THE DAY
OF EID UL FITR -1st SHAWWAL
Eid ul Fitr marks the end of the month of Ramadhan. We say
farewell to the blessed month, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We
leave the month of seeking nearness to Ar Rahmaan, the school of Imaan and an
opportunity to recharge our spiritual batteries. In the previous nights, we
prayed, offered charity and attended lectures. What will happen now? Have we
fulfilled the requirements of Taqwa and graduated from this school with the
diploma of the God Fearing?
The night of Eid ul fitr is a majestic night. It is
beneficial to keep awake for Ibadah as this night is of equal importance as the
night of Qadr. Eid must not just mark the ‘end’ of Ramadhan. Rather, it should
be a new beginning, where we emulate our character and Islamic values, which we
have focused upon for the past 30 days. We are like a child out of the womb,
pure and innocent. Eid is the day of victory as we have succeeded in subduing
our desires and purified ourselves. Lets not wash away our good deeds and revert
to our merry old ways. Let the masjid still overflow with worshippers, let the
Quran be the most essential part of our lives instead of letting it gather dust
on our shelves. Our condition should be better than before Ramadhan
month.
Eid is not just a ritual that provides us with an excuse to
enjoy ourselves. It represents important values and participating in them, we
seek to please the Almighty and attain nearness to Him.
Eid
al-Fitr is a great day of festival for Muslims. It is a day of rejoicing and
being happy. But for whom? Is it the day of rejoicing for those who simply put
on new clothes and wear perfume? Or is it the day of being happy for those who
were eagerly waiting for the release of the greatest enemy of mankind, Satan,
from his captivity so that they all revert to committing sins? Unfortunately,
many Muslims abstain from sins during the month of Ramadhan, but come Eid, they
go back to what they were before! Cassettes of prayers, which were in their cars
during the holy month, are thrown back into their cases and replaced with those,
which are unlawful, by Shari'ah. The forbidden places from which they had
abstained for month long, are infact the same places they go to celebrate
Eid.
Just as, when a person goes to a college, or a university and at the
completion of his course, he receives his award marking his achievement, we must
understand that, the holy month of Ramadhan is a spiritual university where we
are being trained to achieve Taqwa i.e. piety. The day of Eid al-Fitr is
when Allah (SWT) is awarding us for our achievements.
On the day
of Eid al-Fitr, Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as) delivered a sermon in
which he said:
"O people! Verily this day of yours is the day when
the righteous are awarded and the wretched are losers. It is a day which is
similar to the one on which you shall be standing (before your Lord). Therefore,
when you come out of your homes to go to places of your prayer, remind
yourselves about the day when you (your souls) shall come out of your bodies to
go to your Lord. When you stand on places of your prayer, remind yourselves of
your standing in presence of your Lord (on the day of Judgement). And when you
return to your homes (after prayer), remind yourselves about your returning to
your homes in Paradise. O Servants of Allah! Verily the minimum reward for those
men and women who fasted (during Ramadhan), is an Angel, who calls out to them
on the last day of the month of Ramadhan (saying): O SERVANTS OF ALLAH! REJOICE
THE GLAD TIDING THAT ALL YOUR PREVIOUS SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN. Therefore, watch
out in those things which serve as your re-creation (on this day and days to
follow)" (Nahjul-Balaghah)
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1.
Recite Takbeeraat (1st
Shawwaal night duas page)
2. Give
Zakaat-e-Fitra,
which is 3 kilograms of the item commonly eaten per person in the house and it
is better give it before Namaaz-e-Eed. This is an emphasized Waajib, it is a
means of acceptance of our A’amaal during Maahe Ramadhaan and it is also a
safeguard against death.
3. Make
Ghusl. And recite this Duaa before it: Allaahumma Eemanan Bika Wa
Tasdeeqan Bi Kitaabika Wa Ittibaa’a Sunnati Nabiyyika Muhammadin Swallallaahu
Alayhi Wa Aalihee.
Çááøåõãø
ÅöíãóÇäÇð Èößó æóÊóÕúÏöíÞÇð ÈößöÊóÇÈößó æóÇÊøÈóÇÚó ÓõäøÉö äóÈöíøßó ãõÍóãøÏò
Õóáøóì Çááøåõ Úóáóíúåö æóÂáöåö.
O Allah, believing in Thee, fully aware of Thy Book,
following the way of life of Thy Prophet Muhammad, Allah's blessings be on him
and on his children, (I take bath).
Then
recite Bismillaah… and start making Ghusl, after finishing recite this
Duaa:
Allaahummaj’alhoo Kaffaaratan Li Dhunoobee Wa Twahhir Deenee Allaahumma Adh’hib
Annid-Danas.
