Eid in language
A noun for something that returns and is repeated in a time or place
Eid al-Fitr
The first day of Shawwal, which is the first day on which fasting begins to break the fast, and therefore it is called Eid al-Fitr. Fasting is forbidden therein.
First: Introduction for the feasts in general
Research highlights the health and well-being benefits of celebrations the research, published online in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, finds that celebrations with three conditions.
social gathering
eating or drinking
intentionally marking a positive life event
will increase perceived social support. Perceived social support, according to previous research, is the belief you have a social network that will be there for you in case of future, negative life events. That belief is associated with health and well-being outcomes, including increased life-span and decreased anxiety and depression.
Wight and her co-authors, including professors Danielle Brick of the University of Connecticut, and James Bettman, Tanya Chartrand, and Gavan Fitzsimons of Duke University, used behavioral experiments to survey thousands of participants over several years.
The research revealed that:
even if gatherings are virtual, if everyone has food and drink (no matter if it's healthy or indulgent) and they're celebrating positive events, this also increases a person's perceived social support, and they can receive the same well-being benefits from it. It also has implications for marketing managers or anyone looking toraise funds for a good cause.
The researchers note that hosting celebrations that increase perceived social support can be especially beneficial at places serving populations more at-risk of loneliness and isolation, like nursing homes or community centers.
They also note the importance of understanding the well-being benefits of celebrations:
for policymakers looking to implement regulations or measures that could impact social gatherings, like COVID lockdowns, to avoid negative consequences to mental health. They recommend that if organizers need to have virtual celebrations, they should involve some type of consumption and the marking of a separate, positive life event, so people leave the celebration feeling socially supported.
Second: The jurisprudence part of the topic
For the first hadith -
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, came to Medina and they had two days to play. He said: what are these two days? They said we used to play during pre-Islamic times, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “Indeed, God has replaced you with them better than them on the Day of Eid al-Adha and the Day of Fitr.”
We conclude from the hadith
1- We used to play in it in pre-Islamic times: The Messenger of God did not deny the word (play) by remaining silent about it, this means that play is desirable, especially when children play and you are an expert that there are educational playing that refine and develop the personality, there are also commendable types of play, such as playing with the horse to train it or otherwise.
2- I have changed for you: I have walked through life and know that there is no void in the universe, If you want to take something from its place (forbidden, for example), replace it with something else and do not leave it empty so that he can fill it as he pleases. (replacement and substitution)
The second hadith
On the authority of Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him -
While the Abyssinians were playing with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, with their spears, when Omar ibn al-Khattab entered, he fell for the gravel to scavenge them with it, Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to him: Leave them oh Omar.
Meaning: Leave them alone, as they are the sons of Arfidah, which is an Abyssinian nickname. Or the oldest name of their father, and it was said: They are a dancing race.
Why did the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - let them dance? And Omar bin Al-Khattab forbade rebuking them?
His saying - may God bless him and grant him peace - (Leave them, for they are Banu Arfidah) is evidence that the Messenger of God did not kill people’s customs unless they contradicted the religion in something, these are children: their nature is playful and joyful, especially if this fun is inspired by their environment in which they live.
Perhaps because the Messenger knows the benefit of happiness and joy for the immune system: it strengthens it and raises its level of performance.
Perhaps because for children: playing enriches their imagination, removes negative energy, and introduces positive energy instead.
Perhaps because toys for children are like dreams for adults, they express what happened during the day and night, and so children find themselves at times of war, all the games they play are related to tools of war, which they imitate with any small objects, and through this play they express what they want, and not for what they fall under - may God recover everyone.
The same hadith as before, with another narration
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Take it, O Banu Arfidah, until the Jews and Christians know that there is room for a break in our religion.”
1- There are people who are strict in their religious rulings, and there is nothing wrong with them. Perhaps the character is serious and does not accept clowning in their life, or she went through many painful experiences and had this serious personality. I was created from him, and here the situation is sound, if he takes himself with this seriousness and this strength, but the problem is when he wears this seriousness to those around him, even if they are women or children, and therein lies the character. By our master Omar bin Al-Khattab - may God be pleased with him - not only this position - but many situations in his life, where he wanted to oblige people to do what he committed to, the result was that the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - commanded him every time: Leave them, O Omar. In this case, love of religion does not contradict entertainment and joy even a little.