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Holy Eid-ul-Fitr today

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Published: 01:32, 25 May 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Holy Eid-ul-Fitr today

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims, is being celebrated across the country today (Monday) with religious fervor and zeal.

Eid-ul-Fitr is an Arabic word meaning “festival of breaking of the fast”.

The festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk during the holy Ramadan.

On the Eid day morning, Muslims gather at mosques and prayer venues to perform Eid prayers and greet each other. The festival is celebrated by visiting friends and relatives, hosting food parties and sharing sweets.

The occasion is seen as a time of forgiveness and of giving thanks to Allah for helping people to complete their month-long spiritual fasting. Many Muslims distribute cash and food to the less fortunate ones.

But, this year, the Eid-ul-Fitr is going to be celebrated in a different outlook as the government has imposed a strict restriction on all the social gathering and urged the Muslim devotees to celebrate the Eid with only family members indoors instead of visiting relatives’ houses and outing around in the awake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday issued a 14-point instruction for Muslim devotees and mosque committees in observance of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

It called upon the city-dwellers to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with family members at home and advised all to refrain from visiting relatives, neighbours, and entertainment spots in the city in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The instruction also said devotees would have to perform ablution from home before coming for Eid prayers, instead of using ablution room of the mosques.

Earlier, on May 14, the Religious Affairs Ministry issued a circular asking the authorities concerned to hold Eid Jamaat of the Eid-ul-Fitr at nearby mosques instead of Eidgahs or open space aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Besides, the historic Eid jamaat at the Sholakia Maidan in Kishoreganj has also been suspended this year amid the COVID-19 situation.


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