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The following acts are sunnah on the day of
Eid-ul-Adha:
1. To wake up early in the morning.
2. To clean one's teeth with a miswak or brush
3. To have a bath.
4. To put on one's best available clothes.
5. To use perfume.
6. Not to eat before the Eid prayer.
7. To recite the Takbir of Tashriq in a loud voice while going
to the Eid prayer - "ALLAH HU AKBAR - ALLAH HU AKBAR - LA
ILLALLAHA ILLALLAHU WALLAHU AKBAR - ALLAH HU AKBAR WA LILLAH
HIL HAMD". (There is no god but Allah and Allah is great. Allah
is great and to Allah belongs all praise).
How to perform Eid prayer...
The Eid prayer has two raka'at performed in
the normal way, with the only addition of six Takbirs,
three of them in the beginning of the first raka'ah, and
three of them just before ruku' in the second raka'ah.
The detailed way of performing the Eid prayer is as
follows:
The Imam will begin the prayer without
Adhan or Iqamah. He will begin the prayer by reciting
Takbir of Tahrimah (Allahu Akbar). You should raise your
hands upto the ears, and reciting the Takbir, you should
set your hands on your navel. The Imam will give a little
pause during which you should recite Tha-na'
(Subhanakallahumma...). After the completion of Thana,
the Imam will recite Takbir (Allahu Akbar) three times.
At the first two calls of Takbir you should raise your
hands upto the ears, and after reciting Takbir (Allahu
Akbar) in a low voice, should bring your hands down and
leave them earthwards. But, after the third Takbir, you
should set them on your navel as you do in the normal
prayers.
After these three Takbirs, the Imam will
recite the Holy Qur'an which you should listen calmly and
quietly. The rest of the raka 'ah will be performed in
the normal way.
After rising for the second raka'ah, the
Imam will begin the recitations from the Holy Qur'an
during which you should remain calm and quiet. When the
Imam finishes his recitation, he will recite three
Takbirs once again, but this time it will be just before
bowing down for ruku'. At each Takbir you should raise
your hands upto the ears, and after saying 'Allahu
Akbar', bring them down and leave them earthwards. After
these three takbirs have been called and completed, the
Imam will say another takbir for bowing down into the
ruku' position. At this takbir you need not raise your
hands. You just bow down for your ruku' saying, 'Allahu
Akbar'. The rest of the salah will be performed in its
usual way.
Khutbah: The Address of
Eid-ul-Adha...
In this salah of Eid, khutbah is a sunnah
and is delivered after the salah, unlike the salah of
Jumu'ah where it is fard and is delivered before the
salah. However, listening to the khutbah of Eid salah is
wajib or necessary and must be heard in perfect peace and
silence. It is a sunnah that the imam begins the first
Khutbah by reciting takbir 'Allahu Akbar' nine times and
the second Khutbah with reciting it seven
times.
Note:
The way of Eid prayer described above is
according to the Hanafi school of Muslim jurists. Some
other jurists, like Imam Shafi'i, have some other ways to
perform it. They recite Takbir twelve times before
beginning the recitations of the Holy Qur'an in both the
raka'at. This way is also permissible. If the Imam, being
of the Shafi'i school, follows this way, you can also
follow him. Both ways are based on the practice of the
Holy Prophet (SAW).
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