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The meaning of the word "Fitr" is "opening (of something)". The word "Infatarat" (Arabic:{{inlineArabic| إنفَطَرَت}}) in the following [[verse]] is derived from a similar root with the word "Fitr":  

:"When the sky is rent apart," (82:1)

It is also mentioned that "Tatafattarat" (Arabic:{{inlineArabic| تَفَطَّرَت}}) and "Infatarat" have the same meaning and "Iftar" (Arabic:{{inlineArabic| إِفطار}}) and "Fitr" (Arabic:{{inlineArabic| فِطر}}) are from the same root, since the fasting person opens his mouth to eat at sunset and on the day of Eid al-Fitr.

According to some [[hadith]]s, the month of [[Ramadan]] is always 30 days and will never be less. Some of scholars of the past supported these hadiths. However, some hadiths say that the month of Ramadan like other months can be 29 or 30 days. Most [[faqihs]] support these hadiths.

Exegetes of the [[Qur'an]] have said that {{inlineArabic|"و لتکبر الله"}} in {{inlineArabic|"وَ لِتُکمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَ لِتُکبِّرُ‌وا اللَّـهَ عَلَیٰ مَا هَدَاکمْ وَ لَعَلَّکمْ تَشْکرُ‌ونَ"}} ["and so that you may complete the number, and magnify Allah for guiding you, and that you may give thanks."], is about the [[Takbir]]s recommended on the eve of Eid al-Fitr.

According to hadiths, the words {{inlineArabic|تَزَکیٰ}} and {{inlineArabic|فَصَلَّیٰ}} in the two verses {{inlineArabic|"قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَکیٰ"}} ["Felicitous is he who purifies himself,"] and {{inlineArabic|"وَ ذَکرَ‌ اسْمَ رَ‌بِّهِ فَصَلَّیٰ"}} ["celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays."] mean to give Zakat al-Fitra and praying the [[Eid Prayer]].

* It is quoted from [[Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari|Jabir]] who quoted from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]] and he (a) quoted from [[the Prophet (s)]] saying, "when the first of Shawwal comes, the caller will call 'O believers! Rush to your rewards in the morning!" He (a) then said, "O Jabir! Rewards of God are not [like] the rewards of kings." And he (s) said, "That day is the day of rewards."

* The Prophet (s) said, "[[angels]] on the day of Eid stand at the alleys and paths and say, 'rush to the Generous Lord who gives great blessings and forgives great sins."

* In some Eids, [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] said, "This is Eid of the one, God has accepted his fasting and worships and every day in which God is not disobeyed is Eid."

* [[Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)]] looked at some people who were happy and laughed; then he (a) turned to his companions and said, 'God, the Almighty, created the month of Ramadan as a field for the competition of his creatures, so that through obeying God, they excel each other towards His happiness. Some excelled and won and some left behind and lost. Thus, it is so surprising one who is frivolously playful and laughing on the day the good-doers are rewarded and those who fall behind lose. By God I swear that if the veils are removed, the good-doer will engage in his good-doing and the evil-doer will be taken captive in his evil-doing."

* [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] said, "The day of Fitr is appointed as Eid so that Muslims have a gathering and come out for the sake of God and praise Him for the blessings they have been given; and the day of Eid is the day of gathering, day of breaking the [[fasting]], day of giving Zakat, day of happiness and day of worship; and it is the first day of the year in which eating and drinking is permissible, since the month of Ramadan is the first month of the year for the people of truth. So, God wanted them to have a gathering to praise the Lord and on this day, saying Takbir in the [[prayer]] is more than other days, because Takbir is glorifying God and praising Him for His blessings as He has said, 'and magnify Allah for guiding you, and that you may give thanks.' (2:185) and in that day, 12 Takbirs have been instructed to be said, of which 7 have to be said in the first [[Rak'a]] and 5 Takbirs in the second Rak'a, and they have not been made equal since it is recommended that the obligatory prayer follows 7 Takbirs. Therefore, the first Rak'a begins with 7 Takbirs. And there are 5 Takbirs in the second Rak'a, since [[Takbirat al-Ihram]] for all the prayers during one day are 5 Takbirs and because Takbirs in each of the two Rak'as be odd."

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