Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 13

`Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Take it and adorn yourself with it during the `Id and when the delegations visit you." Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
(p.b.u.h) replied, "This dress is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter)." After a long period
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) sent to `Umar a cloak of silk brocade. `Umar came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
(p.b.u.h) with the cloak and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You said that this dress was for those who had
no share (in the Hereafter); yet you have sent me this cloak." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to him, "Sell it and
fulfill your needs by it."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Buath
(a story about the war between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Khazraj and the Aus, before Islam).
The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) lay down and turned his face to the other side. Then Abu Bakr came and spoke
to me harshly saying, "Musical instruments of Satan near the Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) ?" Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
(p.b.u.h) turned his face towards him and said, "Leave them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I
signaled to those girls to go out and they left. It was the day of `Id, and the Black people were playing
with shields and spears; so either I requested the Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) or he asked me whether I would
like to see the display. I replied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) made me stand behind
him and my cheek was touching his cheek and he was saying, "Carry on! O Bani Arfida," till I got
tired. The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) asked me, "Are you satisfied (Is that sufficient for you)?" I replied in the
affirmative and he told me to leave.

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) delivering a Khutba saying, "The first thing to be done on this day (first
day of `Id ul Adha) is to pray; and after returning from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the
name of Allah) and whoever does so, he acted according to our Sunna (traditions)."

Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the
Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, "Musical
instruments of Satan in the house of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) !" It happened on the `Id day and Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
said, "O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) never proceeded (for the prayer) on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some
dates. Anas also narrated: The Prophet (PbUH) used to eat odd number of dates.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whoever slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the `Id prayer, should slaughter again."
A man stood up and said, "This is the day on which one has desire for meat," and he mentioned
something about his neighbors. It seemed that the Prophet (PbUH) I believed him. Then the same man added,
"I have a young she-goat which is dearer to me than the meat of two sheep." The Prophet (PbUH) permitted
him to slaughter it as a sacrifice. I do not know whether that permission was valid only for him or for
others as well.

The Prophet (PbUH) delivered the Khutba after offering the prayer on the Day of Nahr and said, "Whoever
offers the prayer like us and slaughters like us then his Nusuk (sacrifice) will be accepted by Allah.
And whoever slaughters his sacrifice before the `Id prayer then he has not done the sacrifice." Abi
Burda bin Niyar, the uncle of Al-Bara' said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I have slaughtered my sheep before
the `Id prayer and I thought today as a day of eating and drinking (not alcoholic drinks), and I liked
that my sheep should be the first to be slaughtered in my house. So slaughtered my sheep and took my
food before coming for the prayer." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The sheep which you have slaughtered is just
mutton (not a Nusuk)." He (Abu Burda) said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I have a young she-goat which is
dearer to me than two sheep. Will that be sufficient as a Nusuk on my behalf? "The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h)
said, "Yes, it will be sufficient for you but it will not be sufficient (as a Nusuk) for anyone else after
you."

The Prophet (PbUH) used to proceed to the Musalla on the days of Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha; the first thing to
begin with was the prayer and after that he would stand in front of the people and the people would
keep sitting in their rows. Then he would preach to them, advise them and give them orders, (i.e.
Khutba). And after that if he wished to send an army for an expedition, he would do so; or if he
wanted to give and order, he would do so, and then depart. The people followed this tradition till I
went out with Marwan, the Governor of Medina, for the prayer of Id-ul-Adha or Id-ul-Fitr.
When we reached the Musalla, there was a pulpit made by Kathir bin As-Salt. Marwan wanted to get
up on that pulpit before the prayer. I got hold of his clothes but he pulled them and ascended the pulpit
and delivered the Khutba before the prayer. I said to him, "By Allah, you have changed (the Prophet's
tradition)." He replied, "O Abu Sa`id! Gone is that which you know." I said, "By Allah! What I know
is better than what I do not know." Marwan said, "People do not sit to listen to our Khutba after the
prayer, so I delivered the Khutba before the prayer."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to offer the prayer of `Id-ul-Adha and `Id-ul-Fitr and then deliver the Khutba
after the prayer.

`Ata' said, "Jabir bin `Abdullah said, 'The Prophet (PbUH) went out on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr and offered the
prayer before delivering the Khutba, Ata told me that during the early days of Ibn Az-Zubair, Ibn
`Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the Adhan for the `Id Prayer was never pronounced
(in the life time of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)) and the Khutba used to be delivered after the prayer. Ata told me
that Ibn `Abbas and Jabir bin `Abdullah, had said, "There was no Adhan for the prayer of `Id-ul-Fitr
and `Id-ul-Aqha." `Ata' said, "I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, 'The Prophet (PbUH) stood up and started
with the prayer, and after it he delivered the Khutba. When the Prophet (PbUH) of Allah (p.b.u.h) finished (the
Khutba), he went to the women and preached to them, while he was leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was
spreading his garment and the ladies were putting alms in it.' " I said to Ata, "Do you think it
incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and preach to them after finishing the prayer and
Khutba?" `Ata' said, "No doubt it is incumbent on Imams to do so, and why should they not do so?"