Çááøåõãø
ÇÌúÚóáúåõ ßóÝøóÇÑóÉð áöÐõäõæÈöí æóØóåøÑú Ïöíäöí. Çááøåõãø ÃóÐúåöÈú Úóäøí
ÇáÏøäóÓó.
O Allah let me make amends and compensate for my wrong
doings, (so that) my religion becomes pure and O Allah remove the dirt from
me.
4. Recite Eed-Salaat.
5.
Recite Ziyaarat of Imam Husayn
(A.S.)
6.
Recite Duaa-e-Nudbaa.
Sayyid Ibn has instructed, saying: After recitation of the Du`¡'
al-Nudbah, prostrate yourself and say the following:
ÃóÚõæÐõ
Èößó ãöäú äóÇÑò ÍóÑøåóÇ áÇ íõØúÝÃõ
I seek
refuge with Thee from the Fire whose hot flames do not get extinguished or grow
dim,
æóÌóÏöíÏõåóÇ
áÇ íóÈúáóì
whose
energetic intensity does not loose its severity,
æóÚóØúÔóÇäõåóÇ
áÇ íõÑúæóì
wherein
parched throats never get quenched.
You may then put your right cheek on the ground and say
the following:
Åöáåöí áÇ
ÊõÞóáøÈú æóÌúåöí Ýöí ÇáäøóÇÑö ÈóÚúÏó ÓõÌõæÏöí æóÊóÚúÝöíÑöí áóßó ÈöÛóíúÑö ãóäø
ãöäøí Úóáóíúßó Èóáú áóßó Çáúãóäø Úóáóíø.
O Allah do not throw me down head on into the Fire after
I have prostrated in adoration before Thee and thrown myself on the ground to
humble myself before Thee; it is not a show of favour from me unto Thee but it
is (Thy) merciful benevolence Thou bestows on me.
You may then put your left cheek on the ground and say
the following:
ÇÑúÍóãú ãóäú
ÃóÓóÇÁó æóÇÞúÊóÑóÝó æóÇÓúÊóßóÇäó æóÇÚúÊóÑóÝó.
Have mercy on him who has transgressed and committed
blunders, (but) now ashamed surrenders (to Thee) to receive
absolution.
You may then return to the (ordinary) prostration and say
the following:
Åöäú
ßõäúÊõ ÈöÆúÓó ÇáúÚóÈúÏõ ÝóÃóäúÊó äöÚúãó ÇáÑøÈø¡ ÚóÙõãó ÇáÐøäúÈõ ãöäú ÚóÈúÏößó
ÝóáúíóÍúÓõäö ÇáúÚóÝúæõ ãöäú ÚöäúÏößó íóÇ ßóÑöíãõ.
I am a troublesome servant but Thou art the bountiful
Lord-Nourisher. A great many mistakes have been committed by Thy servant but O
Compassionate, from Thee (only) Lenient treatment is expected.
You may then repeat the following one hundred
times:
ÇóáúÚóÝúæó¡
ÇóáúÚóÝúæó
(I
plead for) pardon; (I plead for) pardon.
Sayyid Ibn ±¡w£s, then, adds, “Do not spend this day with
entertainment and negligence while you do not know whether your deeds have been
accepted or rejected. Rather, if you hope of acceptance of your deeds, you must
show thanks; and if you anticipate rejection, you must be intensely
sad.”
It is recommended not to leave one’s house for joining
the congregational `«d al-Fi§r Prayer before sunrise. It is also recommended to
say the supplications that have been mentioned by Sayyid Ibn ±¡w£s in “Iqb¡l
al-A`m¡l”. One of these supplications is that Ab£-°amzah al-Tham¡liy has
reported Imam Mu¦ammad al-B¡qir (a.s) as saying, “Whey you ready yourself for
joining the congregational Friday Prayers and the `«d Prayers, you may say the
following supplication:
O Allah (may be), today,
some (people) make up their mind, or take pains, or get ready and prepare the
ground, to turn to (other) people, hopeful of getting favors, gifts, benefits
and grants, but I take a decisive step, exert myself, make myself ready and
smooth the way, and turn hopeful unto Thee, O my Master, to obtain favors,
compensations, gifts, benefits, bounties and grants from Thee only, and find
myself celebrating one of the `«d days, commemorated by the followers of Thy
Prophet, Mu¦ammad (blessings of Allah be on him and on his children); (may be) I
am not carrying (a weighty load of) good deeds, while approaching Thee, nor am I
introducing a creature as my interceder before You instead submissively draw
near Thee ashamed of the wrong-doings done to my ownself. So, O Almighty, O
Almighty, O Almighty, forgive me of my grave wrongdoings, because verily, no one
can forgive the serious transgressions save Thou, O "There is no god save Thou",
O the most merciful of all the merciful.
The `«d Prayer (¯al¡t al-`«d) consists of two
Rak`ahs. In the first Rak`ah, one may recite S£rah of al-F¡ti¦ah and
S£rah of al-A`l¡ (No. 87). After the recitation of these S£rahs, one may
say the takb¢r statement (i.e. all¡hu-akbar) five times and raise
the hands for the Qun£t after each takb¢r,
saying:
Çááøåõãø
Ãóåúáó ÇáúßöÈúÑöíóÇÁö æóÇáúÚóÙóãóÉö¡
æóÃóåúáó
ÇáúÌõæÏö æóÇáúÌóÈóÑõæÊö¡
æóÃóåúáó
ÇáúÚóÝúæö æóÇáÑøÍúãóÉö¡
æóÃóåúáó
ÇáÊøÞúæóì æóÇáúãóÛúÝöÑóÉö¡
ÃóÓúÃóáõßó
ÈöÍóÞø åÐóÇ Çáúíóæúãö ÇáøÐöí ÌóÚóáúÊóåõ áöáúãõÓúáöãöíäó
ÚöíÏÇð¡
æóáöãõÍóãøÏò
Õóáøóì Çááåõ Úóáóíúåö æóÂáöå ÐõÎúÑÇð æóãóÒöíÏÇð
Ãóäú
ÊõÕóáøíó Úóáóì ãõÍóãøÏò æóÂáö ãõÍóãøÏò
æóÃóäú
ÊõÏúÎöáóäöí Ýöí ßõáø ÎóíúÑò ÃóÏúÎóáúÊó Ýöíåö ãõÍóãøÏÇð æóÂáó
ãõÍóãøÏò¡
æóÃóäú
ÊõÎúÑöÌóäöí ãöäú ßõáøö ÓõæÁò ÃóÎúÑóÌúÊó ãöäúåõ ãõÍóãøÏÇð æóÂáó
ãõÍóãøÏò
ÕóáóæóÇÊõßó
Úóáóíúåö æóÚóáóíúåöãú.
Çááøåõãø
Åöäøí ÃóÓúÃóáõßó ÎóíúÑó ãóÇ ÓóÃóáóßó ÚöÈóÇÏõßó ÇáÕøóÇáöÍõæäó¡
æóÃóÚõæÐõ
Èößó ãöãøóÇ ÇÓúÊóÚóÇÐó ãöäúåõ ÚöÈóÇÏõßó ÇáÕøóÇáöÍõæäó.
O Allah: You are the Lord of glory and
greatness
And the Lord of magnanimity and
omnipotence
And the Lord of pardon and mercy,
And the worthiest of being feared and the Lord of
forgiveness;
I beseech You in the name of this day, which You have
decided to be feast for the Muslims,
And to be safety and increasing honor for Mu¦ammad—peace
of Allah be upon him and his Household—
(I beseech You) that You may send blessings upon Mu¦ammad
and the Household of Mu¦ammad,
And You may include me with every item of goodness with
which You have included Mu¦ammad and the Household of
Mu¦ammad,
And that You save me from any item of evil from which You
have saved Mu¦ammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad,
May Your blessings be upon him and upon
them.
O Allah: I pray You for the best of all that for which
Your righteous servants have prayed You,
And I seek Your protection against all that against which
Your righteous servants have asked Your protection.
You may then say the takb¢r for the sixth time,
and do the genuflection (ruk£`), and prostrate yourself (suj£d).
When you stand up for the second Rak`ah, recite S£rah of al-F¡ti¦ah and
S£rah of al-Shams (No. 91) and then say the takb¢r four times only
raising the hands for the Qun£t after each takb¢r. After that, say
the fifth takb¢r and continue the prayer. After accomplishment of the
prayer, say the famous Tasb¢¦ al-Zahr¡' (a.s).
Narrations have mentioned many supplications to be said
after the `«d Prayer; rather the best of them may be the forty-fifth supplication of al-¯a¦¢fah al-K¡milah
al-Sajj¡diyyah.
It is recommended to offer the `«d Prayer outdoors,
directly on the ground without putting a carpet or any other thing under the
feet, to return from a way other than the one taken in the coming, to pray
Almighty Allah for accepting the acts of one’s
brethren-in-faith.
Source:www.duas.org