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On the Day of `Id the Prophet (ﷺ) used to return (after offering the `Id prayer) through a way different
from that by which he went.

On the days of Mina, (11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) Abu Bakr came to her while two young
girls were beating the tambourine and the Prophet (ﷺ) was lying covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr
scolded them and the Prophet (ﷺ) uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, “Leave them, for these days
are the days of `Id and the days of Mina.” `Aisha further said, “Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was screening me
and I was watching the display of black slaves in the Mosque and (`Umar) scolded them. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, ‘Leave them. O Bani Arfida! (carry on), you are safe (protected)’.”

On the days of Mina, (11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) Abu Bakr came to her while two young
girls were beating the tambourine and the Prophet (ﷺ) was lying covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr
scolded them and the Prophet (ﷺ) uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, “Leave them, for these days
are the days of `Id and the days of Mina.” `Aisha further said, “Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was screening me
and I was watching the display of black slaves in the Mosque and (`Umar) scolded them. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, ‘Leave them. O Bani Arfida! (carry on), you are safe (protected)’.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) went out and offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of `Id ul Fitr and did not offer any
other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was accompanying him.

Once a person asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (ﷺ) about the night prayer. Allah’s
Apostle (ﷺ) replied, “The night prayer is offered as two Rak`at followed by
two Rak`at and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn
(Fajr prayer) he should pray one Rak`ah and this will be a Witr for all
the Rak`at which he has prayed before.”

Nafi` told that `Abdullah bin
`Umar used to say Taslim between (the first) two Rak`at and (the third)
odd one in the Witr prayer, when he wanted to attend to a certain
matter (during that interval between the Rak`at).

`Ata’ said, “Jabir bin `Abdullah said, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) went out on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr and offered the
prayer before delivering the Khutba, Ata told me that during the early days of Ibn Az-Zubair, Ibn
`Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the Adhan for the `Id Prayer was never pronounced
(in the life time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)) and the Khutba used to be delivered after the prayer. Ata told me
that Ibn `Abbas and Jabir bin `Abdullah, had said, “There was no Adhan for the prayer of `Id-ul-Fitr
and `Id-ul-Aqha.” `Ata’ said, “I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and started
with the prayer, and after it he delivered the Khutba. When the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (p.b.u.h) finished (the
Khutba), he went to the women and preached to them, while he was leaning on Bilal’s hand. Bilal was
spreading his garment and the ladies were putting alms in it.’ ” I said to Ata, “Do you think it
incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and preach to them after finishing the prayer and
Khutba?” `Ata’ said, “No doubt it is incumbent on Imams to do so, and why should they not do so?”

The Prophet (ﷺ) went towards Al-Baqi (the graveyard at Medina) on the day of Id-ul-Adha and offered a
two-rak`at prayer (of `Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us and said, “On this day of ours, our first act of
worship is the offering of prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and whoever does
this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before that (i.e. before the prayer)
then that was a thing which he prepared earlier for his family and it would not be considered as a
Nusuk (sacrifice.)” A man stood up and said, “O, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I slaughtered (the animal before the
prayer) but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep.” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to
him, “Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice will not be sufficient for anybody else after you.”

`Ata’ said, “Jabir bin `Abdullah said, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) went out on the Day of `Id-ul-Fitr and offered the
prayer before delivering the Khutba, Ata told me that during the early days of Ibn Az-Zubair, Ibn
`Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the Adhan for the `Id Prayer was never pronounced
(in the life time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)) and the Khutba used to be delivered after the prayer. Ata told me
that Ibn `Abbas and Jabir bin `Abdullah, had said, “There was no Adhan for the prayer of `Id-ul-Fitr
and `Id-ul-Aqha.” `Ata’ said, “I heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and started
with the prayer, and after it he delivered the Khutba. When the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (p.b.u.h) finished (the
Khutba), he went to the women and preached to them, while he was leaning on Bilal’s hand. Bilal was
spreading his garment and the ladies were putting alms in it.’ ” I said to Ata, “Do you think it
incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and preach to them after finishing the prayer and
Khutba?” `Ata’ said, “No doubt it is incumbent on Imams to do so, and why should they not do so?”

I offered the `Id prayer with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman and all of them offered
the prayer before delivering the Khutba.