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9 July 2022 • 2.3K views
The 'Eid prayer is offered before the 'Eid Khutbah due to the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar would all offer 'Eid Salah before the Khutbah.
[Reported by Al-Bukhari (963) and Muslim (888)]
And his saying: (before the Khutbah) indicates that it was a single Khutbah.
This has also come from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him; reported by Al-Bukhari (962) and Muslim (884), and the hadith of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him; reported by Al-Bukhari (958) and Muslim (885).
And had he ﷺ delivered two Khutbahs that would have been transmitted to us.
As for the inference that he ﷺ delivered a Khutbah to the men and then went to the women's side, then there is no mention except that he delivered one Khutbah to the men, however it is allowed for the one to approach the women's area to admonish them as the Prophet ﷺ did.