Eid al-Fitr
The Islamic Ummah celebrates two great occasions: Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr, and each Eid has its own delight. However, both Eids share several things, such as performing Eid prayers and visiting relatives.
Eid al-Fitr prayer consists of two- rak’ah`s , as for its time, it begins after sunrise for about a quarter of an hour, where the imam and worshipers say seven takbeerat in the first rak’ah, and in the second they say five takbeerat.
There are desirable sunan during Eid such as taking shower and putting perfume before going to pray, well dressed, eating before going to pray and going to the mosque from a certain road,and returning from different road.
There are many festivals of Eid and differe from one country to another, in terms of customs and traditions associated with this occasion, However, the most common can be summarized as follows: Wear clean, beautiful and new clothes. Prepare different varieties of desserts and cake.Decorate mosques, streets and houses, with beautiful and colorful decorations. Visiting relatives and neighbors, and sharing Eid greetings with them.