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A boy shortly after receiving eidi on Eid al-Fitr, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Eidi (pronounced; Arabic: عيدية, romanized: Eidi), or Eidiyya, and in some cultures Eidhi, is a Middle Eastern Arab and Muslim tradition of gifting cash to children and families members by older relatives or family friends as part of the celebration of the two Muslim holidays: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Bai' al inah (literally, "a loan in the form of a sale"), [96] is a financing arrangement where the financier buys some asset from the customer on spot basis, with the price paid by the financier constituting the "loan". Subsequently, the asset is sold back to the customer who pays in installments over time, essentially "paying back the loan".
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
On Monday, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims are encouraged to engage in dawn-to-dusk fasting. The second Eid, called Eid al-Adha, which is also known ...
Hundreds of Muslims gathered for the Eid al-Adha prayer service at Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park, NJ on Wednesday June 28, 2023. Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice for when Ibrahim ...
Though both holidays are often called Eid, there’s a difference between Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Fitr comes first and takes place in the 10th month of the Muslim calendar.
Eid al-Fitr is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha). The religious holiday is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. The day is also called Lesser Eid, or simply Eid; Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two official ...
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