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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and `Umar! used to offer the two `Id prayers before delivering the Khutba.

The Prophet (ﷺ) offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it.
Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started
giving their earrings and necklaces (in charity).

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then
return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition),
and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he presented to his
family and would not be considered as Nusuk.” A person from the Ansar named Abu Burda bin
Niyyar said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer) but I have a young shegoat
which is better than an older sheep.” The Prophet (ﷺ) I said, “Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will
be not sufficient (as a sacrifice) for anybody else after you.”

I was with Ibn `Umar when a spear head pierced the sole of his foot and his foot stuck to the paddle
of the saddle and I got down and pulled his foot out, and that happened in Mina. Al-Hajjaj got the
news and came to inquire about his health and said, “Alas! If we could only know the man who
wounded you!” Ibn `Umar said, “You are the one who wounded me.” Al-Hajjaj said, “How is that?”
Ibn `Umar said, “You have allowed the arms to be carried on a day on which nobody used to carry
them and you allowed arms to be carried in the Haram even though it was not allowed before.”

Al-Hajjaj went to Ibn `Umar while I was present there. Al-Hajjaj asked Ibn `Umar, “How are you?”
Ibn `Umar replied, “I am all right,” Al-Hajjaj asked, “Who wounded you?” Ibn `Umar replied, “The
person who allowed arms to be carried on the day on which it was forbidden to carry them (he meant
Al-Hajjaj).”

The Prophet (ﷺ) delivered the Khutba on the day of Nahr (`Id-ul-Adha) and said, “The first thing we
should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who
does so he acted according to our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered before the prayer then it was just
meat that he offered to his family and would not be considered as a sacrifice in any way. My uncle
Abu Burda bin Niyyar got up and said, “O, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I slaughtered the sacrifice before the
prayer but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Slaughter
it in lieu of the first and such a goat will not be considered as a sacrifice for anybody else after you.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten
days of Dhul Hijja).” Then some companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Not even Jihad?” He replied, “Not
even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah’s
sake) and does not return with any of those things.”

While we were going from Mina to `Arafat, I asked Anas bin Malik, about Talbiya, “How did you use
to say Talbiya in the company of the Prophet?” Anas said: “People used to say Talbiya and their
saying was not objected to and they used to say Takbir and that was not objected to either. ”

We used to be ordered to come out on the Day of `Id and even bring out the virgin girls from their
houses and menstruating women so that they might stand behind the men and say Takbir along with
them and invoke Allah along with them and hope for the blessings of that day and for purification
from sins.

On the day of `Id-ul-Fitr and `Id-ul-Adha a spear used to be planted in front of the Prophet (as a Sutra for the prayer) and then he would pray.