Eid Ul Fitr

It is authentic in the sight of nations and religions that they do not forget
the days having a historic, national, religious and political background and
observe the same in line with their methodology and culture with happiness
according to their best capabilities.

I have faith in Him who lights up darknesses through thee, illuminates jet-black
shadows by thee, appointed thee one of the signs of His kingdom and one of the
marks of His authority, and humbled thee through increase and decrease, rising
and setting, illumination and eclipse. In all of this thou art obedient to Him,
prompt toward His will.

Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in thy situation! How
subtle what He has made for thy task! He has made thee the key to a new month
for a new situation.

So I ask God, my Lord and thy Lord, my Creator and thy Creator, my Determiner
and thy Determiner, my Form-giver and thy Form-giver, that He bless Muhammad and
his Household and appoint thee a crescent of blessings not effaced by days and
of purity not defiled by sins;

A crescent of security from blights and of safety from evil deeds; a crescent of
auspiciousness containing no misfortune, of prosperity accompanied by no
adversity, of ease not mixed with difficulty, of good unstained by evil; a
crescent of security and faith, favour and good-doing, safety and submission!

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, place us among the most satisfied of
those over whom the crescent has risen, the purest of those who have looked upon
it, the most fortunate of those who have worshipped Thee under it; give us the
success during [the new month] to repent, preserve us within it from misdeeds,
guard us therein from pursuing disobedience to Thee,

Allot to us within it thanksgiving for Thy favour, clothe us during it in the
shields of well-being, and complete for us Thy kindness by perfecting therein
obedience to Thee! Surely Thou art All-kind, Praiseworthy. And bless Muhammad
and his Household, the good, the pure.”
Paying of Zakat-e-Fitrah is obligatory for all who can pay it to make the
happiness of Eid-ul-Fitr universal and it should be delivered to the have-nots
and deserving so that they could also join the Eid festival like others.

How great this philosophy is that Zaat-e-Illahi has made the help of the poor
mandatory on this occasion because fasting is must for every Muslim man, woman,
wise and adult while fasting has been termed the month of sharing grieves,
during the whole month one thinks of the hunger and thirst of the poor while
bearing the brunt of hunger and thirst themselves.

He made it clear that Eid-ul-Fitr is the Eid in the happiness of which
seriousness, etiquettes and culture have been imbibed. He said the real Eid is
that everyone keeps his inner soul clean, avoid sins and protects himself from
the evil.

There is a saying of Maula-e-Kainaat Hazrat Ali ibne Abi Talib (A.S.) that goes
that Eid-ul-Fitr is only for him whose fasts were accepted by Allah and He
watched his Qayam-o-Qaood with honour. Every day in which Ma’asiyyat-e-Khuda (inobedience
to Allah) has not been done is the day of eid.

Today we are observing Eid-ul-Fitr at a time when bloody ‘holi’ is being played
in Kashmir, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon and the oppressed nations
and the Islamic World are the target of satanic forces that desire to snatch the
tradition of Ahle Haram and to drive out the deer from Morghzaar-e-Khatan.

As the motherland Pakistan along with Islamic basis is an atomic power also that
is a mole in the eyes of our combined enemy; therefore she was utilizing all her
energies to destabilize it. In this situation, it is obligatory for us all to
give priority to the interest of religion, motherland, Shariat and humanity over
every thing so as to thwart every conspiracy and mischief of the satanic forces.