Message #12271

[Heba E. Husseyn]

sister heba you answer my next question very intersting point honestly speaking its never appealing for me too..
Chaand raat itself not a festival but it is a celebration related to the eid-ul-fitr .spending money Besides Quran teaching,extra efforts to make everything most appealing home decoration,new clothes ,To add to the charm of activity is applying henna on hands , bangles,fashion accessories without any Quranic evedinece of eid ul fitr. to me celebraion seems like celebrating freedom from strict hard worship no practical change,no taqwa after whole month ramadan practice. may Allah grant us his mercy

You are right again sister.  All these traditions of applying henna on hands, buying bangles, new clothes, new shoes, preparing lots of food for guests etc. are supposed to be preparations for the day of Eid-al-fitr.  If I'm not mistaken, most of these traditions you mentioned are popular among Muslims of Pakistan.  But Muslims of other countries also have other traditions which are equally unnecessary and hypocritical.  As a result, even a poor man is often forced to spend considerably beyond his means by the pressures of such useless and extravagant social traditions.  This is NOT what the Noble Quran tells us to do and therefore this is surely NOT what the Prophet taught us to do.  I totally agree with your observation .. as soon as Ramadan is over, the preparations for the celebration start with such gusto that it seems these people are expressing their relief that Ramadan is over.  It's really very sad. May Allah Almighty grant them guidance and insight before it's too late for them.  

Although my family and I try our best to observe Eid (or 1st of Shawwal) in a very simple way, I have to admit that Eid-al-Fitr is an extra-Quranic law, not a Quranic law.  Our mainstream brothers and sisters will never agree with this and might even get very angry if I suggest this to them.  But that is expected.  Majority of the people in this world have since long had a problem accepting the truth.