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Eid-el-Fitr: Significance & Celebrations Of Eid After Ramadan

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Muslims across the world observe Eid-el-Fitr by exercising prayers that are succeeded by a sermon shortly after sunrise.

Eid ul Fitr is commemorated on the opening day of the Shawwal month and Muslims across the world pay their honour to Allah for offering them health and resistance through the month-long fasting time called Ramzan or Ramadan.

The occasion signifies the end of Ramadan, the Islamic sacred month of fasting and is observed by Muslims all across the world. Eid-el-Fitr means the “Festival of breaking fast.”

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The date of Eid-el-Fitr is decided after the sighting of the crescent moon. In Nigeria, Eid ul Fitr will be celebrated on Friday, May 14. On Eid-el-Fitr, people wear new clothes, preparing delicacies and doing charity. They also visit their family and friends for festivities.

It is a common belief that good actions are repaid 10 times in Islam and therefore the 30-day fasting season of Ramadan furnishes prosperity, harmony and peace to all individuals who endorse and dedicate themselves to the sacred cause.

Muslims across the world observe Eid-el-Fitr by exercising prayers that are succeeded by a sermon shortly after sunrise. The day proceeds with devotees slipping in new clothes, offering greetings by saying “Eid Mubarak”, and also by sharing sweets. Children are given gifts and cash from elders which is termed as Eidi.

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The celebration is unfinished without a comprehensive food menu including a host of delicacies like jollof rice, amala, pounded yam and mouth-watering assorted meats.




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