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 Ramadan Awareness Campaign is an initiative designed to educate both Muslims and Non Muslims about the month of Ramadan, the most significant month in the Islamic calendar. This year, the RAC campaign is targeting health. Through our presentations to school students across NSW, we endeavor to provide information and greater insight into the implications of making healthy food and lifestyle choices, and how these choices can ultimately affect long term health and well-being. Note: This site will be continually updated throughout Ramadan, please come back to check out new content!
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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The holy month of Ramadan shall be starting around the 1st of September for the Gregorian year of 2008 i.e. 1/9/2008 |
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Friday, 12 October 2007 |
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
On behalf of the team at the Ramadan Awareness Campaign for 2007 I would like to ask Allah swt to accept all our good actions during this blessed month of Ramadan. For all the non-Muslims that are visiting our site, we hope that it has been a good source of information about Ramadan and Islam in general.
Each year we shall be striving to make our website even better than the year before it and we hope it will serve to shed light on many aspect of Ramadan. However, this year we have had a slight increase in visitors than the previous three years with over 40,000 unique visitors coming to our site from all over the world.
Eid Mubarak (Happy Eid) to all those who are celebrating Eid and don't forget to make dua (supplication) for your family, friends and the rest of the world!
Site Administrator
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 |
From the tradition (sunnah) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), on the day of Eid a Muslim should strive to do the following:
1. To adorn oneself as permitted by Shari'at.
2. To take a bath.
3. To clean the teeth with Miswaak.
4. To wear the best cloths that one has.
5. To use perfume (brothers).
6. To rise early in the morning.
7. To eat something sweet like dates before going to the Eid prayers gathering.
8. To go to the Eid prayers gathering very early.
9. To give Zakat El Fitr before going to Eid prayers gathering.
10. To offer Eid prayers in the congregation
11. To go to the Eid prayers one way and to come back another way.
12. To go on foot (if possible).
13. To recite slowly on the way to the Eid prayers and on the way back: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Laa ilaaha illallahu Wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Wa lillahil Hamd."
Whilst at the Eid gathering every Muslims should strive to do the following:
1. Be quiet while the Imam is explaining how to pray.
2. Straighten your lines in prayer.
3. Be quiet during the Khutbah.
4. Greet those whom you know and those you don't.
5. Contribute to the arrangement of the Eid prayers.
The Eid Prayer In Islam
1. The Eid prayer is Wajib (obligatory) on every male Muslim.
2. The Eid prayer can be performed any time between the Ishraq and Zawal.
3. It is preferable that the 'Eid prayer is performed at an open field and not in a mosque. However, if, it is difficult for any reason to perform it in an open field, it can also be performed in a big mosque.
4. It is not advisable to hold the 'Eid prayer in every mosque, rather it is preferable that the people from several small mosques get together to either perform it in an open field or, in its absence, in a big mosque which can accommodate a large number of people.
5. No Nafl Salah can be performed before the 'Eid prayer, neither in one's home, nor at the place of' Eid prayer. Similarly, Nafl prayer cannot be performed after the Eid prayer at the same place. However, it can be performed after one comes back to his home.
6. The Eid prayer has neither Adhan nor Iqamah.
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 |
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One of the largest mosques in Sydney Australia, Masjid Imam Ali (ra) in Lakemba, has declared that the last day of Ramadan shall be on Friday 12/10/2007. This means that the Eid festival "Eid El Fitr" shall begin on Saturday 13/10/2007 for a lot of Sydney Muslims.
May Allah swt accept all your good deeds for the holy month of Ramadan and we kindly remind you to pay the Zakat El Fitr, the compulsory charity at the end of Ramadan, to your neartest mosque or Muslim charity organisation. Remember your fasting is not accepted until you pay that donation to poor and the needy. This year the compulsory Zakat El Fitr donation is between AU$7 and AU$8 depending on the organisation which is collecting. Here are two charities accepting Zakat El Fitr: Human Appeal and Muslim Aid
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Fiqh of Ramadan
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
Zakat al Fitr
Zakat al Fitr or Zakat al-Fetir or Zakat al-Fetri is a charity donation that every Muslim is required to pay at the conclusion of the month of Ramadan as a token of thankfulness to God for having enabled him/her to observe fasting.
By Definition Zakat or zakaat or zakah means "to grow" (in goodness), "increase," "purifying," "foster," "making pure". Fitr or Fetir or Fetri means "to break fast".
Other questions covered by this article
- The Purpose of Zakat al-Fitr
- Who must pay Zakat al-Fitr
- When Zakat al-Fitr is due
In Australia Zakat Al Fitr is between AU$7 and AU$8 depending on the organisation that is collecting and to which country it is going to.
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