Celebrating Eid part 2

Part of celebrating Eid is waking up early and going to the Masjid (Mosque) for special prayers, this is something that I’ve done since I was a child when I remember wondering why everyone was always crying, only to experience the same feelings now as an adult. The Eid prayer just brings about many powerful emotions after a month of fasting and increased spirituality; a mix of happiness, sadness, accomplishment, regret, and overwhelming gratitude to God for His mercy.

Eid celebrations is a combination of obligation and tradition; we are obligated, for those of us who can afford, to donate a fixed amount of money per family member to members of the community that do not have the means to celebrate, so no one is left out of the joy and happiness of Eid. Our old family traditions are things like making sawine, as we call it in Trinidad, giving money or gifts to the kids that we see on the day, cooking tonnes of food, and so on… but my husband and I also started our own tradition, after the prayer, we go out to breakfast with the kids, because they really enjoy it and also because everyone else in my family are too busy cooking and preparing for the party!

I hope you enjoy the video! (I am only in one of the last photos, the other women in the video are mostly my sisters, and a little of my mom.)

song credit: Irfan Makki

Thoughts from iMuslim

Aww, what a LOVELY video, mashallah! :D

Eid Mubarak again!

Thoughts from GeekiSiddiqui

Thats a wonderful video! Really shows how its a time for family and celebration

Eid Mubarak!!!

Thoughts from Amber

Simply beautiful.  Thanks so much for imparting your experiences!

Thoughts from Surviving

Eid Mubarak!  I love the video you made!

Thoughts from Em

Salaam. Eid Mubarak!
That was so sweet Ma Sha Allah—great choice of background nasheed as well. Also featuring Shaz for the first time, ay? The kids look so handsome with the black attire and kufis ma sha Allah .

Thoughts from Haleem

Good Thobes! I thought at first it was you singing!

Thoughts from Hayah

Assalaamu alaikum Shaz! I finally found ur webpage and that too through link inside link! Ur also in Beauty and Creation flickr group!! Masha Allah for this blog and the Awareness Always site...they’re beautiful!

Thoughts from Cakes

love it.
Thank you for sharing that. Your family is so beautiful!

Thoughts from Specs

MashaAllah! They look handsome young’uns alright!

Nice video! Put a smile on my face, it did. Its so nice to see how eid is celebrated in other parts of the world.

Thoughts from shaz

thanks all! we had a lovely eid, and I was really happy to share this video with all of you… I wish I could have shared the curry duck that we had too!

Thoughts from SHerry

Awesome Shaz!! I loved it, Good Job.

Thoughts from Sid

Very nice. The boys are the cutest!

Thoughts from Tasmiya

Eid Mubarak. This video made me cry (in a good way). Thank you so much for sharing your day with us. The boys had such a good time mashaallah.

Thoughts from Robyn

That just makes me smile! Thanks for sharing.