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"Allah is greatest! Allah is greatest: There is no God save
Allah, and Allah is Greatest, Allah is greatest, and for Allah is the praise".
After
exodus, when the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) arrived at Madina Munawwarah, there were
two days appointed by the populace of Madina for amusement and recreation. the
Prophet inquired about those days, and When he was informed that those two days
were determined, in Pre-Islamic period, for amusement, He told : Allah has
replaced you two better days. The Eidul Fitr Festival Day and the Eidul Adhaha
festival Day. He (P.B.U.H.) added: On the festival Day, the Angels wait in the
way of prayer-course and call loudly:
O
Muslim Ummah: Walk to your Lord, the generous, the Benign! who rewards you: You
were ordered for the Nocturne so you complied with, and you were ordered to
observe fast so you obeyed your Lord. Now the time is ripe to get the reward.
And
when they end the Eid Prayer, the Angels Proclaim :
Lo!
You have been rewarded by your Lord and you are retreating back to your Houses
successfully.
The
Eidul fitr festival is a day to celebrate the victory of a very magnificent
Mission. It is but the profuse bounty of our Benign Lord that He conferred on
us the endless gaiety and happiness on the first Shawwal through His beloved
Prophet (P.B.U.H.), while the same month is remembered for the destruction and
deracination of the pervious nations.
It
is narrated by Hazrat Ali (K.W.) that the folks of Hazrat Noah (A.S.) were
inundated on the first of Shawwal. The day when the folks of Loot were meted by
torment was the first of Shawwal. Pharaoh was drowned along with his troops in
the sea on Tuesday which coincidentally the first of Shawwal. The same case was
with the folks of Aad who were destroyed on Wednesday. Folks of Saleh were hit
by the torture during Shawwal month.
It.
was a festive day of Eidul Fitr. Since early morning, the Muslims were engaged
with the preparation for their sacred festival. The atmosphere Of Madina was
marked with gaiety and fervor. As the time of prayer was ticking by, the people started to walk to the
prayer course in their best costumes. The boys were busy with their merriment
in the near by play ground. The whole atmosphere had turned highly gleeful and
aromatic. The Eid prayer was over and the boys began to return to their homes
joyfully. When the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) attempted to return, He was stopped by
the sight of a wretched boy who was secluded in the ground, with the tears
streaking his cheeks. The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) approached him, passed his hand on
his head gently and asked him about the reason of his tears. The boy was highly
angry, so he asked the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) to leave him alone. But the prophet.
(P.B.U.H.) pacified him very compassionately and repeated the question. Then
the boy very deliriously narrated his sad story :
"O
Prophet (P.B.U.H.)! My father has got martyrdom in a battle and my mother has
remarried, and her new husband has shown me the door out. All my legacy has
been snatched by others. To-day when all my colleagues are making merry of new
costumes and delicious foods, I have no food, no cloth and no shelter. That is
why I am weeping.
The
pathetic story of the boy filled the eye of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) with tears.
He asked the boy with a broad smile:
will it make you happy that I be your father, Ayesha be your mother and
Fatima be your sister?
The
boy nodded positively and accompanied the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) to his house. He
(P.B.U.H.) called Ayesha (R.A.) and told her : Receive this your child.
Hazrat
Ayesha arranged his bath, new dressing and food and told him:; My boy! Go out
and play with the children and return to the home after some time.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE BENEVOLENT
Dedicated to those scientists, who are inching towards the cognizance of the facts, spotlighted by Allah Almighty, in the wake of their intelligent observation for the top vertex of scientific achievement, which is not other than the "Disastrous end of the Universe". And this is probably during 15th century of Lunar calendar.
