Chapter: The Two ʿEid Prayers
They are a communal obligation (farḍ kifāyah).
Their prerequisites are the same as those of Jumuʿah, except that the two sermons are not required.
It is recommended1 to perform them in the open.
Offering any voluntary prayer2 before them or after them—until one has left the prayer ground—is disliked.
Their time corresponds to that of the mid-morning (Ḍuḥā) prayer.
If the arrival of ʿEid is not known until after the sun has passed the meridian, they perform the prayer the next day as a make-up.
It is recommended for the congregation to come early, while the imam delays his arrival until the time of prayer.
When one sets out by one route, he should return by another; the same applies to Jumuʿah.
The ʿEid prayer consists of two rakʿahs. In the first he pronounces six extra takbīrs after the opening takbīr and before seeking refuge, and in the second five extra takbīrs before the recitation. He raises his hands with every takbīr and says between them: “Allāhu akbar kabīran, al-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīran, and subḥānallāh5 bukratan6.”