Mustaḥab Acts in Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha Prayers
Issue No. 1310- It is mustaḥab to observe the following in Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers with the hope of gaining divine reward.1- To recite the prayer loudly.2- To recite two sermons after the prayer. There is no difference between the Eid sermons and the Friday prayer sermons, except that the two sermons in Friday prayer are delivered before the prayer while in Eid prayer, the two sermons are delivered after the prayer (the two sermons are delivered if the prayer is offered in congregation).3- No particular sūrah has been specified for Eid prayer. However, it is better that after reciting sūrah al-fātiḥa, sūrah al-A‘lā in the first rak‘at and sūrah al-Shams in the second rak‘ats be recited. 4- It is mustaḥabto eat some dates before prayer on the day of Eid al-Fitr, and it is mustaḥabto eat on the day of Eid al-Adha, after prayer, a little from the meat of the animal which has been slaughtered [as a sacrifice].5- It is mustaḥabto do ghusl before the prayer, and to recite the supplications which have been prescribed in the Du'a books before and after it. 6- It is mustaḥab that during Eid prayer, sajdahs be performed on earth and hands be raised while saying takbīrs.7- It is mustaḥabthat the following takbīrs be said on Eid al-Fitr night (i.e., the night preceding Eid day), after maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers, and on Eid day after fajr, ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers, as well as after Eid al-Fitr prayer: “اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ، اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ، لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ وَ اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ، اللّهُ اَکْبَرُ وَ لِلّهِ الْحَمْدُ”8- In Eid al-Adha, the above-mentioned takbīrs should be said after ten prayers, of which the first is the ẓuhr prayer of Eid day and the last is the fajr prayer of the twelfth of Dhul-Hijjah. After the above-mentioned takbīrs, the following supplication should be recited: “اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ عَلى ما رَزَقَنا مِنْ بَهِيمَةِ الاْنْعامِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ عَلى ما اَبْلانَا”.If a person happens to be in Mina on the day of Eid al-Adha, he should say these takbīrs after fifteen prayers, the first of which is the ẓuhr prayer of Eid day, and the last is the fajr prayer of the thirteenth of Dhul-Hijjah.9- To perform the Eid prayer in open fields and not under a roof.
