“Leave alone those for whom religion is only a sport and pastime and are deceived by the life of this world, but continue to remind them with the Quran, lest a soul be held in pledge because of what it has wrought, having no helper or intercessor besides God. Whatever ransom they may offer, it will not be accepted. Such are  those that are damned by their own actions: they will have boiling water to drink and a painful punishment for their denial of truth”. --  Surah Al-An’am (C-6; V-70)
Abdullah ibn Abbas says that God fixed religious festival day (“Eid”) for every community, the purpose being that on that day they should glorify God, offer prayers to Him and fill the whole day with His remembrance. Those who came later made their religious festival (“Eid”) a day of fun and frolic.  (Tafsir Kabir).
There is a purpose behind every religious activity and then there is its outward aspect too. The purpose of “Eid” is a collective demonstration of the glorification of God and His remembrance. But too much attention is paid to the externals of “Eid”—for example, the wearing of good clothes, arrangements for group activities, decorations, etc. Now, making “Eid” a mere event of fun and frolic amounts to neglecting its real purpose, which becomes forgotten in the fuss which is made about its outward and material aspects, such as a show of good clothes and possessions, the hustle and bustle of shopping, arrangements for entertainment, and the pomp and show.
Are these activities liked by our Creator? It’s time we think with seriousness about what we are doing and what we actually should be doing on Eid

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