Whoever enters a mosque while the imam is delivering the sermon should perform the greeting-of-the-mosque prayer briefly and then sit.

Speaking is prohibited while the imam is preaching, except for him or for the person he addresses for a valid need; talking is permissible before and after the sermon.

Section
On the Two ʿEid Prayers

The two ʿEid prayers constitute a communal obligation; if the inhabitants of a town neglect them, the ruler is entitled to fight them.

Their time mirrors that of the ḍuḥā prayer: from when the sun has risen roughly a spear’s length above the horizon until shortly before noon.

It is recommended to perform the prayer in a nearby open plain. The ʿEid al-Adḥā prayer should be offered early, whereas the ʿEid al-Fiṭr prayer is delayed; likewise, the person intending to sacrifice on ʿEid al-Adḥā should refrain from eating until after the prayer, while on ʿEid al-Fiṭr he eats beforehand.

It is disliked to hold the prayer inside a congregational mosque without a valid excuse.

One should go out to it in the best appearance: the worshippers depart early on foot, while the imam delays his arrival until the time of prayer.

Among its conditions are residence in the locality and the same minimum number required for the Friday prayer.

He returns by a different route. Before the sermon he prays two rakʿahs: in the first, after the opening supplication and before seeking refuge and recitation, he pronounces six extra takbīrs; in the second, before the recitation, five, raising his hands with each takbīr.

Between each pair of takbīrs he says:

“Allāhu akbar kabīran, al-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīran, subḥāna llāhi bukratan wa-aṣīlan; and may Allah bless Muḥammad the Prophet and his family and grant them peace in abundance.”

If he prefers, he may say something else. After al-Fātiḥah he recites in the first rakʿah Sūrat al-Aʿlā (“Sabbih”) and in the second Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah. When he concludes with salām, he delivers two sermons like those of Friday,