Mustahab Actions on the Day of Eid
Law: The following actions are Mustahab on the day
of Eid:
1. To clip the hair.
2. To clip the nails.
3. To perform Ghusl.
4. To perform Miswaak.
5. To wear new clothes. If one has new, he should wear
new, if not clean clothing.
6. To wear a ring.
7. To apply fragrance.
8. To perform the Namaaz of Fajr in the local Musjid.
9. To go early to the Eid Gah.
10. To discharge the Sadqa-e-Fitr before the Eid Namaaz.
11. To go to the Eid Gah by Foot.
12. To return from an alternate route.
13. To eat a few dates (Khajur) before going
for Namaaz; 3, 5 or 7, or approximately that, but they it should be an odd
number. If there are no dates available, one should eat any other sweet thing.
If one did not eat something before the Namaaz he is not sinful, but if he does
not eat anything until Esha, he shall be in contempt. [Alamgiri vol.1 pg.149/150; Durr-e-Mukhtar vol.1 pg.776]
Law: There is also no harm by going (to the Eid
Gah) on a mode of conveyance, but for the one who has the ability to go by
foot, then for him it is Afdal to go by foot, and if he returns on a mode of conveyance,
there is no objection. [Jauhira; Alamgiri vol.1 pg.149]
Law: It is Sunnat to go to the Eid Gah for Namaaz,
even if there is place in the Musjid, and there is no harm in making a Mimbar
or taking a Mimbar to the Eid Gah. [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Raddul Muhtar vol.1
pg.776/777]
14. To show ones happiness.
15. To give Sadqa (charity) in abundance.
16. To go towards the Eid Gah with composure, dignity
and by keeping ones gaze lowered.
17. To greet one another wishing each other well (saying
Mubaarak etc.) is Mustahab, and Takbeer should not be said aloud on the streets.
[Durr-e-Mukhtar, Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.777]
Law: To perform any Nafil Namaaz before the Eid
Namaaz is absolutely Makruh. Be this at the Eid Gah or at home, whether Eid Namaaz
is Waajib upon him or not, to the extent that if a female wishes to perform
Chasht Namaaz in her home, she should do so after the (Eid) Namaaz has ended.
To perform Nafil Namaaz in the Eid Gah after the Eid Namaaz is also Makruh.
However, one can do so at his house. It is actually Mustahab to perform 4
Raka’ats of Nafil Namaaz (at home after Eid). This ruling (of not reading is
for the Special persons, i.e. Ulama etc.). However, if the public performs Nafil
before the Eid Namaaz or even in the Eid Gah (even though it is Makruh) they
should not be stopped. [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.777/779]
Law: The time for Namaaz (of Eid) is from when the
sunrises (to the height) of a spears length, upto Zahwa-e-Kubra, in other words
Nisfun Nahaar Shar’i (when the sun is at its Zenith as per stipulation of the
Shariah). In Eid ul Fitr it is Mustahab to perform the Namaaz later and for Eid
ud Duha it should be performed earlier. If Zawaal commenced before the Salaam
was turned, the Namaaz will become void. [Durr-e-Mukhtar vol.1 pg.779]
Zawaal here refers to the ‘Nisfun Nahaar Shari’ and this has
already been explained under the section dealing with the Times for Namaaz (in
volume 3).
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