Today is the 29th day of the month of Ramadan in the year 1431 Hijrah (the year 2010) and tomorrow will the last day of Ramadan fasting for all Muslims.
On Friday will dawn the 1st day of the month of Shawal and every Muslim will on this day celebrate the Eid Mubarraq, celebrating triumph and victory over personal urges for food and drink and other forbidden temptations including abstaining from lustful desires such as making love to one's spouse, during daytime hours from dawn to dusk.
Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eidulfitri) as is normally known in this part of the world is being welcomed and celebrated with a lot of preparations for families and communities in order to ensure each and every one, Muslims as well as non-Muslim guests, get to the Eid celebration with joy and happiness.
Happy Eid and Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to family, friends and everyone inclusive
today is already the 3rd day of Syawal, and Muslims are still happily celebrating the Eidulfitri with the dining table still full of hot spicy dishes, delicacies and sweets (biscuits, cakes, etc) and family and friends are still visiting one another in the spirit of thankfulness and gratitude to God Almighty,
ReplyDeletesome have already started with the 6 days fasting in the month of Syawal which is not compulsory but this 6 days fasting is equivalent to 1 whole year of fasting in terms of divine rewards, and hence it's encouraged that every Muslim perform the 6 days fasting in the month of Syawal, as a bonus