" With regard to the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) did not offer any prayer before or after the Eid
prayer, that is because when he arrived the prayer started.
Thus it is proven that we should pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid (two rak'ahs
to "greet the mosque") when arriving at the Eid prayer-place, as in
the case of all mosques, because if we assume from the hadeeth that
there is no Tahiyyat al-Masjid for the Eid mosque, then we should say
that there is no Tahiyyat al-Masjid for the Jumu'ah mosque either,
because when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) arrived at the Jumu'ah mosque he would deliver the khutbah,
then pray two rak'ahs then leave and pray the regular Sunnahs of
Jumu'ah in his house, so he did not offer any prayer before it or
after it (in the mosque).
What seems more likely to be correct in my view isthat we should pray
two rak'ahs in the Eid prayer-place to greet the mosque, but we should
not denounce one another with regard to this issue, because it is a
matter concerning which the scholars differ. We should not denounce
others with regard to matters where the scholars differ, unless there
is a clear text. So weshould not denounce the one who prays (Tahiyyat
al-Masjid) or the one who sits down without praying.
8 – One of the rulings on the day of Eid – Eid al-Fitr – is that
Zakaat al-Fitr is due on this day. The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) enjoined that itshould be paid before the Eid
prayer. It is permissible to pay it one or two days before that,
because of the hadeeth ofIbn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him)
which was narrated by al-Bukhaari: "They used togive it one or two
days before (Eid) al-Fitr." If it is paid after the Eid prayer, it
does not count as Sadaqat al-Fitr, because ofthe hadeeth of Ibn
'Abbaas: "Whoever pays itbefore the prayer, it is Zakaat al-Fitr, and
whoever pays it after the prayer, it is ordinary charity." It is
haraam to delay Zakaat al-Fitr until after the Eid prayer. If
onedelays it with no excuse then it is not acceptable zakaah, but if
there is an excuse – such as if a person is traveling and does not
have anything togive or anyone to give it to, or he is expecting his
family to pay it and they are expecting him to pay it, then in this
case he should pay it when it is easy for him to do so, even if that
is after the prayer, and there is no sinon him because he has an
excuse.
9 – People should greet one another, but that results in haraam
actions on the part of many people, such as men entering houses and
shaking hands with unveiled women without any mahram being present.
Some of these evils are worse than others.
We see some people denouncing those who refuse to shake hands with
those who are not their mahrams, but it is they who are the
wrongdoers, not he. But he should explain to themand tell them to ask
trustworthy scholars to verify his actions and he should tell them not
to get angry and insist on following the customs of his forefathers,
because they do not make a permissible thing forbidden or a forbidden
thing permissible. He should explain to them that if they do that,
they will be like those of whom Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
"And similarly, We sent not a warner before you (O Muhammad) to any
town (people) but the luxurious ones among them said: "We found our
fathers following a certainway and religion, and we will indeed follow
their footsteps"
[al-Zukhruf 43:23]
Some people have the custom of going out to the graveyard on the day
of Eid to greet the occupants of the graves, but the occupants of the
graves have no need of any greeting or congratulations, because they
do not fast or pray qiyaam.
Visiting the graves is not something to be done especially on the day
of Eid or Friday or any particular day. It was proven that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) visited the graves at
night, as mentioned in thehadeeth of 'Aa'ishah narrated by Muslim. And
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Visit
the graves for they will remind you of the Hereafter."
Visiting graves is an act of worship, and acts of worship are not
acceptable unless they arein accordance with sharee'ah. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not single out the day
of Eid for visiting the graves, so we should not do so either.
10 – There is nothing wrong with what men do on the day of Eid of
embracing one another.
11 – It is prescribed for the one who goes out to the Eid prayer to go
by one route and return by another, following the example of the
Messengerof Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). This
Sunnah does not apply to other prayers, Jumu'ah or anything else, it
only applies to Eid.
Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen,
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