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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.
In Iran, where the occasion is known as Eid-e-Fitr (Persian: عید فطر), several groups of experts representing the office of Ayatollah Khamenei go to the different zones of the country at the last days of Ramadan to determine the date of Eid. [39] Iranian Muslims take part in the Eid al-Fitr prayer and pay the Zakat al-Fitr. [40]
Learn when Eid al-Fitr 2023 will begin and how long the holiday lasts. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Muslims perform Eid-Al-Fitr prayers in Abu Sir village on April 21, 2023 in Giza, Egypt (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images) The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on March 23, and is now coming to an end ...
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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 ...
Eid al-Adha is the latter of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). The day is also sometimes called Big Eid or the Greater Eid. Islamic New Year, also called the Hijri New Year or Arabic New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is ...
Curious when Eid al-Fitr us in 2023? Its timing is related to the cycles of the moon. Here's what we know for this year's time and date.