ARTICLE: HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

Article: Hari Raya AidilFitri

For your information Eid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). The religious Eid is a single day and Muslims are not permitted to fast that day. 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 of Shawwal. This is a day where Muslims around the world try to show a common goal of unity.
Before the advent of Islam in Arabia, there is mention of Eid festivals as well as some others among the Arabs. The Israelites had festivals as well, but as is evident from the Old Testament and other scriptures, these festivals related more to commemorating certain days of their history.Eid al-Fitr was originated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is observed on the first of the month of Shawwal at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims undergo a period of fasting.

Working together in making ketupat

Preparing for the celebration

  In my experience, my mother will wake me up and dress me with a new cloth called baju kurung. They said because it’s your brand new day and it wills your new page for you to change from bad to good child. Its was a brand new history for Muslim people. After settle dressing, we will go to mosque to prayer that called Aidifitri prayers. While that, my mother will make the preparation, cooking ketupat, lodeh, and my sister will put the cookies to the Tupperware cookies to serve to the guest when they coming. After we all back from mosque, we will standby to apology our parents with all our mistakes that we make in whole life. Then our family wills forgiveness each other. After settle all that, we will go to the grave and pray for our relatives who have death. We will read yassin and pray goodwill for them there. After that we will go to our relatives to apologize and strengthen for our connection.

Asking for forgiveness

Preparation for feast

Eid is a platform to Muslim to relate their relationship each other. Actually, hari raya aidilfitri is for :

• To show happiness
• To give as much charity as is possible
• To forgive and forget
• To raise a goodwill
• To make a good relationship with other people
• To appreciate
• To raise to Allah

In other perception, Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. This has to do with the communal aspects of the fast, which expresses many of the basic values of the Muslim community; e.g., empathy for the poor, charity, worship, steadfastness, patience etc. Fasting is also believed by some scholars to extol fundamental distinctions, lauding the power of the spiritual realm, while acknowledging the subordination of the physical realm. It also teaches a Muslim to stay away from worldly desires and to focus entirely on the Lord and thank Him for his blessings. It is a rejuvenation of the religion and it creates a stronger bond between the Muslim and his Lord. After the end of Ramadan, is a big celebration of Eid.

For the conclusion, eid’ul fitr is the ceremony for the muslim to celebrate for winning fasting on Ramadhan month and syawal they will celebrate with the happiness. The happier person is the kids because they can go to the other house that they don’t know to collect money from house to house. And the owner house will serve them with the cookies and drinks because it’s just like you alms for your good life. Actually, eid ul fitr is a happiness day because they can tied the relationship with each other.

Regards,
Hasanah Rasidi