Category: Eid-ul-Fitr and Shawwaal

Sorry to disturb you, it’s your guest Ramadan here. Just want to thank you for entertaining me this month, But as my departure nears with tears I beg you to entertain my brother Shawaal …

This happens year after year. When Ramadhaan is over and Shaytaan is released again, how many will go back to their previous master….

The month of Ramadaan came like seasonal rain and passed by. This rain did not water the plants and crops -it showered upon the hearts…

If the Muslim lives through Ramadhaan and spent his days in fasting and his nights in prayer and he accustomed himself to doing acts of good, then he must continue to remain upon this obedience to Allah at all times…..

If the fasting in Ramadan has ended, then there remains voluntary fasting, such as fasting six days in Shawwal, on Mondays and Thursdays, the three days in the middle of the month…….

Shawwal is the first of the three months named as “Ashhur al-Hajj” (i.e. the months of Hajj). Although the major acts of Hajj are normally performed in the first ten days of Zulhijjah…

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu alayhi Wasallam) said: “The heart of the person who remains awake (in Ibadat) during the night of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adhaa will not die on the Day when hearts will be dead, i.e. the Day of Qiyaamah…

It is narrated by Hazrat Abû Hurairah Radhiallahu anhu that it rained on an Eid Day, so Nabi Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam performed the Eid Prayer for the people in the Masjid……..