The Two Festivals (Eids)
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 69:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Umar:
Umar bought a silk
cloak from the market, took it to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the 'Id and when
the delegations visit you." Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, "This
dress is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter)." After a long
period Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent to Umar a cloak of silk brocade.
Umar came to Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) with the cloak and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! You said that this dress was for those who had no
share (in the Hereafter); yet you have sent me this cloak." Allah's
Apostle said to him, "Sell it and fulfill your needs by it."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 70:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of
Buath (a story about the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the
Khazraj and the Aus, before Islam). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) lay down and
turned his face to the other side. Then Abu Bakr came and spoke to me
harshly saying, "Musical instruments of Satan near the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
?" Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) turned his face towards him and said,
"Leave them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I signalled to those
girls to go out and they left. It was the day of 'Id, and the Black
people were playing with shields and spears; so either I requested the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) or he asked me whether I would like to see the
display. I replied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet (p.b.u.h) made
me stand behind him and my cheek was touching his cheek and he was
saying, "Carry on! O Bani Arfida," till I got tired. The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
asked me, "Are you satisfied (Is that sufficient for you)?" I replied
in the affirmative and he told me to leave.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 71:
Narrated Al-Bara':
I heard the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) delivering a Khutba saying, "The first thing to be done on
this day (first day of 'Id ul Adha) is to pray; and after returning
from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the name of Allah) and
whoever does so, he acted according to our Sunna (traditions)."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 72:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu Bakr came to my
house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories
of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers.
Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical instruments of Satan in the house
of Allah's Apostle !" It happened on the 'Id day and Allah's Apostle
said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an 'Id for every nation and this is our
'Id."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 73:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik,:
Allah's Apostle
never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of 'Id-ul-Fitr unless he
had eaten some dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet used to eat odd
number of dates.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 74:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the 'Id prayer, should
slaughter again." A man stood up and said, "This is the day on which
one has desire for meat," and he mentioned something about his
neighbors. It seemed that the Prophet I believed him. Then the same
man added, "I have a young she-goat which is dearer to me than the
meat of two sheep." The Prophet permitted him to slaughter it as a
sacrifice. I do not know whether that permission was valid only for
him or for others as well.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 75:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
The Prophet
delivered the Khutba after offering the prayer on the Day of Nahr and
said, "Whoever offers the prayer like us and slaughters like us then
his Nusuk (sacrifice) will be accepted by Allah. And whoever
slaughters his sacrifice before the 'Id prayer then he has not done
the sacrifice." Abi Burda bin Niyar, the uncle of Al-Bara' said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered my sheep before the 'Id prayer and
I thought today as a day of eating and drinking (not alcoholic
drinks), and I liked that my sheep should be the first to be
slaughtered in my house. So slaughtered my sheep and took my food
before coming for the prayer." The Prophet said, "The sheep which you
have slaughtered is just mutton (not a Nusuk)." He (Abu Burda) said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I have a young she-goat which is dearer to me than
two sheep. Will that be sufficient as a Nusuk on my behalf? "The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Yes, it will be sufficient for you but it
will not be sufficient (as a Nusuk) for anyone else after you."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 76:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet used to
proceed to the Musalla on the days of Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha; the
first thing to begin with was the prayer and after that he would stand
in front of the people and the people would keep sitting in their
rows. Then he would preach to them, advise them and give them orders,
(i.e. Khutba). And after that if he wished to send an army for an
expedition, he would do so; or if he wanted to give and order, he
would do so, and then depart. The people followed this tradition till
I went out with Marwan, the Governor of Medina, for the prayer of Id-ul-Adha
or Id-ul-Fitr.
