Eid Al-Fitr – A.H. 1425 A.D. 2004

Eid Al-Fitr Message of Ash-Shaikh H. Abdul Nazar,
General Secretary of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama

I am extremely delighted in wishing all the Muslim brothers and sisters blissful Eid when the Muslim community, after completing a month long workshop of holy Ramadhan of Hijri 1425, is celebrating the Eid Al-Fitr with joy and happiness.

In the course of Ramadhan, the Muslims fortified their belief with all their good deeds such as fasting, night prayers, I’tikaaf, recital of Holy Qur-an, remembrance, supplication, Zakaat and Sadqah and purified themselves by repentance, thereby getting closer to Almighty Allah. Unless we put into practice what we learned in the workshop of Ramadhan, those virtues will end up in vain like the rain that fell in the ocean when it is expected to fall in the fields ashore.

Let us contemplate for a while our brethren who are celebrating the Eidul Fitr with sorrow and grief having encamped in their houses. Let us take care and help those who are suffering from violence, tyranny, forcible expulsion, ethnic cleansing, poverty, etc. Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) proclaimed that “He who shows no interest in the affair of Muslims is not from them (Muslims)”.

All the Muslims who look at the blue sky with great effort, looking out for the new moon in order to decided the festival, are longing to see the crack of the ray of peace.


Ash-Shaikh H. Abdul Nazar
General Secretary, All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama

10.11.2004