and they are even clearer and more explicit in that regard. As for the Bedouin ḥadith, it contains nothing to suggest that the Eid prayers are not obligatory. The Bedouin’s question to the Prophet ﷺ—and the Prophet’s reply—concerned only those obligatory prayers that recur every day and night. It therefore does not exclude occasional prayers prescribed for a particular reason, such as the two Eid prayers, which are acts of gratitude to Allah for His successive favors: fasting and standing in Ramadan, slaughtering the sacrificial animals, and performing the rites of pilgrimage.