How To Perform Eid Prayer - PLACE FOR EID PRAYER - TIME OF EID PRAYER
PLACE FOR EID PRAYER
Eid prayer should be offéred outdoor in the open, e.g in a park field, or a desert etc. If it is wet or not posible to find a suitable outdoor place it can be prayed in a mosque or a large hall.
TIME OF EID PRAYER
Eid prayer should be offered when the sun IS obvious the horizon.NUMBER OF RAKATS OF EID PRAYER
Eid prayer is 2 rakats. There is no nafl prayer before or after the Eid Prayer. There is no Iqamat or azån for Eid Prayer.Ibn Abbas (R.A) reported: "No doubt. Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) used to pray 2 rakats only for Eid Prayer. He did not pray anything before or after that.
CONDUCT OF EID PRAYER
2 rakats of Eid prayer should be offered in the same maner the 2 rakats of the usual prayer except that there are 7 takbirs in
the first rakat and five takbirs in the second rakat. With each extra takbir the hands should be raised up to the shoulder level (as in Takbir Tahrima)..
All extra takbirs should be pronounced before starting Qirät (recitation).
Kathir bin Abdullah reported from his father and his father from grandfather that Prophet (S.A.W.) said 7 takbirs in the first
rakat of Eid prayer and 5 takbiß in the second rakat of Eid Prayer before beginning recitation.
EID PRAYER IS OFFERED BEFORE KHUTBAH
Jafar bin Muhammad (R.A.) reported:— "No doubt, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), Abu Bakr (R.A.) and Umar (R.A.) said 7 extra takbirs in the first rakat of their Eid and Rain Prayer and five extra takbirs in the second rakat of their Eid and Rain Prayer.
Prophet (S.A.W.) offered Eid Prayer before Khutbah and recited
aloud. "
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