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Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Aïd el-Fitr: The holiday lasts for three days until 3 Shawwal. Also known as Id-ul-Fitr, Eid, and the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. 10 Dhu al-Hijjah: Eid al-Adha: عيد الأضحى: Aïd el-Kebir: The holiday lasts three days, ending on 13 Dhu al-Hijjah.
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
The sermon of Eid takes place after the Eid prayer, unlike Friday prayer which comes first before prayer. Some imams believe that listening to the sermon at Eid is optional. [19] After the prayers, Muslims visit their relatives, friends, and acquaintances or hold large communal celebrations in homes, community centers, or rented halls. [15]
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As Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, draws to a close, Muslims worldwide prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Arabic for “the celebration of breaking the fast.". During the month of Ramadan ...
Here's what to know about celebrating Eid.
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
Eid al-Fitr begins at the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam when Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown and focus on prayer and self-reflection. It is expected to being on Tuesday or ...