# Eid Mubarak **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020 "2019-06-04T16:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/1 "2019-06-04T16:06:32Z")
Y’all. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/2 "2019-06-04T16:07:02Z")
Khair Mubarak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/3 "2019-06-04T16:08:03Z")
You do realize you have put this forum on a watchlist… ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/4 "2019-06-04T16:46:00Z")
I very much enjoyed these touching ads released for Hari Raya ! Hope you do too! – here are seven of the best > **[In Malaysia, it’s time for Hari Raya ads – here are seven of the best](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3012944/malaysia-its-time-hari-raya-ads-here-are-seven-will-warm)** > > Advertisements for the Eid celebration are more than just a branding exercise. The short films have garnered a huge following over the years, stemming from the beloved work of late filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/5 "2019-06-04T20:20:00Z")
Eid mubarak to you too! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/6 "2019-06-04T20:37:13Z")
I gave someone Muslim that I know a package of Mideast delicacies for Eid a Fitr. He had a hard Ramadan. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/7 "2019-06-05T00:17:14Z")
A friend said I could use a hard Ramadan. We buried him a year later, though Mohammed’s Big-Ass Hammer continued to solve assembly problems for years after. Of course, had he FOLLOWED THE FUCKING ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS he’d be alive today. Just watch: I will spend tonight in dreams writing assembly instructions that will be ignored and people will [del]die[/del] continue to blame me. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/8 "2019-06-05T03:14:37Z")
Would someone explain? All google gives me is that it’s either related to an unspecified Muslim holiday, or has something to do with the former Egyptian president. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/9 "2019-06-05T03:28:06Z")
“Eid” is “Eid al Fitr” (“Festival of Fast Breaking”). It’s the feast at the end of the month of Ramadan, during which faithful (healthy) Muslims fast all day. (hence the “hard” part. My friend was under stress, as well). Think of it as sort of the Muslim _Mardi Gras_, more logically placed after Lent. > **[Eid al-Fitr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr)** > > Eid al-Fitr (/ˌiːd əl ˈfɪtər, -trə/; Arabic: عيد الفطر, romanized: Eid al-Fiṭr, lit. 'Holiday of Breaking the Fast', IPA: \[ʕiːd al ˈfitˤr\]) or the Festival of Sweets is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha). The religious holiday is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. It falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar; this does not always fall on the Eid... “Mubarak” means “Happy”, so “Eid Mubarak” is “Happy Eid” or “Happy Feast” The response, as in #2 above, is usually “Khair Mubarak”, although there are many other responses, varying with country: > **[Eid Mubarak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_Mubarak)** > > Eid Mubarak is an Arabic term that means “Blessed feast/festival'”. The term is used by Muslims all over the world. Internationally Muslims use it as a greeting on the feast. In the social sense, people usually celebrate Eid al-Fitr after Ramadan and Eid al-Adha in the month of Dhul Hijjah (the 12th and final Islamic month). Some state that this exchange of greetings is a cultural tradition and not part of any religious obligation. > Throughout the Muslim world there are numerous other greetings f... ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/10 "2019-06-05T05:09:22Z")
Surely we cannot translate “mubarak” as “happy”? “Blessed”, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/11 "2019-06-05T07:04:33Z")
_Congratulations_ is the closest probably. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eid-mubarak/835020/12 "2019-06-05T09:50:00Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Surely we cannot translate “mubarak” as “happy”? “Blessed”, perhaps? Indeed. It’s from basically the same root as the Hebrew “_bracha_”, or “blessing”.