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theOriginal
12/07/02 at 10:54:27
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Is Salat-ul-Eid fardh?  (Women and men alike)....

(Someone told me yesterday that isn't fardh for either women OR men.)

SF.
Re: Salat-ul-Eid
bhaloo
12/07/02 at 13:56:24
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i didn't think it was fardh.  i just checked islam-qa.com and here's what they said:

Question:


Are the Eid prayers on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha obligatory or Sunnah? What is the sin of the one who does not pray them?.

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.  

The Eid prayers on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are fard kifaayah (a communal obligation); some scholars said that they are fard ‘ayn (an individual obligation) like Jumu’ah prayer, so the believer should not neglect them.

And Allaah is the Source of strength.


Re: Salat-ul-Eid
Tesseract
12/07/02 at 20:03:44

Assalamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullah,

       Found this on a website. Gives the opinion of different madhahib and Sheikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymeeyah's view as well:

Ruling on the Eid prayers

Some of the scholars say that Eid prayers are waajib (obligatory) – this is the view of the Hanafi scholars and of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him). They say that the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) always prayed the Eid prayer and never omitted to do it, not even once. They take as evidence the aayah (interpretation of the meaning), “Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only)” [al-Kawthar 108:2], i.e., the Eid prayer and the sacrifice after it, which is an instruction, and the fact that the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) ordered that the women should be brought out to attend the Eid prayers, and that a woman who did not have a jilbaab should borrow one from her sister. Some scholars say that Eid prayer is fard kifaaya. This is the view of the Hanbalis. A third group say that Eid prayer is sunnah mu’akkadah. This is the view of the Maalikis and Shaafa’is. They take as evidence the hadeeth of the Bedouin which says that Allaah has not imposed any prayers on His slaves other than the five daily prayers. So the Muslim should be keen to attend Eid prayers, especially since the opinion that it is waajib is based on strong evidence. The goodness, blessings and great reward one gets from attending Eid prayers, and the fact that one is following the example of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) by doing so, should be sufficient motivation.

Wassalam.




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