Ramadan Lessons #21 How Prophet Celebrated Eid
In Islam, Eid started 14 years after Muhammad (s)'s prophet hood.
After he moved to Medina during his 2nd year Allah (swt) gave two of the blessing Eids
to Muslims.
One is Eid ul Fitr and the second is Eid al Adha.
During the morning of Eid right before going to prayer Muslims used to take a bath and
put on their best clothing.
And then before leaving for 'Eid ul Fitr' prayer, prophet Muhammad (s) used to eat dates.
Which had later became the famous tradition of having sweets during the Eid day.
For the Eid prayer, the prophet used to choose a very big open place which was close to the
Mosque, in order to have many people at the Eid prayer.
Because he encouraged everybody, men, women and children to come to the Eid prayer.
He even encouraged that those who cannot pray, that they should sit at the back and wait
to listen the prophet's speech.
While listening to the prophet, everyone hoped to get the blessings of the Eid day and purified
themselves out of their sins.
He used to pray two rakahs of prayer then stand up and turn to the people for his speech
which had very powerful advice for the Muslims.
Then he went to the women section to give advice for the women.
During the day of Eid, he used to say "Allahuakbar" many times.
Prophet used to hug and pray for each other during the special days.
During the Eid celebration he used to pay special attention to children, by giving Salam
to them, talking to them, joking with them and giving presents to them.
The prophet always used to spend some of his time with his friends and visited their houses
during Eid.
He also invited people to his house, shared his food and had a good time with them.
If there were any sick people, he always visited them.
Prophet Muhammad (s) wanted Muslims to visit graveyard and pray for their dead relatives
and think about death.
Prophet Muhammad (s) used to take one road going to the Eid prayer and took another road
when he returned.
The Muslims also used to pay their Zakat ul Fitr to the poor people to purify their fasting
before Eid prayer.
One time during the Eid celebration, two women came in Aisha (pbuh)'s house and they sang
songs.
After some time prophet Muhammad (s) came to the house.
He laid down on the bed and turned his face to other side.
Then Aisha (pbuh)'s father Abu Bakr came in the house and saw some of the girls were singing.
He became very upset and told his daughter Aisha (pbuh) to stop.
Then the prophet told Abu Bakr (pbuh) to leave them alone and let them sing.
During the Eid day, a group of people from Ethiopia were performing the spear and shield
game in the mosque.
Then Prophet and his wife Aisha (pbut) decided to see the game.
Omar (pbuh) wanted to stop the performance but Muhammad (s) gave them permission to continue
their game.
Prophet that Eid is the day of peace, happiness and joy.
That’s why he celebrated
Eid with
many
people and had a great joy in the
blessing holiday.