ummah. We should not forget those who are afflicted with poverty, ignorance, disease and other misfortunes.Charity i.e. the Saddqaha-e-Fitr is obligatory at the
end of the fasting month i.e. Ramadan and should be compulsorily paid to the needy by every Muslim of means. The real happiness of Eid lies in sharing our happiness with others. Payment of fitrah to the poor and needy is obligatory. It has to be paid before Eid prayers. Taqabbal Allaahu minnaa wa minkum (May Allaah accept
[the fast and worship] from us and from you).
