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Eid Mubarak
THE nation is set to celebrate EID-UL-FITR on Monday subject to sighting of the moon of Shawal. It is also known as the ‘Feast of Breaking the Fast’ through the whole month of Ramzan. Preparations are afoot throughout the country to end the fasting through festivities. Eid is an important religious event for the Muslims and we share our joy and happiness with everybody on this occasion wishing friends and family members the heartiest celebration.
Muslims all over the world observe the event with festivities and offering of Eid prayers in big congregation. People distribute Zakat, which is a share of their wealth to the poor. It also teaches us equality and fraternity between the rich and the poor. It is a day for feast and visiting friends and neighbours after month long restricted life from temporal pleasure and daytime eating. Eid-ul-Fitr leaves behind a month that purify everybody through self-restraints in religious devotion by seeking the blessings of Allah. The day embodies the unity of the Muslim Ummah all over the world.
It goes without saying, that the Eid-ul-Fitr is the biggest Muslim festival in Bangladesh when people enjoy long public holiday to visit families and friends. Schools, business and other higher educational institutions go on long vacation for celebration. This year a long public holiday is looming over the entire week that will offer plenty of opportunity to people to spend time away from busy office or business schedules. In fact the Eid-ul-Fitr is one of the few occasions when the entire nation take festive look and celebrate the occasion with indoor and outdoor programmes. Highways become overcrowded and people become excited how to go home and families wait for their dear ones coming home.
Eid-ul-Fitr also reminds us to learn sacrifice. The rich must sacrifice for the poor and share Zakat as an informal tax on their wealth in which the poor have their legitimate claim. It is one of the five pillars of our religious faith and a good Muslim would always adhere to fulfill the obligation. Zakat has been treated in Islam as an effective instrument of poverty alleviation and ensure distributive justice of wealth and income in our society, although giving Zakat or helping the one who needs help can be an all time round the year affair. However one should not use the occasion to demonstrate the wealth he possesses that often causes death of the poor at their doorsteps.
Eid is an occasion of joy and sharing joy with others. We wish everybody a happy and safe Eid-ul-Fitr.
Muslims all over the world observe the event with festivities and offering of Eid prayers in big congregation. People distribute Zakat, which is a share of their wealth to the poor. It also teaches us equality and fraternity between the rich and the poor. It is a day for feast and visiting friends and neighbours after month long restricted life from temporal pleasure and daytime eating. Eid-ul-Fitr leaves behind a month that purify everybody through self-restraints in religious devotion by seeking the blessings of Allah. The day embodies the unity of the Muslim Ummah all over the world.
It goes without saying, that the Eid-ul-Fitr is the biggest Muslim festival in Bangladesh when people enjoy long public holiday to visit families and friends. Schools, business and other higher educational institutions go on long vacation for celebration. This year a long public holiday is looming over the entire week that will offer plenty of opportunity to people to spend time away from busy office or business schedules. In fact the Eid-ul-Fitr is one of the few occasions when the entire nation take festive look and celebrate the occasion with indoor and outdoor programmes. Highways become overcrowded and people become excited how to go home and families wait for their dear ones coming home.
Eid-ul-Fitr also reminds us to learn sacrifice. The rich must sacrifice for the poor and share Zakat as an informal tax on their wealth in which the poor have their legitimate claim. It is one of the five pillars of our religious faith and a good Muslim would always adhere to fulfill the obligation. Zakat has been treated in Islam as an effective instrument of poverty alleviation and ensure distributive justice of wealth and income in our society, although giving Zakat or helping the one who needs help can be an all time round the year affair. However one should not use the occasion to demonstrate the wealth he possesses that often causes death of the poor at their doorsteps.
Eid is an occasion of joy and sharing joy with others. We wish everybody a happy and safe Eid-ul-Fitr.
