An Eid song for your family

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An Eid song for your family

After a month of fasting, the morning of Eid: new clothes, the prayer, the first sweet bite. A gentle song with your family's names, to say Eid Mubarak in a way they will keep.

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When is Eid al-Fitr?

The date changes from country to country and from year to year — here it is where you are.

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KazakhstanMarch 20March 10February 27
TürkiyeMarch 20March 10February 27
EgyptMarch 20March 10February 27
United Arab EmiratesMarch 20March 10February 27
MoroccoMarch 20March 10February 27
AlgeriaMarch 20March 10February 27
JordanMarch 20March 10February 27
TunisiaMarch 20March 10February 27
BangladeshMarch 20March 10February 27
IndonesiaMarch 20March 10February 27
MalaysiaMarch 20March 10February 27
PakistanMarch 20March 10February 27

Eid al-Fitr closes Ramadan with gratitude. Families wake early, dress in new clothes, go to the Eid prayer, then spend the day visiting parents and neighbours, giving eidi to the children and sharing sheer khurma, ma'amoul, ketupat or baklava. From Cairo to Karachi, Jakarta to Istanbul and every city where Muslim families live, it is a day of thanks, forgiveness and being together.

A personal song can carry that greeting further than a forwarded image. Begin with who it is for, how your family spends Eid and what you are grateful for; the lyrics are written from those details and sung in a gentle, nasheed-like style — voice and soft percussion — in Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, Bengali, English or another language. In about a minute it is ready to send.

Hear one we made

Eid Mubarak, Ammi

Acoustic, Pop · 2:28

“A gentle nasheed-style Eid song in English with a few Urdu words, voice and soft daf only, for my mother, Ammi, in Lahore. I am in London this year. Every Eid she made sheer khurma before dawn and laid out our new clothes the night before; my little brother Yusuf always counted his eidi twice. Thank her for every suhoor she woke up for, and put Eid Mubarak, Ammi in the chorus.”

What to put in an Eid song

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    The names of the people you are greeting, and what you call them: Ammi, Abbu, Nani, Teta, Ibu, Anneanne.

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    Eid morning in your home — the new clothes laid out the night before, the walk to the prayer, the smell of the first breakfast in a month.

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    The children's eidi and their excitement, or the envelope you still receive from your grandfather.

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    The dish that means Eid to your family: sheer khurma, kahk, ma'amoul, rendang and ketupat, baklava.

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    Gratitude for the month that has passed — the suhoor alarms, the iftars shared, the patience it took.

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    Forgiveness and reunion: in Indonesia and Malaysia people ask each other's pardon on this day; a line about a mended bond suits any family.

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    Someone celebrating far away, and a prayer that next Eid you are at the same table.

A chorus for Eid morning

Eid Mubarak, Ammi, the morning is bright,

we waited together through thirty long nights,

your hands gave us sweetness, your heart gave us light —

Eid Mubarak, my family, all is right.

Sending your Eid greeting

  • On Eid morning. Have it ready to play when the family comes back from the prayer, before the visits begin.
  • To relatives far away. Send the link to grandparents in another country; it plays in any browser, without an app.
  • Sealed until Eid. Prepare it during the last days of Ramadan and send it as a gift sealed until the day; they will see a countdown, then unwrap it.
  • With the eidi. A printed card with a QR code, slipped into the children's envelopes or a box of dates, turns the gift into one they can listen to.

Keeping it gentle and respectful

Eid songs traditionally rely on the voice, so ask for a nasheed-like sound: a warm vocal, soft percussion such as daf or frame drum, no loud instruments. Keep the words about gratitude, family, peace and the joy of the day — not parties or romance. If you want religious phrases in the lyrics, write them in your description exactly as your family says them. A calm acoustic or soft pop arrangement also works well for a children's song or a family greeting.

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    Answer a few questions

    Names, memories, the mood you want. Skip anything you like.

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    We write and sing it

    Lyrics, melody, vocals and cover art — composed around your answers.

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    Play it for them

    Download the MP3, share the link, or play it right there.

Questions

Can the song be sung nasheed-style, with only voice and percussion?

Yes — say so in the description, for example “voice and soft daf only”, and choose a calm style. The song is composed and sung to match.

Which languages can an Eid song be in?

More than 40, including Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali, Persian and English. You can write the description in one language and have the song sung in another.

Can I include a dua or a phrase like Eid Mubarak?

Yes. Write the phrases you want in the description, or paste your own lyrics, and they will be sung as written.

Can I make one for Eid al-Adha too?

Yes. Describe how your family keeps Eid al-Adha — the prayer, the qurbani shared with neighbours and those in need, a relative returning from Hajj — and the lyrics follow that day instead.

Is it free?

Your first song costs nothing: create an account, no card asked. Songs after that are made with credits, from a subscription or a one-off pack.

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