26 Feb 2014

- Salaah of Eid

Eid (meaning Fitr and Eid ud Duha) Salaah is Wajib but not for all. It is only Wajib for those for whom Juma is Wajib and the conditions for it are the same as those Juma except in Juma the Khutba is Wajib and for Eid it is Sunnah. 
 If the Khutba was not prayed for Juma then the Juma would not count and if it was not prayed for Eid then the Salaah would count but a bad act has been done. The other difference is that in Juma the Khuba is prayed before Salaah and in Eid it is prayed after.

If the Khutba is prayed for Eid before the Salaah then a bad act has been done but the Salaah will count and there is no need to repeat the Khutba and there is no Adhan or Iqamat for Eid Salaah, the only thing that is allowed is to say 'Assalaatul Jamia' twice [Qazi, Alamgiri, Durr-e-Mukhtar].

To miss the Eid Salaah without reason is mis-guidance and Bid'at [Bahar].

To pray the Eid Salaah in a village is Makrooh-e-Tahrimi [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].

The following points are Mustahhab on Eid days;

1. To cut your hair
2. To cut your nails
3. To bathe
4. To perform Miswaak
5. To wear good clothes, if you have new then they should be worn, otherwise washed.
6. To wear a ring (which is allowable in Shariah)
7. To wear scent
8. To pray the morning prayer in the Mosque in your area
9. To go to the Eid place (Eid Gaah) early
10. To give Sadqah-e-Fitr before the Salaah
11. To walk to the Eid Gaah.
12. To return back from a different route.
13. To eat a few dates before going to Salaah. They should be either three, five, seven etc. but an odd number. If you do not have dates then eat anything sweet before Salaah and if you do not do this then there is no sin but not to eat anything before 'Isha, then there will be dissatisfaction [Radd-ul- Mohtar etc.].
14. To show happiness
15. To give Sadqah openly
16. To go to the Eid Gaah respectfully, relaxingly and with your sight lowered.
17. To congratulate each other.
All the above points are Mustahhab.

3) You should not say the Takbeer in a loud voice on the way to the Eid Gaah.[Durr-e-Mukhtar, Radd- ul-Mohtar, Bahar].

4) There is no harm in going to the Eid Gaah on a conveyance but those who have the strength to walk then it is better to do so and there is no harm to return back on a conveyance [Johra, Alamgiri, Bahar].

5) The time of Eid Salaah starts once the Sun is at the height of a spear and the time remains until midday day. However, it is better to delay the Eid-ul-Fitr Salaah and to pray the Eid-ud-Doha early, and if the time reaches midday before performing Salaam then the Salaah will not count [Hidaya, Qazi Kahn, Durr-e-Mukhtar]. When referring to midday it means midday according to Shariah and which has been explained in the 'time' section

Method of praying Eid Salaah
The method is to make intention for Eid-ul-Fitr or Eid-ud-Doha for two Rakats Wajib and then lift your hands up to your ears and say 'Allaho Akbar' and then fold them below the navel as normal.
Now pray 'Sana' and then say Allaho Akbar and lift your hands upto your ears and release them and again lift your hands and say Allaho Akbar and release them again and then lift your hands again and say Allaho Akbar and then fold them. Meaning fold your hands after the first and fourth Takbeer and the second and third Takbeers release your hands. The best way to remember is that if there is something to pray after the Takbeer then fold your hands and where there is nothing to pray release your hands and hang them on the side.
After folding your hands after the fourth Takbeer the Imam will quietly pray ''Audhubillah' and 'Bismillah' and then he will pray 'Alhamdu' and a Surah loudly and then go into Ruku and Sajda and complete one Rakat.
Then in the second Rakat the Imam will first pray the Alhamdu and a Surah then lift your hands to your ears and say Allaho Akbar and release them and do not fold them and repeat this twice more, therefore a total of three times and on the fourth time say Allaho Akbar and without lifting your hands go into Ruku.
This therefore means that in Eid Salaah there are six extra Takbeers, three before Qirayat and after Takbeer-e-Tahrima in the first Rakat and three after Qirayat in the second Rakat and before the Takbeer for Ruku.
Also in all the extra Takbeers you must lift your hands and between two Takbeers a gap of three Tasbeehs should be made and it is Mustahhab in the Eid Salaah to pray after Alhamdu, 'Surah Juma' in the first Rakat and 'Surah Munafiqoon' in the second or in the first pray 'Sabbih Ismi' and in the second 'Hal Ataaka' [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].
After Salaah the Imam will pray two Khutbas and whatever aspects are Sunnah in the Juma Khutba they are also Sunnah in the Eid Khutba and whatever aspects are Makrooh in the Juma Khutba they are also Makrooh in the Eid Khutba. There are only two differences and they are that in Juma before the first Khutba it is Sunnah to sit down and here it is Sunnah not to sit down, and secondly it is Sunnah in this Khutba to pray Allaho Akbar nine times before the first Khutba and seven times before the second Khutba and fourteen times before standing down from the Mimbar and in the Juma Khutba it is not [Alamgiri, Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].