When we reached the
Musalla, there was a pulpit made by Kathir bin As-Salt. Marwan wanted
to get up on that pulpit before the prayer. I got hold of his clothes
but he pulled them and ascended the pulpit and delivered the Khutba
before the prayer. I said to him, "By Allah, you have changed (the
Prophet's tradition)." He replied, "O Abu Sa'id! Gone is that which
you know." I said, "By Allah! What I know is better than what I do not
know." Marwan said, "People do not sit to listen to our Khutba after
the prayer, so I delivered the Khutba before the prayer."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 77:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Umar:
Allah's Apostle used
to offer the prayer of 'Id-ul-Adha and 'Id-ul-Fitr and then deliver
the Khutba after the prayer.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 78:
Narrated Ibn Juraij:
'Ata' said, "Jabir
bin 'Abdullah said, 'The Prophet went out on the Day of 'Id-ul-Fitr
and offered the prayer before delivering the Khutba, Ata told me that
during the early days of IbnAz-Zubair, Ibn Abbas had sent a message to
him telling him that the Adhan for the 'Id Prayer was never pronounced
(in the life time of Allah's Apostle) and the Khutba used to be
delivered after the prayer. Ata told me that Ibn Abbas and Jabir bin
'Abdullah, had said, ú- where was no Adhan for the prayer of
'7d-ul-Fitr and 'Id-ul-Aqha." 'At a' said, "I heard Jabir bin
'Abdullah saying, 'The Prophet stood up and started with the prayer,
and after it he delivered the Khutba. When the Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h)
finished (the Khutba), he went to the women and preached to them,
while he was leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was spreading his garment
and the ladies were putting alms in it.' " I said to Ata, "Do you
think it incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and preach to them
after finishing the prayer and Khutba?" 'Ata' said, "No doubt it is
incumbent on Imams to do so, and why should they not do so?"
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 79:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
I offered the 'Id
prayer with Allah's Apostle, Abu Bakr, Umar and 'Uthman and all of
them offered the prayer before delivering the Khutba.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 80:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Allah's Apostle, Abu
Bakr and Umar! used to offer the two 'Id prayers before delivering the
Khutba.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 81:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet offered
a two Rakat prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before
or after it. Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered
them to pay alms and so they started giving their earrings and
necklaces (in charity).
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 82:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to
pray and then return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does
so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever
slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he
presented to his family and would not be considered as Nusuk." A
person from the Ansar named Abu Burda bin Niyyar said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer) but I have a
young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet I
said, "Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will be not
sufficient (as a sacrifice) for anybody else after you."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 83:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
I was with Ibn Umar
when a spear head pierced the sole of his foot and his foot stuck to
the paddle of the saddle and I got down and pulled his foot out, and
that happened in Mina. Al-Hajjaj got the news and came to enquire
about his health and said, "Alas! If we could only know the man who
wounded you!" Ibn Umar said, "You are the one who wounded me." Al-Hajjaj
said, "How is that?" Ibn Umar said, "You have allowed the arms to be
carried on a day on which nobody used to carry them and you allowed
arms to be carried in the Haram even though it was not allowed
before."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 84:
Narrated Said bin 'Amr
bin Said bin Al-'Aas:
Al-Hajjaj went to
Ibn Umar while I was present there. Al-Hajjaj asked Ibn Umar, "How are
you?" Ibn Umar replied, "I am all right," Al-Hajjaj asked, "Who
wounded you?" Ibn Umar replied, "The person who allowed arms to be
carried on the day on which it was forbidden to carry them (he meant
Al-Hajjaj)"
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 85:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The Prophet
delivered the Khutba on the day of Nahr ('Id-ul-Adha) and said, "The
first thing we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then
return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who does so he acted
according to our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered before the prayer then
it was just meat that he offered to his family and would not be
considered as a sacrifice in any way. My uncle Abu Burda bin Niyyar
got up and said, "O, Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered the sacrifice
before the prayer but I have a young she-goat which is better than an
older sheep." The Prophet said, "Slaughter it in lieu of the first and
such a goat will not be considered as a sacrifice for anybody else
after you."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 86:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these
(first ten days of Dhul Hijja)." Then some companions of the Prophet
said, "Not even Jihad?" He replied, "Not even Jihad, except that of a
man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for
Allah's sake) and does not return with any of those things."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 87:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Abi Bakr Al-Thaqafi:
While we were going
from Mina to 'Arafat, I asked Anas bin Malik, about Talbiya, "How did
you use to say Talbiya in the company of the Prophet?" Anas said:
"People used to say Talbiya and their saying was not objected to and
they used to say Takbir and that was not objected to either. "
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 88:
Narrated Um 'Atiya:
We used to be
ordered to come out on the Day of 'Id and even bring out the virgin
girls from their houses and menstruating women so that they might
stand behind the men and say Takbir along with them and invoke Allah
along with them and hope for the blessings of that day and for
purification from sins.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 89:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
On the day of 'Id-ul-Fitr and 'Id-ul-Adha a spear used to be planted
in front of the Prophet I (as a Sutra for the prayer) and then he
would pray.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 90:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet used to
proceed to the Musalla and an 'Anaza used to be carried before him and
planted in the Musalla in front of him and he would pray facing it (as
a Sutra).
