statements that indicate that one is not fully submitted to All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) will. In his “Al-Faw?’id” (p. 174), Ibn Al-Qayyim said: ‘The warm hearted father always does that which is best for his son; he would even cut one of his organs if necessary. And he would deprive him sometimes from money or desires if this is for his own good.

All?h ( - عز وجل -) the All-wize and Most merciful who always showers His creatures with mercy when afflicting them with misfortune for their own good. Only those with deep faith in All?h ( - عز وجل -) would understand and believe in this, unlike those who lack knowledge in All?h’s perfect names and attributes and resorted instead to their deficient minds, such would gain nothing at all.

Those who believe deeply in All?h ( - عز وجل -) and His perfect knowledge would feel content in this world and in the hereafter when they would live in Paradise. This what truly means to believe in All?h ( - عز وجل -) , and accept Isl?m as one’s religion and Muhammad as our messenger’.

[64] Mistakes done in the two Eids Salaw?t:

Regarding understanding the essence of the Eid, people are of two groups:

The first group believes that the Eid is a time for fun and amusement only and a chance to enjoy delicious kinds of food and to wear the best clothes one could afford. These people do their best to prepare what they could for the occasion in advance.

The second group deeply realize the sublime essence of the Eid.

Accordingly, if the circumstances are not as the former group wished it to be, the Eid for them is not an occasion for happiness but for sorrow and sadness.

The later group; however, senses the Eid with all its sublime meanings whether in good or straitened circumstances for a real muslim feels content and satisfied in both cases since the afflictions