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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ramadan, Eid Ul-Fitr, Sawm, Zakat Al-Fitr, Laylat Al-Qadr, Tarawih, Sawm of Ramadan, Qarqe'an. Excerpt: Eid-al-Fitr (Festival of the Breaking of the Fast) Part of a series on Islamic Culture Eid al-Fitr (Arabic: du l-Fi r ), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fi r means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, on the first day of Shawwal. Eid ul-Fitr lasts for three days of celebration and is sometimes also known as the "Smaller Eid" (Arabic: al- du - agh r ) as compared to the Eid ul-Adha that lasts three days following the Hajj ...




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