On Eid Day
1. Takbeer of Eid
It is mustahab to recite takbeer during the night of Eid from sunset on the last day of Ramadhan until the imam comes to lead the prayer. The format of the takbeer is as follows:
Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, wa Lillaahi’l-hamd (Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, there is no god except Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, and all praise be to Allaah).
Or you can say Allaahu akbar three times, so you say:
Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, wa Lillaahi’l-hamd (Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great, there is no god except Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is Most Great , Allaah is Most Great, and all praise be to Allaah).
Both are permissible.
Men should raise their voices reciting this dhikr in the marketplaces, mosques and homes, but women should not raise their voices.
2. Don your best clothes and wear perfume (for men)
You should wear your best clothes – this is for men. With regard to women, they should also wear good, clean clothes but they should not be fancy, gaudy, too colourful when they go out to the Eid prayer-place, because the Prophet SAW said: “Let them go out looking decent” i.e., in regular clothes that are not fancy. It is haram for them to go out wearing perfume and makeup for this is tabarruj.
3. Ghusl of Eid
Some of the scholars regarded it as mustahabb to do ghusl for the Eid prayer, because it is narrated that some of the salaf did this. Doing ghusl for Eid prayer is mustahab, just as it is prescribed for Jumu’ah because one is going to meet people. So if one does ghusl, that is good.
4. Eat dates in odd numbers (or anything) before attending Eid prayer.
Narrated Anas: Allah's Messenger SAW would not go out on the day of Fitr until he ate some dates, which he ate in odd numbers. (Bukhari)
5. Even if you are menstruating, attend the congregation but stay away from actual place of prayer.
Narrated Umm 'Atiya: We were commanded to bring out on Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha the young women and the menstruating women to participate in the goodness and supplications of the Muslims. However the menstruating women would refrain from actual place of prayer. (Bukhari & Muslim)
6. Taking different routes to and from the masjid/praying place
Narrated Jabir: On an Eid day, Allah's Messenger SAW would return by a different road from the one he had taken when going for prayer. (Bukhari, Abu Dawud from Ibn Umar)
7. If Eid falls on a Friday, whoever attended the Eid prayer is not obligated to attend Jumu'ah prayer. He may pray Zuhr instead.
Fasting 6 days of Shawwal
Narrated Abu Ayub Al-Ansari: Allah's Messenger said: He who fasts Ramadhan then follows it with six of Shawwal, it will be as if he fasted a whole year (Muslim)Scholars say the best way to perform this is immediately after Eidul Fitr and consecutively for 6 days. We are not allowed to combine the niyyah of this fast with fast of qadha' or nadzr. Wallahu a'lam bissawab.
REMEMBER!
The reward for giving charity and feeding people are multiplied during Ramadhan. So give your "duit raya" during Ramadhan for this is more rewarding than the customary giving of duit raya during Shawwal where the reward is the same for any other time of the year.
7 comments:
thanks for this!
oh ya la! never thought of that duit raya during ramadhan bit.
We would normally give duit raya during the last few days of Ramadhan. Huhu. Same reason as you stated. Baru semalam dah kosongkan beg..huhuhu, and everyone has safely deposited their duit raya (puasa?) in the bank. Tak ada masalah duit banyak sangat masa raya dan bank ramai orang.
i love this entry :) i usually gives out ang pau during ramadhan too, the last 2 days that is except for sanak saudara whom we will only see them during syawal.
thanks for the reminder.
To puasa rnam tu kan, do you know the stronger opinion whether we should complete our ganti first or not?
The strongest opinion is do the 6 Shawwal first because it has time limitation whereas qadha' has no time limit (well, except death).
There's nothing to say we MUST always do the waajib first. For example, we can do umrah before hajj. And say you woke up late for Fajr therefore have to make qadha'. You can make the nafl prayer of Fajr before making the qadha'.
Another argument is what about the woman who is in nifas for the whole of Ramadhan?
She has to qadha' one month. She will not have the opportunity to make the 6 Shawwal if she has to do all the qadha' first. Are we to say she is forsaken from reaping this reward?
Tulah. And when i read ideal muslimah ada kisah sahabiyat suka ganti puasa masa shaaban. I am sure they do puasa shawal too. Allah knows best.
Thanks Aliya. May allah accept our deeds.
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