Eid ul-Adha

Naz —

Asalam Walikum

I know its a bit early but hey what the heck.

Every Eid mum always buys everyone clothes (even if you dont want them or need them she doesnt take no for an answer). Dad use to give us money but now he says im too old which is ok with me coz it means the lil ones get more.

This Eid i was thinking about giving Eid presents to my family. I have never bothered before but this Eid im thinking why not (i must be getting soft in my old age). While i can easily shop for the little ones (they are never picky about what they want and get) i find shopping for older siblings really hard.

Does anyone else give presents? If so what do you buy?

I was thinking about giving money to the older ones but i think its just really impersonal, like you couldnt be bothered.

Jazakallah x

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Alisha — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 18:14

I never seen people put decorations for Eid over here

Eid sounds better in Muslim countries 🙁

Seraphim — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 18:31

[quote="Alisha"]I never seen people put decorations for Eid over here

Eid sounds better in Muslim countries :([/quote]

Thats probably our own fault for making eid soo boring. You reap what you sow.

Funzo — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 - 19:36

[quote="Seraphim"]You reap what you sow.[/quote]
one of the topics on here

MuslimSister — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 - 21:44

Paid for a gold and green Eid suit today; gold and green earrings and a pair of expensive, flash, gold stilettos.

Took out some money for a qurbani, calculated how much it’d cost to give Eid money to about 13kids (cousins) and put aside some money for a Eid party that I’m throwing for the girls from my study circle.

This is going to be one expensive Eid :?

No xmas shopping for me this year.

Alisha — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 - 22:00

Awww, may Allah reward your efforts ameen ^^

MuslimSister — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 - 22:56

Apparently its Eid on Wednesday 19th...I hope not, cos I'm in work that day. :?

You — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 - 23:23

[quote="MuslimSister"]Apparently its Eid on Wednesday 19th...I hope not, cos I'm in work that day. :?[/quote]

:shock: :shock:

If it is, our work place is in for a shock. Our last day is the 19th. No one bothered booking any holidays as we have almost three weeks off after 19th...

MuslimSister — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 19:14

I'm throwing two parties tomorrow - a christmas party with my class, with food, presents, music and games...and then straight after school a Eid party with my study circle girls - with nasheeds, more food, games, presents and dressing up.

The only difference between the two parties will be the choice in music and clothes.

I'm surprised that having one foot in the east and one in the west doesnt confuse me anymore...

Funzo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 21:54

My re teacher had a minature christmas tree, for a joke i pretended to get really upset and said why cant it be an eid tree. Then half an hour later someone said nice xmas tree mis i said No! its a multi-faith tree for a joke, someone else replied saying no its a xmas tree it CANT BE A EID TREE OR ANY THING ELSE, my reply silence which is the best reply to a fool.

Seraphim — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 21:58

Alot of folk in Oldham are doing it on Wednesday, ive heard some from Rochdale are doing it on Friday.

Ive just come back from a Christmas Party... the surprising thing was only 2 of the people there were Christians all the rest were muslims. lol.

Oh well, it was at Nawaabs and I got a free meal out of it. So who cares.

Funzo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 22:07

i do, but not really.
the moon is about 13% complete i would say, meaning it is an 1/8 and an 1/8th of of 30 would be 3.75 so its about 4 days old.

You — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 22:10

Since this eid is on the tenth of a month... we should know when it is ten days in advance.

And by my counting we have less than ten days for eid. What gives?

Funzo — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 - 22:11

OH SUGAR EID IS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I NEED 2 SORT OUT MY CLOTHES.

Naz — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 18:25

why the commotion with when Eid is? Whether you celebrate it on wed, thur or fri or all 3 days (like me lol) its Eid either way.

Seraphim — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 19:34

[quote="Seraphim"]Alot of folk in Oldham are doing it on Wednesday, ive heard some from Rochdale are doing it on Friday.

Ive just come back from a Christmas Party... the surprising thing was only 2 of the people there were Christians all the rest were muslims. lol.

