After a month of fasting and obeying\nAllah (SWT), we want to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. As such, it is suitable for\nevery believer to attend the celebration ceremony to take a lesson from it, not\nto watch and enjoy; so that he is not among those whose Eid is only joy and\nentertainment. It is said that one of the purposes of this Eid is to remember\nthe Day of Judgment and it horrors; because some of the customs of Eid is\nsimilar to the Day of Judgment and reminds us of it. On a day of Eid al Fitr,\nAmir al-Mu\u2019minin (PBUH) stood in front of the people after performing the Eid\nprayers and delivered a sermon as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cO People! Today is the\nday on which the righteous ones will be rewarded and the wicked ones will be\nlosers. This is the day most similar to the Day of Judgment. By leaving your\nhomes (and moving) towards the mosques, remember the time you will leave your\ngraves and be resurrected before Allah (SWT); by standing in prayers, remember\nyour position in front of Allah (SWT); and by returning to your homes, remember\nyour return to the Paradise or the Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O servants of Allah! Know the least\nthe fasting men and women would get is that on the last day of the month of\nRamadan, an angel will call: O servants of Allah! Glad tidings for you that all\nyour past sins have been forgiven, so beware how you will be in future (1)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, on another occasion of Eid\nal Fitr, he said the following:\u201d Verily today is Eid (day of celebration) for\nanyone whose fasting has been accepted and whose prayers have been\nacknowledged. Any day on which Allah (SWT) is not disobeyed is Eid (2)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, we have to be careful that\nthe Day of Eid is not just spent in joy and entertainment; rather besides being\ngrateful of worshipping Allah (SWT) for a month, we have to remember what Amir\nal-Mu\u2019minin (PBUH) has said about this day, and continue our celebration by\nturning away from disobeying Allah (SWT)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The above is a selection\ntaken from \u201cRawda al-Waaidhin\u201d, by Muhammad bin Hassan Fattal Nayshaburi (with\nsome additions))<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd Website congratulates all\nMuslims, especially you dear friend, upon the Eid of obedience and the day of\nreturn to the Divine nature, Eid al-Fitr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- Amaali of\nSaduq, pp. 61 & 63<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- Nahj\nal-Balaghah, Wisdom no. 428<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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