The Two Festivals (Eids)

The Two Festivals (Eids)

2.69:
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."
2.70:
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 signaled 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.
2.71:
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)."
2.72:
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."
2.73:
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.
2.74:
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.
2.75:
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."
2.76:
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."
2.77:
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.
2.78:
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 Ibn Az−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, "There was
no Adhan for the prayer of `Id−ul−Fitr and `Id−ul−Aqha." `Ata'
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?"
2.79:
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.
2.80:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle, Abu Bakr and `Umar! used
to offer the two `Id prayers before delivering the Khutba.
2.81:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet offered a two rak`at 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).
2.82:
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."
2.83:
Narrated Sa`id 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
inquire 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."
2.84:
Narrated Sa`id bin `Amr bin Sa`id 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)."
2.85:
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."
2.86:
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."
2.87:
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. "
2.88:
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.
2.89:
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.
2.90:
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).
2.91:
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."
2.92:
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.
2.93:
Narrated Al−Bara': The Prophet went towards Al−Baqi (the
graveyard at Medina) on the day of Id−ul−Adha and offered a
two−rak`at 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."
2.94:
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.
2.95:
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−Islamic) period of ignorance.
2.96:
Narrated Aiyub:
Hafsa bint Seereen 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−`Atiya 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?".
2.97:
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.
2.98:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) used to Nahr or
slaughter sacrifices at the Musalla (on `Id−ul−Adha).
2.99:
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 (nonalcoholic 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."
2.100:
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.
2.101:
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."
2.102:
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.
2.103:
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)'."
2.104:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet went out and offered a two
rak`at 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.