402 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the ʿEid prayer without adhān or iqāma.” Recorded by Abū Dāwūd, and its original wording is in al-Bukhārī (1).

Authenticity of the hadith
The hadith is sound. The same meaning occurs in al-Bukhārī (960) and Muslim (886) on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the two ʿEids and then delivered the sermon without adhān or iqāma.” Muslim (887) also narrated from Jābir ibn Samurah: “I prayed the ʿEid with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) more than once or twice, without adhān or iqāma.”

Points derived from the hadith
1 – It is disliked to pronounce either the adhān or the iqāma for the two ʿEid prayers, the reason being that such a practice has not been transmitted; whatever has not been transmitted is not legislated.
2 – Al-Nawawī said: “The adhān and the iqāma are not legislated for anything other than the five obligatory prayers,” a view shared by the vast majority of scholars, early and late. Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn said: “No call is made for ʿEid or for the rain-seeking prayer.” In Sharḥ al-Zād he wrote: “The adhān and the iqāma are a communal obligation for the five prescribed prayers, and Friday is one of the five. They are not a condition for the validity of the prayer; consequently, the prayer remains valid without them.” The commentator added: “We know of no disagreement on this point.”