Eid-ul-Fitr, which signifies completion of the sacred month of Ramadan (Ramzan), was celebrated with great fervour and gaiety in Dhanbad and Bokaro on Friday.
Dressed in their best, thousands of devotees assembled at the mosques and prayer grounds in the coal and steel belt to offer the special prayers performed in unison; later they exchanged good wishes. With the spirit of thanks giving and jubilation on the first day of the 10th month of the Muslim lunar calendar ‘Eid’ marks the completion of an act of duty and devotion which teaches the lesson that real happiness arises from performing one’s duty and making sacrifices for a noble objective, said Faiyaz Ahmad a professor.
The practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan is to sublimate the inner self of man and to inculcate discernment of the pangs and hardships which the poor and needy face. “This feeling is awakened in all those, whether rich or poor, young or old, who observe fasting,” he added.
There are multiple results of fasting in the shape of vigorous duties, moral and spiritual self-discipline and austerity. This reward equips man to swim in the roughest seas of life, said a religious head of Ukrid mosque. Amidst a big celebration Surender Kumar, a Hindu roadside vendor, celebrated ‘Eid’ with distributing ‘Sewai’ (vermicelli), laddu (sweets) and tea among hundreds of poor and passerby.
All festival teaches us to feel our oneness with all creation and we should follow the path of love, purity and forgiveness; no maters that we are the follower of different religions, said Surender. “We all are sons of one almighty, thus we are brothers,” he added. With a little earning from his roadside shop Surender is dedicated towards the philanthropic work and has taken humanity as a mission.