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Eid as a name may refer to:


Islamic holidays

An Eid is a Muslim holidays, Muslim religious festival: * ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Eid al-Fitr ( ', "Feast of Breaking the Fast"), marks the end of the month of Ramadan * Eid al-Adha ( ', "Feast of the Sacrifice"), falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days until the 13th day In addition, Shia Muslims may observe: * Eid al-Ghadir, an Eid for Shia Muslims which marks the nomination of Ali, Mohammed's cousin, as the successor of Mohammed * Eid al-Mubahila, an Eid for Shia Muslims which marks the success of Muslims in a peaceful debate with the Christians of the time * Eid-e-Shuja', an Eid for Shia Muslims which marks the end of the mourning period after the events of Karbala


Places


Norway

* Eid, Norway, a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county * Eid, Hordaland, a former municipality in Hordaland county * Eid, Møre og Romsdal, a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county


Scotland

* Eid, the Shetland dialect name for Aith, Shetland


See also

*EID (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo