Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatuh!

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem ~ Directives of Eid-Prayer ~ (In the Light of Ahadith) 1. To eat some thing sweet is Sunnah  before going to Eid-Al-Fitr. Narrated Anas bin Malik (radi'Allahu anhu): Allah's Apostle (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of 'Id-ul-fitr unless he had eaten some dates. Anas (radi'Allahu anhu) also narrated: The Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to eat odd number of dates.     (Sahih Bukhari ~ Book #15, Hadith #73) 2. To walk on foot  and to return back on foot for Eid Prayer is Sunnah. Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Umer (radi'Allahu anhu) narrates, "Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to go to Eid-gaah on foot and used to come back on foot" (Sunan Ibn Majah) 3. To change the course  of going and coming Eid-gaah  is Sunnah. Hadhrat Jaabir Bin Abdullah (radi'Allahu anhu) narrates: "Prophet (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) on Eid day used to change the course of going and coming  while proceeding to Eid-gaah." (Sahih Bukhari) 4. There is  neither Azaan nor Iqama for Eid Prayer. Ibn 'Abbas (radi'Allahu anhu) and Jaibir b. 'Abdullah  al-Ansari (radi'Allahu anhu) reported: There was no Adhan on the (occasion) of Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha. I (Ibn Juraij) said: I asked him after some time about it. He ('Ata', one of the narrators) said: Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari (radi'Allahu anhu) told me: There is neither any Adhan on Id-ul-Fitr when the Imam comes out, nor even after his coming out; their is neither lqama nor call nor anything of the sort of calling on that day and nor Iqama.  (Sahih Bukhari ~ Book  #004, Hadith  #1927) Jabir b. Samura (radi'Allahu anhu) said: I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) prayers on two Eids more than once or twice without there being Adhan and Iqama.  (Sahih Muslim ~ Book #004, Hadith  #1929) 5. To pray first  then to listen Khutbah  in the Eid Prayers is Sunnah. Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar (radi'Allahu anhu): Allah's Apostle (sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to offer the prayer of 'Id-ul-Adha and 'Id-ul-fitr and then deliver the Khutba after the prayer.  (Sahih Bukhari ~ Book #15, Hadith #77) 6. There is no prayer  (Nafil or Sunnah) either before or after Eid Prayers. Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Abbas (radi'Allahu anhu) narrates that Nabi Akram (Sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) on the day of Eid-Al-Adha or Eid-Al-Fitr (came out of the house) prayed two rikaat of Eid and before or after it he didn't prayed any. (Sahih Muslim) 7. To pray  delaying the Eid Prayers  is dis-pleasing. Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Bisir (radi'Allahu anhu) narrates that He (Sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) himself started for Eid-gaah for prayer on Eid-Al-Fitr or Eid-Al-Adha along with the people, he expressed displeasure on imam for delaying and said we would have been free by this time after praying and that was the time of Ishraq." (Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan Ibn Majah) 8. To eat some thing  before going to the Eid-UL-Fitr Prayer  and after praying Eid-Al-Adha  is Sunnah. 8- Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Buraidah (radi'Allahu anhu)  narrates from his father that Prophet (Sall'Allahu alaihi wa sallam) on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr before going to prayer  would MUST have taken some thing and on the occasion of Eid-Al-Adha before praying Eid prayer he did not use to take any thing. (Jam'aa Tirmidhi)

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