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| عيد الفطر EĪd ul-Fiṭr (Festivity after completing the fasting month of Ramadan) | |
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 Eid ul-Fitr meal, Tajikistan | |
| Official name | Arabic: عيد الفطر EĪd ul-Fiṭr |
| Also called | Eid, "Ramadan Eid", "Smaller Eid" |
| Observed by | Muslims around the world. |
| Type | Islamic |
| Significance | End of Ramadan |
| Date | 1 Shawwal |
| 2011 date | 30 August or 31 August |
| 2012 date | 19 August or 20 August |
| Celebrations | Family meals (especiallylunches and late breakfasts), eating sweet foods, wearing new clothes, giving gifts to children |
| Observances | Congregational prayer, giving to charity (Zakat al-fitr) |
| Related to | Ramadan, Eid al-Adha |
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Eid-ul-Fitr, "Eid-ul-fitr", Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end ofRamadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). The religious Eid is a single day and Muslims are not permitted to fast that day. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast". The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month Shawwal. This is a day where Muslims around the world try to show a common goal of unity.
Eid al-Fitr has a particular salat (Islamic prayer) consisting of two raka'ah (units) and generally offered in an open field or large hall.[1] It may only be performed in congregation (Jama’at) and has an additional extra six Takbirs (raising of the hands to the ears while saying "Allahu Akbar" [God is Great]), three of them in the beginning of the first raka'ah and three of them just before ruku' in the second raka'ah in the Hanafi school.[2] This Eid al-Fitr salat is, depending on which juristic opinion is followed, Fard (obligatory), Mustahabb (strongly recommended, just short of obligatory) or mandoob (preferable).
