Ramadan is Here, Wish You a Happy Eid
According to UAE astronomers, this year's Ramadan began on Thursday, March 23, 2023, with Eid al-Fitr to take place on Friday, April 21, and Ramadan will last only 29 days.
Ramadan, Arabic Ramaḍān, in Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting. It begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon.
Islamic tradition states that it was during Ramadan, on the “Night of Power” (Laylat al-Qadr)—commemorated on one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, usually the 27th night—that God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad the Qurʾān, Islam’s holy book, “as a guidance for the people.” For Muslims, Ramadan is a period of introspection, communal prayer (ṣalāt) in the mosque, and reading of the Qurʾān. God forgives the past sins of those who observe the holy month with fasting, prayer, and faithful intention.
Ramadan, however, is less a period of atonement than it is a time for Muslims to practice self-restraint, in keeping with ṣawm (Arabic: “to refrain”), one of the pillars of Islam (the five basic tenets of the Muslim religion). Although ṣawm is most commonly understood as the obligation to fast during Ramadan, it is more broadly interpreted as the obligation to refrain between dawn and dusk from food, drink, sexual activity, and all forms of immoral behaviour, including impure or unkind thoughts. Thus, false words or bad deeds or intentions are as destructive of a fast as is eating or drinking.
After the sunset prayer, Muslims gather in their homes or mosques to break their fast with a meal called ifṭār that is often shared with friends and extended family. The ifṭār usually begins with dates, as was the custom of Muhammad, or apricots and water or sweetened milk. There are additional prayers offered at night called the tawarīḥ prayers, preferably performed in congregation at the mosque. During these prayers, the entire Qurʾān may be recited over the course of the month of Ramadan. To accommodate such acts of worship in the evening, work hours are adjusted during the day and sometimes reduced in some Muslim-majority countries. The Qurʾān indicates that eating and drinking are permissible only until the “white thread of light becomes distinguishable from the dark thread of night at dawn.” Thus, Muslims in some communities sound drums or ring bells in the predawn hours to remind others that it is time for the meal before dawn, called the suḥūr.
Usually, people start shopping a month in advance to prepare for the clothing/food/housing and activities during Ramadan. A month before Ramadan, children will dress up in their best clothes and go to houses in neighboring areas to recite songs and poems, while neighbors will welcome them with sweets and nuts, which the children collect in traditional cloth bags. And adults will hold family gatherings where they all visit other relatives and friends to congratulate each other on this happy day.During this period, our products of tray storage, cake stands and Fruit storage baskets become hot sellers and they are widely used in food service.
The survey found that during Ramadan people browse social media applications, do online shopping and chat with family and friends. At this time, home entertainment, home appliances, games and gaming devices, toys, financial service providers and restaurants with specialties were ranked Ramadan menus were the products and services they searched for the most.
Eid al-Fitr usually lasts three to four days. The first day is usually spent in a mosque or other place of Hajj, called salat al-eid, where people gather that evening to enjoy delicious food and exchange gifts.
According to statistics, a total of 48 countries will celebrate the arrival of Ramadan, including Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia The following countries were included in the list of the most countries: Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Somalia, Djibouti, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Comoros, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania.
As a company with decades of export experience, we know that to ensure that our tray and storage baskets reach their destination on time, we must pay attention to Ramadan and arrange the shipment in advance.At this moment, it is better to send out the urgent trays to reach the destination port around the end of Ramadan, so as to catch the consumption period of Eid al-Fitr, which is generally the day of the end of Ramadan and the peak period when Muslims start to consume.During Ramadan, we will book the shipment, confirm bill of lading details, customs clearance document details and requirements with our customers in advance.Storage baskets that are not urgent can wait for the end of Ramadan, because the working hours of government agencies and employees of customs, ports, freight forwarders and other related companies are shortened during Ramadan, the approval of some documents and decisions may be postponed until after Ramadan, and the overall time frame is not well controlled, so if possible, try to avoid this period.
On Eid ul-Fitr, wish that Allah’s blessings light up the path and lead to happiness, Peace and success. Happy Eid！