THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EID - Unas (RA) reported that when the Prophet Muhammad (saw) migrated from Makkah to Madinah, the people of Madinah used to have two festivals. On those two days they had carnivals and festivity. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) asked the Ansar (the Muslims of Madinah) about it. They replied that before Islam they used to have carnivals on those two joyous days. The Prophet Muhammad (saw) told them: 'Instead of those two days, Allah has appointed two days which are better, the days of Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha.' (Hadith) EID-AL-FITR is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, at the completion of Ramadan. Shawwal is the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. The Eid-al-Fitr is a very joyous day; it is a true Thanksgiving Day for the believing men and women. On this day Muslims show their real joy for the health, strength and the opportunities of life, which Allah has given to them to fulfill their obligation of fasting and other good deeds during the blessed month of Ramadan. When the month of Ramadan arrives, people change, they do anything for Hasanat, because, even the smallest reward is multiplied tons of times! The spirit of Ramadan is full of kindness, generousity and love because the big devils are locked up. Now we only have our 'Nafs' and the smaller devils against us! Hence we are able to focus in our prayers! What is your favourtime of Ramadan? When do you feel it is actually Ramadan? Please do share such an incident! Mine is when I go to Makkah for Umrah and I see people distributing dates and water to everyone and people rushing to collect the dates and then distibuting them again! Everyone wants good deeds!