The Eid Moon and Chaand Raat
Eid Moon and Chaand Raat is a Muslim Festival, in order for
you to celebrate this important Muslim Festival, you will
need to understand its significance and how other Muslims
celebrate it.
Chaand Raat is the eve of Eid Moon or the night of the
sighting of the new moon. This is a festival that is
celebrated in most Muslim countries. However, because the
Islamic month is based on the first sighting of the lunar
crescent, the month of Ramadan varies in either 29 or 30
days. Some Muslims in South Asia do not celebrate Eid Moon
and Chaand Raat because of its relation to Eid ul-Fitr. They
will however celebrate Eid ul-Fitr but not the Edi Moon or
Chaand Raat.
Chaand Raat is the eve of the Muslim festival where most of
Muslims believe that the new moon is commonly sighted in
this night. This is a festive celebration where gift giving
happens, people wear their best dresses and women even use
mehndi to beautify themselves.
The streets are likewise decorated in a festive mood. Chaand
Raat is comparable to Christmas or New Year. Muslim parents
try hard to make Eid as exciting for the children like
Christmas or other western festivities. This is to ensure
that their children will not lose the excitement of
celebrating Eid.
Young Muslims observe Christian children celebrating
Christmas, this may lead to them loosing interest in Eid and
thus their parent wants them to be excited with Eid thus
gifts and new clothes are given to children during Eid.
Eid including Chaand Raat or the Eid Moon celebration is
likewise a ritual for Muslims. The celebration involves
festive food, festive dresses, gift giving and giving money
to the poor.
Muslim women prepare for the Eid, including Eid Moon and
Chaand Raat many days before this day by preparing their Eid
dresses. They also plan their Mehndi tattoo to beautify
themselves on this important Muslims Festival.
Eid on the following morning start by eating before you go
to the mosque to recite the Takbeer and for Eid Khutba.
After a short khutba, Muslims will recite a prayer for
forgiveness, mercy and help for the plight of Muslims all
over the world. After this, Muslims will hug and greet one
another saying "Taqabbal Allahu minna wa minjum" which if
translated in English is "May Allah accept the fast and
worship from us and from you".
Another greeting during the Eid is "Eid Mubarak," which
means "Blessed Eid" or '*d sa '+d, which means "Happy Eid".
After hugging and greetings, Muslims will eat their festive
food and when possible give money to the poor. Muslims also
take Eid as the time to visit relatives and friends.
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