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 91:
Narrated Muhammad:
Um 'Atiyya said:
"Our Prophet ordered us to come out (on 'Id day) with the mature girls
and the virgins staying in seclusion." Hafsa narrated the above
mentioned Hadith and added, "The mature girls or virgins staying in
seclusion but the menstruating women had to keep away from the Musalla."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 92:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
I (in my boyhood)
went out with the Prophet on the day of 'Id ul Fitr or Id-ul-Adha. The
Prophet prayed and then delivered the Khutba and then went towards the
women, preached and advised them and ordered them to give alms.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 93:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The Prophet went
towards Al-Baqi (the grave-yard at Medina) on the day of Id-ul-Adha
and offered a two-Rakat prayer (of 'Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us and
said, "On this day of ours, our first act of worship is the offering
of prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and
whoever does this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his
sacrifice before that (i.e. before the prayer) then that was a thing
which he prepared earlier for his family and it would not be
considered as a Nusuk (sacrifice.)" A man stood up and said, "O,
Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered (the animal before the prayer) but I
have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to him, "Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice
will not be sufficient for anybody else after you."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 94:
Narrated 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Abis:
Ibn Abbas was asked
whether he had joined the Prophet in the 'Id prayer. He said, "Yes.
And I could not have joined him had I not been young. (The Prophet
came out) till he reached the mark which was near the house of Kathir
bin As-Salt, offered the prayer, delivered the Khutba and then went
towards the women. Bilal was accompanying him. He preached to them and
advised them and ordered them to give alms. I saw the women putting
their ornaments with their outstretched hands into Bilal's garment.
Then the Prophet along with Bilal returned home.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 95:
Narrated Ibn Juraij:
'Ata' told me that
he had heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah saying, "The Prophet stood up to
offer the prayer of the 'Id ul Fitr. He first offered the prayer and
then delivered the Khutba. After finishing it he got down (from the
pulpit) and went towards the women and advised them while he was
leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was spreading out his garment where the
women were putting their alms." I asked 'Ata' whether it was the Zakat
of 'Id ul Fitr. He said, "No, it was just alms given at that time.
Some lady put her finger ring and the others would do the same." I
said, (to 'Ata'), "Do you think that it is incumbent upon the Imam to
give advice to the women (on 'Id day)?" He said, "No doubt, it is
incumbent upon the Imams to do so and why should they not do so?" Al-Hasan
bin Muslim told me that Ibn Abbas had said, "I join the Prophet, Abu
Bakr, Umar and 'Uthman in the 'Id ul Fitr prayers. They used to offer
the prayer before the Khutba and then they used to deliver the Khutba
afterwards. Once the Prophet I came out (for the 'Id prayer) as if I
were just observing him waving to the people to sit down. He, then
accompanied by Bilal, came crossing the rows till he reached the
women. He recited the following verse: 'O Prophet! When the believing
women come to you to take the oath of fealty to you . . . (to the end
of the verse) (60.12).' After finishing the recitation he said, "O
ladies! Are you fulfilling your covenant?" None except one woman said,
"Yes." Hasan did not know who was that woman. The Prophet said, "Then
give alms." Bilal spread his garment and said, "Keep on giving alms.
Let my father and mother sacrifice their lives for you (ladies)." So
the ladies kept on putting their Fatkhs (big rings) and other kinds of
rings in Bilal's garment." Abdur-Razaq said, " 'Fatkhs' is a big ring
which used to be worn in the (Pre-lslamic) period of ignorance.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 96:
Narrated Aiyub:
Hafsa bint Sirin
said, "On Id we used to forbid our girls to go out for 'Id prayer. A
lady came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and I went to her.
