“It is from the sunnah not to go out on the Day of Eid al-Fitr until one has given the charity and eaten something before going out.”

It was recorded by Ibn Abi Shaybah (2/160) and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (11/141–142).

I say: Its narrators are reliable, but al-Hajjaj practised tadlis and used an ambiguous transmission formula.

Ibn Jurayj corroborated him from Ata with the same report, except that he said:

“...until he eats; and on the Day of Sacrifice, he should not eat until he returns.”

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Awsat (2/238/1006—Majma al-Bahrayn), through Ishaq ibn Abd Allah al-Tamimi al-Udhni, who said: Ismail ibn Ulayyah narrated to us from Ibn Jurayj with it. He said: “Ishaq alone narrated it.”

I say: Ibn Hibban mentioned him in al-Thiqat (8/120), on the authority of Bilal ibn al-Ala, who narrated from him. I have not found any biographical notice for this Bilal, either in Ibn Hibban’s work or elsewhere. Thus, both he and his shaykh Ishaq are unknown. Therefore, al-Haythami’s statement, “Al-Tabarani’s chain is good,” is itself not good—especially since Ibn Jurayj used an ambiguous transmission formula.

However, it is authentically established from him that he explicitly stated direct transmission. Abd al-Razzaq (3/305/5734), and Ahmad (1/313) from him, recorded: “Ibn Jurayj informed us: Ata informed us that he heard Ibn Abbas say:

‘If any of you is able not to set out on the Day of Eid al-Fitr until he has eaten, then let him do so.’”

Ata said: “Since hearing this from Ibn Abbas, I have never failed to eat before setting out. I eat a morsel from the edge of the sarīqah, or drink milk or water.”