and aṣīlan, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad the Prophet1, his family, and grant them abundant peace.2 He then seeks refuge, recites the Opening Chapter (al-Fātiḥah) aloud, and in the first rakʿah recites “Glorify the Name of your Lord Most High” (Sūrah al-Aʿlā), while in the second he recites “Has there come to you the Overwhelming Event?” (Sūrah al-Ghāshiyah).

When he concludes with salām he delivers two sermons; their rulings are the same as those of the Friday sermon, except that it is recommended that he open the first with nine takbīrs and the second with seven.

If the ʿEid prayer is offered exactly like any voluntary two-rakʿah prayer it is still valid, for the additional takbīrs, the invocations between them, and the two sermons are all sunnah.

It is recommended for anyone who missed the prayer to make it up, even after the sun has passed its zenith.

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Unrestricted takbīr, pronounced aloud, is recommended on the two nights of ʿEid, continuing until the sermon is finished, and throughout all ten days of Dhu’l-Ḥijjah.

The restricted takbīr for ʿEid al-Aḍḥā is said after every obligatory prayer performed in congregation,3 beginning with the dawn prayer on the Day4 of ʿArafah and ending with the ʿAsr prayer on the last of the Days of Tashrīq—except for the pilgrim in a state of iḥrām, who begins from the Zuhr prayer on the Day of Sacrifice. The imam pronounces the takbīr while facing the people.

Its paired formula is: “Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, lā ilāha illā Allāh; Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, wa lil-lāhi al-ḥamd.”