Eid al-Fitr (Idul Fitri)
Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Fitr has a particular Salat consisting of two Rakats (units) and generally offered in an open field or large hall. It may be performed only in congregation (Jama’at) and, has an additional extra six Takbirs (raising of the hands to the ears while saying "AllÄhu Akbar", literally "God is greatest"), three of them in the beginning of the 1st raka'ah and three of them just before Ruku' in the 2nd raka'ah in the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam. Other Sunni schools usually have twelve Takbirs, seven in the first, and five at the beginning of the 2nd raka'ah. This Eid al-Fitr salat is, depending on which juristic opinion is followed, Fard (obligatory), Mustahabb (strongly recommended, just short of obligatory) or mandoob (preferable). Traditionally, it is the day of the 1st sighting of the crescent moon shortly after sunset. If the moon isn't observed immediately after the 29th day of the previous lunar month (either because clou...