10. Before proceeding to the Muṣallā, it is recommended for one to break their fast by eating an odd number of dates. It comes from the ḥadīth of Anas raḍhiyall
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11. The Sunnah is to proceed to the Muṣallā via one route and to return via a different route. It was narrated from Jābir raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu who said: “On the day of ‘Eid, the Prophet ﷺ used to vary his route.”[ Bukhari]
12. You should greet fellow Muslims with a cheerful face and share meals with the righteous amongst them
’Abdullāh ibn ’Amr narrated that a man once asked the Prophet ﷺ, “What aspect of Islām is best?” He ﷺ said: “You should provide food and greet those you know and those you do not.” [Bukhāri & Muslim]
🔺Note: This ettiquette is not something specific to ’Eid, rather it's been highlight here due to fact that (1) a person will encounter many Muslims and (2) this is a means of spreading love and building brotherhood on this joyous occasion.
13. ’Eid Ṣalāh begins 15 minutes approximately after sunrise, and ends at Zawāl (when the sun reaches its zenith), which is approximately 15 minutes before the start of Dhuhr. The earlier the better, however, the organisers should take the people's interest into consideration as long as it doesn't oppose the Sunnah. The Prophet ﷺ used to hasten ’Ishā' if the congregation was ready, otherwise he would delay it until they had gathered; as reported by Bukhāri & Muslim on the authority of ḥadīth of Jābir.
14. Muslim should attend the Muṣllā before the Imām and sit in rows ready for the Imām to come and lead them in Ṣalāh. While waiting they should continue saying the Takbīr out loud.
15. If someone abandons the ’Eid prayer or delays it beyond its specified time deliberately, they are sinful.
16. If someone unintentionally sleeps passed Fajr and wakes up at the time of ’Eid Ṣalāh, they must offer Fajr first, because the time of Fajr for the one who misses it unintentionally due to sleep is when they wake up. After that, they observe the ’Eid Ṣalāh.
17. If someone enters the day fasting and then after Dhuhr they realise it's ’Eid, they must break their fast and delay ’Eid Salāh until the following morning. This is proven by the ḥadīth Abī 'Umayr raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu, that: “A group of riders came to the Prophet ﷺ claiming to have seen the new moon the evening before, so the Prophet ﷺ said: “O Bilal, order the people to break their fast, and upon waking up the following morning to go out to their Muṣallā, so break the fast and stand the following day in Ṣalāh, and it is not prayed after midday(zawāl).” [Abū Dāwūd]
18. If 'Eid falls on a Jumu'ah a person must offer 'Eid Ṣalāh, as for Jumu'ah, then it is not obligatory; he is allowed to pray Dhuhr if he wishes. But it is incumbent that the Imam establishes Jumu'ah. attending Jumu'ah is closer to the Sunnah to attend as the Prophet ﷺ verily we combine, so whomever wills from you, for him is to combine, and if he wills he doesn't.
Al-Bukhāri reported in his Ṣaḥīḥ on the authority of ’Uthmān ibn 'Affān that he admonished the saying, verily this is a day in which two ’Eids have been combined, so whomever wants to stay for both they can do so and whoever prefers to return to his family then it has been permitted for him to do so.
19. ’Eid is a day of eating, drinking and remembering Allāh. It is also a day in which Muslims are given greater freedom to enjoy themselves within the limits of the Sharī‘ah.
’Ā'ishah raḍhiyallāhu ’anhā said: “Allāh's Messenger (ﷺ) came to my house while two girls were singing beside me the songs of Bu’āth (a story about the war between the two tribes of the Anṣār, the Khazraj and the Aus, before Islām). The Prophet (ﷺ) lay down and turned his face to the other side.