Tag: "eid al-fitr"
Sunnah of Zakat al-Fitr
Our past blogpost entitled: Major Misconceptions of How, What and When to Pay Zakat al-Fitr. For your convenience with the time of Zakat al-Fitr upon us, we shared most important points. We hope you find this post beneficial, InshaAllah! Understanding our rights and responsibilities for zakat al-fitr is important for all practicing Muslims. However, there [...]
The Meaning of Eid
The Meaning of Eid Eid means “Festival” or “Celebration” in Arabic, and Muslims have two Eids every lunar year. Commonly known as a “Feast”, my family and I always share that “Eid is our Feast meaning: Food, Family, Friends and Fun!” Eid al-Fitr (Festival of the Fast) is a three-day event that marks the end [...]
Minted Eid Greeting Card Challenge – Enter, Vote, Get Published!
Subhanallah, Glory be to God, I am ever so humbled to have the wonderful opportunity to work with Minted.com, an international greeting card company to debut their first Eid Greeting Card Design Challenge, as part of The International Celebration Challenge. Minted.com crowd source their designs, which means they host regular Design Challenges, to “…uncover design [...]
Major Misconceptions of How, What and When to Pay Zakat al-Fitr
Understanding our rights and responsibilities for zakat al-fitr is important for all practicing Muslims. However, there are many misconceptions as to how, what and when we should pay its due. Therefore, we listed below multiple fatwaa based on authentic ahadith. The misconceptions are listed in no particular order. 1. FALSE: Zakat al-fitr is a monetary [...]



