I offered the `Id prayer with Allah's Messenger (PbUH), Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman and all of them offered
the prayer before delivering the Khutba.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH), Abu Bakr and `Umar! used to offer the two `Id prayers before delivering the Khutba.

The Prophet (PbUH) offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it.
Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started
giving their earrings and necklaces (in charity).

The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) said, "The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then
return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition),
and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he presented to his
family and would not be considered as Nusuk." A person from the Ansar named Abu Burda bin
Niyyar said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer) but I have a young shegoat
which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet (PbUH) I said, "Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will
be not sufficient (as a sacrifice) for anybody else after you."

I was with Ibn `Umar when a spear head pierced the sole of his foot and his foot stuck to the paddle
of the saddle and I got down and pulled his foot out, and that happened in Mina. Al-Hajjaj got the
news and came to inquire about his health and said, "Alas! If we could only know the man who
wounded you!" Ibn `Umar said, "You are the one who wounded me." Al-Hajjaj said, "How is that?"
Ibn `Umar said, "You have allowed the arms to be carried on a day on which nobody used to carry
them and you allowed arms to be carried in the Haram even though it was not allowed before."

Al-Hajjaj went to Ibn `Umar while I was present there. Al-Hajjaj asked Ibn `Umar, "How are you?"
Ibn `Umar replied, "I am all right," Al-Hajjaj asked, "Who wounded you?" Ibn `Umar replied, "The
person who allowed arms to be carried on the day on which it was forbidden to carry them (he meant
Al-Hajjaj)."

The Prophet (PbUH) delivered the Khutba on the day of Nahr (`Id-ul-Adha) and said, "The first thing we
should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who
does so he acted according to our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered before the prayer then it was just
meat that he offered to his family and would not be considered as a sacrifice in any way. My uncle
Abu Burda bin Niyyar got up and said, "O, Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I slaughtered the sacrifice before the
prayer but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Slaughter
it in lieu of the first and such a goat will not be considered as a sacrifice for anybody else after you."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten
days of Dhul Hijja)." Then some companions of the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Not even Jihad?" He replied, "Not
even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah's
sake) and does not return with any of those things."

While we were going from Mina to `Arafat, I asked Anas bin Malik, about Talbiya, "How did you use
to say Talbiya in the company of the Prophet?" Anas said: "People used to say Talbiya and their
saying was not objected to and they used to say Takbir and that was not objected to either. "

We used to be ordered to come out on the Day of `Id and even bring out the virgin girls from their
houses and menstruating women so that they might stand behind the men and say Takbir along with
them and invoke Allah along with them and hope for the blessings of that day and for purification
from sins.

the Prophet (PbUH) I (as a Sutra for the prayer) and then he would pray.

The Prophet (PbUH) used to proceed to the Musalla and an 'Anaza used to be carried before him and planted
in the Musalla in front of him and he would pray facing it (as a Sutra).

Um 'Atiyya said: "Our Prophet ordered us to come out (on `Id day) with the mature girls and the
virgins staying in seclusion." Hafsa narrated the above mentioned Hadith and added, "The mature girls
or virgins staying in seclusion but the menstruating women had to keep away from the Musalla."

I (in my boyhood) went out with the Prophet (PbUH) on the day of `Id ul Fitr or Id-ul-Adha. The Prophet (PbUH)
prayed and then delivered the Khutba and then went towards the women, preached and advised them
and ordered them to give alms.

The Prophet (PbUH) went towards Al-Baqi (the graveyard at Medina) on the day of Id-ul-Adha and offered a
two-rak`at prayer (of `Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us and said, "On this day of ours, our first act of
worship is the offering of prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and whoever does
this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before that (i.e. before the prayer)
then that was a thing which he prepared earlier for his family and it would not be considered as a
Nusuk (sacrifice.)" A man stood up and said, "O, Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I slaughtered (the animal before the
prayer) but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) said to
him, "Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice will not be sufficient for anybody else after you."

Ibn `Abbas was asked whether he had joined the Prophet (PbUH) in the `Id prayer. He said, "Yes. And I could
not have joined him had I not been young. (The Prophet (PbUH) came out) till he reached the mark which was
near the house of Kathir bin As-Salt, offered the prayer, delivered the Khutba and then went towards
the women. Bilal was accompanying him. He preached to them and advised them and ordered them to
give alms. I saw the women putting their ornaments with their outstretched hands into Bilal's garment.
Then the Prophet (PbUH) along with Bilal returned home.

`Ata' told me that he had heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The Prophet (PbUH) stood up to offer the prayer of the `Id ul Fitr. He first offered the prayer and then delivered the Khutba. After finishing it he got down (from the pulpit) and went towards the women and advised them while he was leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was spreading out his garment where the women were putting their alms." I asked `Ata' whether it was the Zakat of `Id ul Fitr. He said, "No, it was just alms given at that time. Some lady put her finger ring and the others would do the same." I said, (to `Ata'), "Do you think that it is incumbent upon the Imam to give advice to the women (on `Id day)?" He said, "No doubt, it is incumbent upon the Imams to do so and why should they not do so?"

