On the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, Hazrat Ali (A.S.) 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 the presence of your Lord (on the day of Judgment). 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 Ramadan), is an Angel, who calls out to them on the last day of the month of Ramadan (saying): O SERVANTS OF ALLAH! REJOICE THE GLAD TIDING THAT ALL YOUR PREVIOUS SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN…”
– From the Nahjul-Balaghah.
Eid-ul-Fitr is a unique festival. It has no connection with any historical event nor is it related to the changes of seasons or cycles of agriculture. It is not a festival related in any way to worldly affairs. Its significance is purely spiritual. It is the day when Muslims thank God for having given them the will, the strength and the endurance to observe the fast and obey His commandments during the holy month of Ramadan.
Alhamdulillah! May Allah bless us all, and grant that we use this Eid as a lens to focus the sun of good works, that have shone so brightly during Ramadan, to light the way through this coming year until the next Ramadan. Amin.
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Eid-ul-Fitr (Celebration of Fitratallahi):
Eid-ul-Fitr is the Celebration of FiTRAT(fitrat of Allah: nature of Allah). Fasting was done to return the one to his/her original nature to his/her ASL, his ESSENCE. All these efforts were to discard the attachments and perception of the mind and meet in the heart of Rasulullah (SAS) and live the ONENESS(TAWHEED).
We were created in this fitrat so we should have shaken the dirts attached to this nature during Ramadan and return to our essence nature. If we could not reach to that state, our efforts for Ramadan is but a little…
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفا ً ۚ فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Fa’aqim Wajhaka Lilddīni Ĥanīfāan Fiţrata ۚ Al-Lahi Allatī Faţara An-Nāsa `Alayhā Lā ۚ Tabdīla Likhalqi Al-Lahi Dhālika ۚ Ad-Dīnu Al-Qayyimu Wa Lakinna ‘Akthara An-Nāsi Lā Ya`lamūna
So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion(of Hanif) as a man by nature upright – the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah’s creation. That is the right religion, but most men know not. ( Qur’an – [30/30] )
Fasting is not only a mechanical technic giving health gains or to clear ones visions by turning the working mechanism of the body to the opposite way during the ramadan but most importantly it is a SUBHANI SECRET(SIRR)…
Eating food at night was supposed to be done a little. During the fasting , human being turns his face from Divine Name of ALLAH, “Ar-REZZAQ” to another Divine Name of ALLAH, “Al-HAYY”. He finds the liveliness from AL-HAYY by confirming this with his state. A Waliullah , Dr.Munir Derman (k.s) states this in his book,”a friend of Allah says that”. Food is an agent created to manifest the Divine Name, “AR- RAZZAQU (J.J) [Qur’an Ref: 51/58] (kavniy): the Sustainer”. When you have cut eating you have turned your face to AL-HAYY and you said you don’t live by food only but you are alive because ALLAH is AL-HAYY.
AL- HAYYU (J.J) [Qur’an Ref: 2/255] (dhatī): the Everliving One
This is to go back to FITRAtullah. ALLAH is AL-HAYY and AS-SAMED. You think about what Sadaqa -ul- Fitr is inshaallah…
We ate at night and fasted during the day. We did the opposite of our routine. We turned ourself to darkness of night and said we are eating from the night and we give up eating from the daylight. You turned your face from daylight to night. What is the importance of the night? Lets not sleep my brothers and sisters. There are mubaraq nights in islam, not days!… Laylat ul Qadr. Layla ul Baraa. Miraj, All of these are at night. Something is happening at that night , what is happening brothers and sisters? Even Qur’an is coming at night to the heart of the Rasulullah (sas). Know the value of your FITRAT in this EID-ul-FITR. It is your FITRAT who is celebrating this if you could come to that FITRAT again inshaallah.
(Islam general)
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