Eid Mubarak! - Eid-ul-Fitr Celebration

Eid-ul-Fitr is a great day of festival for Muslims. It is a day of
rejoicing and being happy. But for whom? Is it the day of rejoicing
for those who simply put on new clothes and wear perfume? Or is it the
day of being happy for those who were eagerly waiting for the release
ofthe greatest enemy of mankind, Satan, from his captivity so that
they all revert to committing sins? Unfortunately, many Muslims
abstain from sins during the month of Ramadan, but come Eid-ul-Fitr,
they go back to what they were before! Cassettes of prayers, which
were in their cars during the holymonth of Ramadan, are thrown back
into their cases and replaced with those, which are unlawful, by
Shari'ah. The forbidden places from which they had abstained for month
long, are infact the same places they go to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr.
Just as, when a person goes to a college, or a university and at the
completion of his course, he receives his award marking his
achievement, we must understand that, the holymonth of Ramadan is a
spiritual university where we are being trained to achieve Taqwai.e.
piety. The day of Eid-ul-Fitr is when Allah (SWT) is awarding us for
our achievements.
On the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, Hazrat Ali (A.S.) delivered a sermon in
which he said: "O people! Verily this day of yours is the day when the
righteous are awarded and the wretched are losers. It is a day which
is similar to the one on which you shall be standing (before your
Lord). Therefore, when you come out of your homes to go to places of
your prayer, remind yourselves about the day when you (your souls)
shall come out of your bodies to go to yourLord. When you stand on
places of your prayer, remind yourselves of your standing in presence
of your Lord (on the day of Judgement). And when you return to your
homes(after prayer), remind yourselves about your returning to your
homes in Paradise. O Servants ofAllah! Verily the minimumreward for
those men and women who fasted (during Ramadan), is an Angel, who
calls out to them on the last day of the month of Ramadan (saying): O
SERVANTS OF ALLAH! REJOICE THE GLAD TIDING THAT ALL YOUR PREVIOUS SINS
HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN. Therefore, watch out in those thingswhich serve as
your re-creation (on this day and days to follow)." ( Nahjul Balagha)