After Ramadan, Muslims commemorate Eid al Fitr with a day of prayers, feasts, and family visits. Cities including Damascus, Baghdad, and Beirut were congested with worshippers on their way to mosques and cemeteries.
Muslims around the globe are currently commemorating Eid al Fitr.
Muslims commemorate Eid al Fitr with a day of prayers, feasts, and family visits following the month of Ramadan.
Cities such as Damascus, Baghdad, and Beirut were packed with devotees on their way to mosques and cemeteries.
On the first day of Eid al Fitr, after the early morning prayer, many Muslims visit the graves of their loved ones.
Visitors bring floral arrangements, water for plants, and brooms to sweep gravestones.
“After the Eid prayer, we always visit our dead… to pray and pay our respects, may God have mercy on them and forgive them on this blessed day,” said Atheer Mohamed at the Azamiya cemetery in Baghdad.
The Islamic calendar follows the lunar cycle.
However, some nations rely on astronomical calculations rather than actual observations.
This frequently results in disagreements between religious authorities in different nations – and sometimes within the same nation – regarding the beginning date of Eid al Fitr.