She said, 'The husband of my sister took part in twelve holy battles
along with the Prophet and my sister was with her husband in six of
them. My sister said that they used to nurse the sick and treat the
wounded. Once she asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! If a woman has no veil,
is there any harm if she does not come out (on 'Id day)?' The Prophet
said, 'Her companion should let her share her veil with her, and the
women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious
gatherings of the believers.' " Hafsa added, "When Um-'Atiya came, I
went to her and asked her, 'Did you hear anything about so-and-so?'
Um-'Atlya said, 'Yes, let my father be sacrificed for the Prophet (p.b.u.h).
(And whenever she mentioned the name of the Prophet she always used to
say, 'Let my father be' sacrificed for him). He said, 'Virgin mature
girls staying often screened (or said, 'Mature girls and virgins
staying often screened--Aiyub is not sure as which was right) and
menstruating women should come out (on the 'Id day). But the
menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla. And all the
women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious
gatherings of the believers'." Hafsa said, "On that I said to Um-'Atiya,
'Also those who are menstruating?' " Um-'Atiya replied, "Yes. Do they
not present themselves at 'Arafat and elsewhere?".
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 97:
Narrated Um-'Atiya:
We were ordered to
go out (for 'Id) and also to take along with us the menstruating
women, mature girls and virgins staying in seclusion. (Ibn 'Aun said,
"Or mature virgins staying in seclusion)." The menstruating women
could present themselves at the religious gathering and invocation of
Muslims but should keep away from their Musalla.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 98:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
used to Nahr or slaughter sacrifices at the Musalla (on 'Id-ul-Adha).
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 99:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
On the day of Nahr
Allah's Apostle delivered the Khutba after the 'Id prayer and said,
"Anyone who prayed like us and slaughtered the sacrifice like we did
then he acted according to our (Nusuk) tradition of sacrificing, and
whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, then that was
just mutton (i.e. not sacrifice)." Abu Burda bin Naiyar stood up and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, I slaughtered my sacrifice before
I offered the (Id) prayer and thought that today was the day of eating
and drinking (non-alcoholic drinks) and so I made haste (in
slaughtering) and ate and also fed my family and neighbors." Allah's
Apostle said, "That was just mutton (not a sacrifice)." Then Abu Burda
said, "I have a young she-goat and no doubt, it is better than two
sheep. Will that be sufficient as a sacrifice for me?" The Prophet
replied, "Yes. But it will not be sufficient for anyone else (as a
sacrifice), after you."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 100:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle .~
offered the prayer on the day of Nahr and then delivered the Khutba
and ordered that whoever had slaughtered his sacrifice before the
prayer should repeat it, that is, should slaughter another sacrifice.
Then a person from the Ansar stood up and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
because of my neighbors (he described them as being very needy or
poor) I slaughtered before the prayer. I have a young she-goat which,
in my opinion, is better than two sheep." The Prophet gave him the
permission for slaughtering it as a sacrifice.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 101:
Narrated Jundab:
On the day of Nahr
the Prophet offered the prayer and delivered the Khutba and then
slaughtered the sacrifice and said, "Anybody who slaughtered (his
sacrifice) before the prayer should slaughter another animal in lieu
of it, and the one who has not yet slaughtered should slaughter the
sacrifice mentioning Allah's name on it."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 102:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
On the Day of 'Id
the Prophet used to return (after offering the 'Id prayer) through a
way different from that by which he went.
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 103:
Narrated 'Urwa on
the authority of 'Aisha:
On the days of Mina,
(11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) Abu Bakr came to her while two
young girls were beating the tambourine and the Prophet was lying
covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr scolded them and the Prophet
uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, "Leave them, for these days
are the days of 'Id and the days of Mina." 'Aisha further said, "Once
the Prophet was screening me and I was watching the display of black
slaves in the Mosque and ('Umar) scolded them. The Prophet said,
'Leave them. O Bani Arfida! (carry on), you are safe (protected)'."
Volume 2, Book 15,
Number 104:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet went out
and offered a two Rakat prayer on the Day of 'Id ul Fitr and did not
offer any other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was
accompanying him. |