1) If someone joins in the first Rakat after the Imam has prayed the Takbeers then they should say all the three extra Takbeers together even if the Imam has started the Qirayat [Alamgiri, Durr-e-Mukhtar].

2) If you caught the Imam in Ruku then first of all say the Takbeer-e-Tahrimah and then if you know that you can pray the three extra Takbeers before the Imam lifts his head from the Ruku then pray the three Takbeers and then join the Imam in Ruku and if you fear that if you stayed to pray the three Takbeers the Imam would lift his head from Ruku then go straight into Ruku and without lifting your hands pray the three Takbeers quietly in Ruku and whilst you were praying the three Takbeers the Imam lifted his head from Ruku then you should also lift your head and leave the remaining Takbeers as these no longer need to be prayed [Alamgiri etc.].

3) If you joined in the second Rakat then pray the first Rakat's Takbeer when you stand to pray the missed Rakat [Alamgiri etc.].

4) If you joined in after the Imam had come back up from Ruku then do not say the Takbeers at this stage but pray them when you pray the missed Rakat [Alamgiri etc.].

5) If you joined the Salaah in the last Rakat just before the Imam performed Salaam then pray your both Rakats with Takbeers when you stand up [Alamgiri etc.]. 

The Time of Salaah of Eid and Bakr Eid and duration   
1) If due to some reason the Salaah was not prayed on Eid day (for example, there was a storm or due to cloud the moon could not be seen and a witness gave a statement after the allowed time for Salaah or due to cloud the Eid Salaah carried over to Midday without the Imam realising) then the Salaah should be prayed the next day and if it cannot be prayed the next day then the Eid-u-Fitr Salaah cannot be prayed on the third day. Also, if the Salaah is prayed on the second day, then the time is the same as for the first day and that is from when the sun has risen upto midday (according to Shariah) and if the Salaah is missed on the first day without a genuine reason then it cannot be prayed on the second day [Qazi Khan, Alamgiri, Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].

2) Eid-ud-Doha is the same in all aspects as Eid-ul-Fitr except for a few differences and that is that it is Mustahhab on Eid-ud-Doha that nothing should be eaten before the Khutba even if you are not going to perform Qurbani and if you do eat then there is no harm. Also to say the Takbeer loudly on the way to the Mosque and the Salaah for Eid-ud-Doha can be delayed unconditionally upto the twelfth (of Zil Hajj) if there was a reason, it cannot be prayed after the twelfth and to pray it after the tenth without reason is Makrooh [Qazi Khan, Alamgiri etc.].

3) If you are going to perform Qurbani then it is Mustahhab that from the first to the tenth of Zil Hajj not to cut your hair or your nails [Radd-ul-Mohtar, Bahar].

4) After Salaah of Eid to perform handshake and embracing like other days to Muslims is a good thing [Washakhal Jeed, Bahar-e-Shariah].

C205.0 What is Takbeer Tashreeq

The Takbeer Tashreeq is called from the ninth of Zil Hajj from Fajr to the thirteenth of Zil Hajj 'Asr, after every Fardh Salaah that is prayed via main Jamaat and to call it once loudly is Wajib and three times is better. The Takbeer Tashreeq is as follows 'Allaho Akbar Allaho Akbar La ilaha illallah Wallaho Akbar Allaho Akbar Walillahil Hamd' [ Tanweerul Absar, Bahar].
  
The Takbeer Tashreeq is Wajib as soon as the Salaam is performed, meaning until an act has not been performed which takes him away from Salaah such as if he broke his Wudhu deliberately or walked outside the Mosque then the Takbeer is void but if the Wudhu broke on it's own accord then you should still say the Takbeer [Radd-ul-Mohtar, Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar]. 

For Whom is Takbeer Tashreeq Wajib and when is it Wajib ?
1) Takbeer Tashreeq is Wajib upon those who live in the city or a person who has made the intention of staying in the city, whether it be a woman, a traveller or a person who resides in a village and if these people do not make the intention of staying in the city then the Takbeer is not Wajib upon them [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].

2) Takbeer Tashreeq is also Wajib after the Juma Salaah but not after Nafl or Sunnahs, however, you should also say it after Eid Salaah [Durr-e-Mukhtar].

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