'O Prophet! When the believing women come to you to take the oath of fealty to you . . . (to the end of the verse) (60.12).' After finishing the recitation he said, "O ladies! Are you fulfilling your covenant?" None except one woman said, "Yes." Hasan did not know who was that woman. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Then give alms." Bilal spread his garment and said, "Keep on giving alms. Let my father and mother sacrifice their lives for you (ladies)." So the ladies kept on putting their Fatkhs (big rings) and other kinds of rings in Bilal's garment." `Abdur-Razaq said, " 'Fatkhs' is a big ring which used to be worn in the (Pre-Islamic) period of ignorance.

Hafsa bint Seereen said, "On Id we used to forbid our girls to go out for `Id prayer. A lady came and
stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and I went to her. She said, 'The husband of my sister took part in
twelve holy battles along with the Prophet (PbUH) and my sister was with her husband in six of them. My
sister said that they used to nurse the sick and treat the wounded. Once she asked, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
If a woman has no veil, is there any harm if she does not come out (on `Id day)?' The Prophet (PbUH) said,
'Her companion should let her share her veil with her, and the women should participate in the good
deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers.' " Hafsa added, "When Um-`Atiya came, I went
to her and asked her, 'Did you hear anything about so-and-so?' Um-`Atiya said, 'Yes, let my father be
sacrificed for the Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h). (And whenever she mentioned the name of the Prophet (PbUH) she always
used to say, 'Let my father be' sacrificed for him). He said, 'Virgin mature girls staying often screened
(or said, 'Mature girls and virgins staying often screened--Aiyub is not sure as which was right) and
menstruating women should come out (on the `Id day). But the menstruating women should keep
away from the Musalla. And all the women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious
gatherings of the believers'." Hafsa said, "On that I said to Um-`Atiya, 'Also those who are
menstruating?' " Um-`Atiya replied, "Yes. Do they not present themselves at `Arafat and elsewhere?".

We were ordered to go out (for `Id) and also to take along with us the menstruating women, mature
girls and virgins staying in seclusion. (Ibn `Aun said, "Or mature virgins staying in seclusion)." The
menstruating women could present themselves at the religious gathering and invocation of Muslims
but should keep away from their Musalla.

The Prophet (PbUH) (p.b.u.h) used to Nahr or slaughter sacrifices at the Musalla (on `Id-ul-Adha).

On the day of Nahr Allah's Messenger (PbUH) delivered the Khutba after the `Id prayer and said, "Anyone who
prayed like us and slaughtered the sacrifice like we did then he acted according to our (Nusuk)
tradition of sacrificing, and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, then that was just
mutton (i.e. not sacrifice)." Abu Burda bin Naiyar stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! By Allah, I
slaughtered my sacrifice before I offered the (Id) prayer and thought that today was the day of eating
and drinking (nonalcoholic drinks) and so I made haste (in slaughtering) and ate and also fed my
family and neighbors." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "That was just mutton (not a sacrifice)." Then Abu Burda
said, "I have a young she-goat and no doubt, it is better than two sheep. Will that be sufficient as a
sacrifice for me?" The Prophet (PbUH) replied, "Yes. But it will not be sufficient for anyone else (as a
sacrifice), after you."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) offered the prayer on the day of Nahr and then delivered the Khutba and ordered that
whoever had slaughtered his sacrifice before the prayer should repeat it, that is, should slaughter
another sacrifice. Then a person from the Ansar stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! because of my
neighbors (he described them as being very needy or poor) I slaughtered before the prayer. I have a
young she-goat which, in my opinion, is better than two sheep." The Prophet (PbUH) gave him the permission
for slaughtering it as a sacrifice.

On the day of Nahr the Prophet (PbUH) offered the prayer and delivered the Khutba and then slaughtered the
sacrifice and said, "Anybody who slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer should slaughter
another animal in lieu of it, and the one who has not yet slaughtered should slaughter the sacrifice
mentioning Allah's name on it."

On the Day of `Id the Prophet (PbUH) used to return (after offering the `Id prayer) through a way different
from that by which he went.

On the days of Mina, (11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) Abu Bakr came to her while two young
girls were beating the tambourine and the Prophet (PbUH) was lying covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr
scolded them and the Prophet (PbUH) uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, "Leave them, for these days
are the days of `Id and the days of Mina." `Aisha further said, "Once the Prophet (PbUH) was screening me
and I was watching the display of black slaves in the Mosque and (`Umar) scolded them. The Prophet (PbUH)
said, 'Leave them. O Bani Arfida! (carry on), you are safe (protected)'."

The Prophet (PbUH) went out and offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of `Id ul Fitr and did not offer any
other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was accompanying him.