What Is Eid Al Fitr and How it Is Celebrated

Eid Al Fitr is also called the Feast of Breaking the Fast . This is one of the most important days for Muslims worldwide that symbolizes end of fasting, which is widely known as the Ramadan.

July 17, 2015, Friday was proclaimed holiday in the Philippines in observance for the last day of Ramadan of our Muslim brothers. 

This is well known as Eid Al Fitr. But what really is Eid Al Fitr for some of us who are not accustomed to Islam?

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EID AL FTR

Eid Al Fitr is also called the Feast of Breaking the Fast . This is one of the most important days for Muslims worldwide that symbolizes end of fasting, which is widely known as the Ramadan.

How Eid Al Fitr is celebrated?

At the end of Ramadan, Muslims throughout the world have a joyous three-day celebration called Eid Al Fitr (the Festival of Fast-Breaking). - islam.about.com


Eid al-Fitr has a particular Salat (Islamic prayer) consisting of two Rakats(units) and generally offered in an open field or large hall. It may be performed only in congregation (Jama’at) and, has an additional extra six Takbirs (raising of the hands to the ears while saying "Allāhu Akbar", literally "God is greatest"), three of them in the beginning of the first raka'ah and three of them just before Ruku' in the second raka'ah in the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam. 

Other Sunni schools usually have twelve Takbirs, seven in the first, and five at the beginning of the second raka'ah. This Eid al-Fitr salat is, depending on which juristic opinion is followed, Fard فرض(obligatory), Mustahabb مستحب(strongly recommended, just short of obligatory) or mandoob مندوب(preferable).

Muslims believe that they are commanded by Allah, as mentioned in the Quran, to continue their fast until the last day of Ramadanand pay the Zakat and fitra before offering the Eid prayers. - Wikipedia

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