Murat Ülker wrote: How were holidays celebrated in the time of our Prophet (SAW)?

Hz. After the Prophet’s migration to Medina, two holidays began to be celebrated. After fasting was made obligatory in the month of Shaban in the second year of the Hijra, the first day of the month of Shawwal (March 27, 624) was celebrated as Eid al-Fitr. Muslims who fasted and prayed during Ramadan, gave zakat and fitr alms if they were rich and helped the poor to solve their problems, in short, spent a month in prayer and hoped for God’s mercy with the good deeds they did, would now be happy.

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and his friend Hz. While reminding Abu Bakr about the place of having fun in human life, he said, “Every society has a holiday. “This is our holiday.” He stated that holidays are special days. Because holidays are days when sadness and troubles are shared and joys are multiplied. Nowadays, people having fun together develops their awareness of belonging to society and contributes to the preservation of their identities. At another time of the Eid day, when little girls were singing songs, the Messenger of Allah watched the spear-shield games performed by the Abyssinians in the mosque with his wife, Hz. Hz. He watched it with Aisha and wanted to intervene in the demonstrations. He prevented Ömer. The tradition of organizing entertainment during holidays continued later on. Because having fun during holidays is Hz. It was a sunnah of the Prophet.

Children and children would go to mosques for Eid prayers, dressed in holiday clothes, and while the men were praying, families would joyfully gather outside and participate in the celebrations. I remember being ashamed of what I was wearing and feeling sad because of my loneliness during Eid prayers in Mecca and Medina. While waiting for the prayer in the mosque, takbirs were chanted accompanied by the muezzin. Anyway, let’s see how you will cheer up and cheer up those around you today.