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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MuslimSister — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 - 23:08

My plan for 2moro is - read Eid prayer in Mosque, come home, eat breakfast, clean up, spend 2hours getting ready, take pictures (for memories- not vanity reasons :oops: ), open the door for numerous guests, feed them Asian sweet dishes, visit mate in afternoon - spend a couple of hours round her place, start meat delivery rounds from the Qurbani, be forced to eat sticky Asian sweets at every house I visit, phone dad and wish him Eid Mubarak (he's in Dubai at the moment) and have a family meal in the evening...

I'm visiting family over the weekend - in bham and manchester, so I'll prob do all of the above again then too....aswell as present distribution. I already have my sack ready with wrapped up prezzies in it - just like Santa 😃

malik — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 - 14:24

Eid Mubaarak to all Muslims brothers and sisters.

I hope Allah accepts your sacrifice whatever you slaughtered for Him.

Ya Ali Madaad.

Noor — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 - 22:10

so what did everyone do? some people are celebrating eid tomorrow :shock:

Ya'qub — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 - 00:11

[quote="Noor"]so what did everyone do? some people are celebrating eid tomorrow :shock:[/quote]

nothing any different from my normal daily routine.

I did wear a new sweatshirt to work though!

Sajid Iqbal — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 - 19:45

an eid to forget

my son seriously ill, had some sort of allergic reaction, whole face swollen up

spent most evening , night and half of today in hospital....

Imaani — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 - 22:23

:shock: Oh dear, I pray he's much better now Ed.

My Eid started off a bit weird but alhamdulillah had a good 2 days.

MuslimSister — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 - 22:15

Being the Eid of sacrifice and all that...I consumed and looked at SO much meat this Eid.

On Thursday, I helped divide and distribute the lamb we ordered (handled a lot of raw meat)...and then throughout the weekend when visiting family we were offered nothing but meat based dishes...Last night it got too much, a aunty of mine had roasted an ENTIRE, whole lamb in the oven (only the head was missing)....and my family of about 25 got through it all.

I'm becoming a veggy for a week,

Noor — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 - 22:16

[quote="MuslimSister"]I'm becoming a veggy for a week,[/quote]

I tried that, lasted only a few hours.

MuslimSister — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 - 22:20

Lol. Chicken is not included...I'm looking to prepare a xmas dinner this week, with all the trimmings.

But lamb I can avoid for a few weeks.

Beast — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 - 22:23

[quote="MuslimSister"]Lol. Chicken is not included...I'm looking to prepare a xmas dinner this week, with all the trimmings.
[/quote]

Hold on. Weren't you worried a few days ago about how getting involved in Christmas is compromising your faith? And here you are looking to prepare Christmas dinner... at home...

MuslimSister — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 - 22:26

Lol.

I love my roast dinner. Xmas is just an excuse to make it.

Sirus — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 - 17:20

i had the most boring eid you can imagine

for some reason, thats 2 years in a row - eid ul fitr is a blast

and eid ul adha turns out to be one i probably will never remember