July 6th, after a whole month of Ramadan,
the Eid al-Fitr of 2016 is coming.
According to Islamic law, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar is the Ramadan month，compare with the Gregorian Calender, each year's Ramadan usually comes 10 days earlier the last year's , so the Ramadan periods are different evey years.
In this month, every healthy adult Muslim should fast every day for a whole month, from dawn to sunset. During the fasting hours, any eating ,drinking or sexual intercourse are not allowed. On the 29th evening of this month, if the crescent show up, the next day will be Eid al-Fitr; otherwise the next day will still be a fasting day, and the Eid al-Fitr will come after, in order to celebrate the completion of fasting month.
The Eid al-Fitr started since the second year of the Islamic era. Thereafter, every period when this festival comes, Muslims in all over the world will gather together, with great enthusiasm and strong belief. According to the customs of different regions, the forms of celebration have differences. Some people prepare fried cake to serve their friends and relatives ; some will request an Imam to chant Quran ; some people get together to hold parties. Nowadays, the Eid holiday has become a traditional Muslim festival.
The Eid al-Fitr lasts for 3 days. In the first day , every family will get up early to clean the yard, toilet and alley , in order to create a clean, comfortable and pleasant environment . All Adult Muslims will take a bath and put on their favorite new clothes, children will clean their faces and make their hair clean and tidy . Mosques will be repaired and cleaned up before the holiday, some places will specially hang a huge banner saying "Best wishes of Eid al-Fitr”with shining lights.
On that day, every muslims family would make “Zakat Al-Fitr”, which means charity donation to the poor (about 1.2 kilogram of wheat flour or equivalent cash), to help the poor to enjoy the festival together .
However, the end of Ramadan doesn′t mean the completion of worship of this year, but means taking this month as an example and pay more with strong faith in coming days.
The spirit of Muslims' perseverance is worth our admiration and learning.
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