Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1722
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ شَهِدْتُ الْعِيدَ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ، يَوْمِ الْفِطْرِ وَيَوْمِ الأَضْحَى. أَمَّا يَوْمُ الْفِطْرِ، فَيَوْمُ فِطْرِكُمْ مِنْ صِيَامِكُمْ. وَيَوْمُ الأَضْحَى تَأْكُلُونَ فِيهِ مِنْ لَحْمِ نُسُكِكُمْ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sahl ibn Abi Sahl narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Ubayd, who said: I attended the Eid prayer with Umar ibn al-Khattab. He began with the prayer before the sermon and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on these two days: the day of al-Fitr and the day of al-Adha. The day of al-Fitr is the day on which you break your fast after fasting, and the day of al-Adha is a day when you eat from the meat of your sacrificial offering.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source describes the prayer as preceding the sermon and distinguishes the two feast days by what is done on each.