ETIQUETTE'S AND SUNAN PERTAINING TO THE DAY OF EID
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ETIQUETTE'S AND SUNAN PERTAINING TO THE DAY OF EID
1. PERFORMING THE COMPLETE BATH (GHUSL)
- Ali (radiallahu anhu) was asked about the complete bathing (ghusl) and he replied ‘It is for Friday, the day of ʿArafah, the Day of breaking Fast and the Day of the Sacrifice.’
- Abd Allāh b. ʿUmar used to do ghusl on the day of al Fiṭr before going out to the prayer place in the morning (al Muwaṭṭaʾ, p. 428).
2. ADORNMENT AND CLOTHING
- Wearing one’s best clothing and adorning oneself for this occasion is recommended.
- Jābir reported: ‘The Prophet ﷺ had a cloak which he would wear on the two ʿEids and on Fridays’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Khuzaymah, 1756).
- Imām al Bayhaqī narrated with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād that Ibn ʿUmar used to wear his best clothes on ʿEid.
3. EXTOLLING ALLAH'S GREATNESS (TAKBEERAT)
Repeating the takbīrāt on ʿEīd is a sunnah.
- From Ibn Masʿūd, that he ﷺ used to praise Allah in the following manner:
Allah is great, Allah is great, there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is great, Allah is great and for Him is all praise. (Reported by Ibn Abī Shaybah)
- The time for takbīrāt on ʿEīd al fiṭr starts from the night before ʿEīd until the imām enters to lead the ʿEīd prayer.
4. CHANGE ROUTES TO AND FROM THE MOSQUE
- It is also sunnah to go to the prayer by one route and return via another.
Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh said: ‘On the day of Eid, the Prophet ﷺ changed his route’ (al Bukhārī, 986).
5. EATING BEFORE SALATUL EID
- One should eat on the morning before ʿEīd ṣalāt. It is recommended to eat before going out, emphasising that it is forbidden to fast on this day and demonstrating that Ramaḍān has ended.
- Anas b. Mālik said, ‘The Messenger of Allah would not depart on the day of fast breaking until he had eaten some dates’ (al Bukhārī, 953).
6. EXCHANGING GREETINGS
- Exchanging of greetings, congratulations and good wishes,
no matter what the wording, such as: ‘taqabbal Allāh minnā wa minkum’ (‘may Allah accept [good deeds] from us and from you’)
or ‘ʿeīd mubārak’ (‘[may you have] a blessed ʿeīd’) and other expressions of congratulations.
- It was narrated that Jubayr b. Nufayr said:
When the companions of the Prophet ﷺ met on the day of ʿEīd, they would say to one another,
'taqabbala Allāh minnā wa minkum’ (‘may Allah accept [good deeds] from us and from you!’) (Ibn Ḥajr, al Fatḥ, vol. 2, p. 446: ḥasan).
- Women in menstruation are recommended to go out and witness
the congregation, although they cannot pray.
May Allah fill your day with happiness and blessings, ameen!
تقبل الله منا ومنكم
Taqabbala Allahu minna wa minkum
May Allah accept from us, and from you
