and to glorify Allah for
that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will
be grateful.
[Baqarah:185]
Hadith
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
reported Allah's Messenger
as saying: He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then
followed it with six (fasts) of
Shawwal. it would be
as if he fasted perpetually. [Sahih Muslim]
Highlights
EID-AL-FITR is celebrated on the first day of
Shaw'waal, at the completion of Ramadan.
Aa'ishah
was born in Shawwaal, Four years after
Prophethood and 9 years before Hijrah
Aa'ishah
married the Holy Prophet
in Shawwaal, 10 years after Prophethood and 3
years before Hijrah
The
fight between Banu Qaynaqaa took place between
the battle of Badr and Uhud, in Shawwaal, 2 AH
The
battle of Uhud also took place in Shawwaal, 3 AH
Hussain
,
the Holy Prophet's (SAW) grandson was born in
the month of Shawwaal, 4 AH
The Holy
Prophet
married Umme Salamah
in Shawwaal, 4 AH
The Holy
Prophet's
uncle Abu Talib, departed from this world in the
middle of Shawwaal
Imam
Bukhari
was born on a Friday of Shawwaal in the year 194
AH
Wear
Best Clothes
"The Prophet
used to wear his best clothes for the Eid
prayers and he
had clothes that he reserved for the two Eids
and Jumu'ah." (Muslim)
Eat
before you leave
Allah's Messenger
would not leave (his house) on the day of Fitr
until he ate some dates. (Bukhari)
Pay
Zakaat al-Fitr
Whoever pays it before the prayer, it is Zakaat
al-Fitr, and whoever pays it after the prayer,
it is ordinary charity. (Ibn Majah)
Take
two different routes to and from The Prayer
Place On the Day of Eid the Prophet
used to return (after offering the Eid prayer)
through a way different from that by which he
went. (Bukhari)
reported Allah's Messenger
as saying: He who observed the fast of Ramadan and then
followed it with six (fasts) of 
