Significance of Eid al-Fitr

CONCLUSION I have decided to bestow upon them paradise in the world hereafter.” (Shu’abul Iman, Hadith No. 3444) In short, the month of fasting represents the responsibilities of the believers in this world and Eid al-Fitr represents the reward given to them in the world hereafter. CONCLUSION x The Quran states: “Believers, fasting has been prescribed for you, just as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard yourselves against evil.” (The Quran, 2:183) Ramadan is the month of heightened Godconsciousness, of attaining piety (taqwa). Fasting weaken a man’s dependence on material things and strengthens his spiritual resolve, so that he may enter the higher realms of piety. Fasting by its very nature is an act of abstinence, patience and restraint. It helps a person to attain a state of