Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abu Nuaym narrated to us, from Israil, from Abu Ishaq, from Amir, from Qays ibn Sad, who said: There was nothing that happened during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that I did not see, except for one thing: the Messenger of Allah had taqlis performed for him on Eid al-Fitr.\n\nAbu al-Hasan ibn Salamah al-Qattan said: Ibn Duzeil narrated to us; Adam narrated to us; Shayban narrated to us, from Jabir, from Amir. Another chain: Ibrahim ibn Nasr narrated to us; Israil narrated to us, from Jabir, from Amir. Another chain: Ibrahim ibn Nasr narrated to us; Abu Nuaym narrated to us; Sharik narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Amir, similarly.

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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us. Another chain: Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us. They both said: al-Awzai narrated to us; Nafi informed me, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to go to the prayer ground on Eid day in the morning, with an anazah carried in front of him. When he reached the prayer ground, it was planted before him, and he prayed facing it. This was because the prayer ground was an open space with nothing to use as a screen.

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Suwayd ibn Saeed narrated to us; Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Ubaydullah, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed on Eid or another day, a spear was set up before him, and he prayed facing it, with the people behind him. Nafi said: From this practice the rulers adopted it.

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Harun ibn Saeed al-Ayli narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Sulayman ibn Bilal informed me, from Yahya ibn Saeed, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Eid prayer at the prayer ground, using a spear as a screen.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Hafsah bint Sirin, from Umm Atiyyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to take them out on the day of breaking the fast and the day of sacrifice. Umm Atiyyah said: We asked, ‘What if one of them has no outer garment?’ He replied, ‘Let her sister lend her one of her own outer garments.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan informed us, from Ayyub, from Ibn Sirin, from Umm Atiyyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Bring out the young women and those who remain in seclusion, so that they may attend the Eid and the Muslims’ supplication. Let the menstruating women avoid the prayer ground.’

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Abdullah ibn Saeed narrated to us; Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us; Hajjaj ibn Artah narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abis, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take his daughters and wives out on the two Eids.

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Abu Ahmad narrated to us; Israil narrated to us, from Uthman ibn al-Mughirah, from Iyas ibn Abi Ramlah al-Shami, who said: I heard a man ask Zayd ibn Arqam, ‘Did you witness two Eids on one day with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ The man asked, ‘What did he do?’ He replied, ‘He prayed the Eid prayer, then granted a concession regarding Friday prayer, and then said: Whoever wishes to pray, let him pray.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Masaffa al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us; Mughirah al-Dabbi narrated to me, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Rufi, from Abu Salih, from Ibn Abbas, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Two Eids have come together on this day of yours. Whoever wishes, it will suffice him in place of Friday prayer; and we shall hold Friday prayer, if Allah wills.

Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Yazid ibn Abd Rabbih narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Mughirah al-Dabbi, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Rufi, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), similarly.

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Jabbarah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us; Mindal ibn Ali narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: Two Eids coincided during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He led the people in prayer, then said: ‘Whoever wishes to come to Friday prayer, let him come; and whoever wishes to stay behind, let him stay behind.’

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Al-Abbas ibn Uthman al-Dimashqi narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Isa ibn Abd al-Ala ibn Abi Farwah narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Yahya Ubaydullah al-Taymi narrating from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Rain fell on the people on an Eid day during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he led them in prayer in the mosque.

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Abd al-Quddus ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Nail ibn Najih narrated to us; Ismail ibn Ziyad narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ata, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade bearing arms in Muslim lands on the two Eids unless the enemy was present.

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Jabbarah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us; Hajjaj ibn Tamim narrated to us, from Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to bathe on the day of Eid al-Fitr and the day of Eid al-Adha.

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Yusuf ibn Khalid narrated to us; Abu Ja‘far al-Khatmi narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Uqbah ibn al-Fakih ibn Sad, from his grandfather al-Fakih ibn Sad—who was a Companion—that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to bathe on the day of Eid al-Fitr, the day of sacrifice, and the day of Arafah. Al-Fakih used to instruct his family to bathe on these days.

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Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Dahhak narrated to us; Ismail ibn Ayyash narrated to us; Safwan ibn Amr narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Khumayr, from Abdullah ibn Busr, that he went out with the people on the day of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha. He objected to the delay of the imam and said: We would already have finished by this hour, and that was the time of tasbih.

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Ahmad ibn Abdah narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd informed us, from Anas ibn Sirin, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray at night two by two.

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Muhammad ibn Rumh narrated to us; al-Layth ibn Sad informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The night prayer is two by two.

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Sahl ibn Abi Sahl narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father; and from Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn Umar; and from Ibn Abi Labid, from Abu Salamah, from Ibn Umar; and from Amr ibn Dinar, from Tawus, from Ibn Umar. He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the night prayer and said: Pray two by two. When one fears dawn, let him pray witr with one rakah.

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Sufyan ibn Waki narrated to us; Aththam ibn Ali narrated to us, from al-Aamash, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Saeed ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray at night two rakahs at a time.

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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki narrated to us. Another chain: Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Abu Bakr ibn Khallad both narrated to us; they said Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us, and they said Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Yala ibn Ata, who heard Ali al-Azdi narrating that he heard Ibn Umar narrate from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: The prayer at night and during the day is two by two.