Oh well, it was at Nawaabs and I got a free meal out of it. So who cares.[/quote]

Actually scratch that, they've announced Eid to be on Thursday.

You — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 19:50

[quote="Naz"]why the commotion with when Eid is? Whether you celebrate it on wed, thur or fri or all 3 days (like me lol) its Eid either way.[/quote]

Because I have not got Wednesday off. If I take Wednesday off, I lose 5 days pay.

So, after much deliberation I declare Eid to be on Not Wednesday.

Imaani — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 20:28

I'm with you on that. I'm working Wednesday.

How come you'll lose 5 days pay Admin?

You — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 20:34

I lose Wednesday (1) and since that is the last day of work, I lose all bank holidays (+3) and drapers day (+1).

Sirus — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 10:47

Thursday eid in oldham, with one mosque who follow saudi on wednesday

and rochdale, as small eid, are doin it a day after...friday

yesterday two members of staff at work had a kick off that caused a big scene outside the MEN arena....one was paki and other bengali.....paki guy jokingly said ' i bet you did eid last week'......next thing you know, a big fight :?

You — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 15:14

who won?

and be careful how you describe people.

Naz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 22:36

[quote="You"][quote="Naz"]why the commotion with when Eid is? Whether you celebrate it on wed, thur or fri or all 3 days (like me lol) its Eid either way.[/quote]

Because I have not got Wednesday off. If I take Wednesday off, I lose 5 days pay.

So, after much deliberation I declare Eid to be on Not Wednesday.[/quote]

lol thats exactly what my dad was saying.... he has declared Eid to be on the weekend coz everyone is working during the week.

Ya'qub — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 - 23:53

[quote="Naz"][quote="You"][quote="Naz"]why the commotion with when Eid is? Whether you celebrate it on wed, thur or fri or all 3 days (like me lol) its Eid either way.[/quote]

Because I have not got Wednesday off. If I take Wednesday off, I lose 5 days pay.

So, after much deliberation I declare Eid to be on Not Wednesday.[/quote]

lol thats exactly what my dad was saying.... he has declared Eid to be on the weekend coz everyone is working during the week.[/quote]

I think EVERYONE shouldn't be worrying so much as to when [b]Eid[/b] is, thats just for celebration and attending Eid prayer is a sunnah, not fard.

The most important day to worry about is the [b]Day of Arafat[/b]. There is an authentic hadith that says if you fast that day you get [b]forgiven for all your sins from the previous year and the coming year[/b] (minor sins, not major sins btw). Isn't forgiveness from Allah (swt) more important than dressing up and having a nice time???

Saudi's are saying Arafat is [b]Tuesday[/b]. VERY important to FAST, insha'Allah

MuslimBro — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 - 01:17

[quote="Ya'qub"]...attending Eid prayer is a sunnah, not fard.[/quote]
However it is wajib according to the Hanafi school.

MuslimSister — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 17:13

Whats going to be weird for us this year (again) - is whilst my family will be fasting on Wednesday - we'll have people celebrating Eid, coming to visit us all dressed up and looking to eat/share food.

I'll have to make sure I 'celebrate' Eid over the days so that no one gets missed out....

Mohammed Zeb — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 21:40

when day are you having Eid on csuae im having it on wednesday like most people are doing.

MuslimSister — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 22:16

Some people are doing it on Wednesday. Some people are doing it on Thursday - generally speaking though, more people from the south are doing it on Wednesday whilst more people from the North are doing it on Thursday.

I have family in b'ham and Manchester, I'll be doing it with them on Thursday.

Noor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 22:27

the brelvi masjids are doing it on thursday and the wobs on wednesday, cant say im surprised. one thing i dont understand, the day of arafat is tomorrow, so why are people going to be fasting on wednesday? my family are fasting tomorrow.

MuslimSister — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 22:37

Your right - moon sighting is different issue. But people should fast the day the hajji's are standing on Arafat.

Noor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 - 22:40

its a shame that we cant all do eid together, have we ever done eid on the same day?

college has given us wednesday and thursday of, or thursday or friday 😃

oh yeah, everyone, do please remember the converts on eid.