Sayyid Fahd performs Eid prayers

Muscat: The Sultanate celebrated Eid Al Fitr where His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, performed Eid Al Fitr prayer at Al Khour Mosque in Muscat. Sayyid Fahd was accompanied during the Eid prayer by their highnesses; members of the royal family, ministers, undersecretaries, advisors and prominent figures.
Sheikh Dr. Is’haq bin Ahmed Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Supreme Court, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council led the Eid prayer.
He began the Eid sermon (Khutbah) with Takbir (exclaiming Allah is Great), glorifying and thanking Allah the Almighty for His many blessings, praying on the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), thanking Allah for completing the fasting of Ramadan and making easy for ways of charity and doing well.
He said that happiness in Eid includes rich and poor, young and old, men and women. It is a general joy for all Muslims, where you find love and solidarity in their hearts and prevail on them affection and unity.
Worship
He added that the true Islam through its legislation, jurisprudence, faith, worship, and all its moral and ethical principles, aim at building a cohesive nation in its structure, united in its creed, perceptions, worship, customs, morals, ideals, principles, aims, hopes and pains. This is reflected by looking at the acts of worship which Allah the Almighty ordered and through judgments and ethics as stated in the Holy Quran, adding that the unity of this nation is based on the worship and piety of Allah the Almighty.
He continued: “The unity and interdependence of the Islamic Ummah is based on the principles of virtue and the prevention of vice. “ He said that Allah the Almighty warned this nation not to follow the course of previous nations in terms of division and difference, stressing that the unity of the nation is strength and mercy and division is weakness and torment.
Best wishes
After the Eid prayer, Sayyid Fahd received the well-wishers on this occasion. They expressed their best wishes to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, praying to Allah the Almighty to grant His Majesty continuous health, happiness and a long life
Sayyid Fahd thanked all well-wishers, wishing them a blessed and happy Eid. He prayed to Allah the Almighty for the return of this happy and other similar occasions on His Majesty the Sultan for many years to come with blessings and wellbeing, grant His Majesty success for the good of this dear country and to achieve further progress, peace and stability for the Sultanate and its people under his prosperous reign.