Opinion 1: Whoever prays Eid must also pray the Friday prayer if it is normally binding on him. Opinion 2: People living in isolated areas coming from out of town to attend the Eid prayer are exempted from the Friday Prayer. This is the opinion of: Abu Hanifa [1], Malik, and Shafi’i [2]. Opinion 3: Whoever performs Eid is exempted from the
The first opinion is that it is Haram to speak during the Khutbah, and this view has a nass in the old school ( qadim) of Imam Ash-Shafi’i (rahmatullah ‘alayh), and it is the view of Abu Hanifah, Malik and Ahmad in the correct view of the two reported opinions from him. This is due to the words of Allah ta’ala,
Khutbah for Eidul Fitr 2020 (Please note that due to the Coronavirus Lockdown conditions, the Eid Khutbah becomes optional, it is not essential. It can be left out altogether, or you can do it at home if you wish. The Eid salaat, however, is essential and must be performed in the usual way).
The companions of the Prophet when they would return from Eid prayer, they would say to each other: May Allah accept good deeds from us and from you. [Tārīkh al-Kabīr lil-Bukhārī 1/116] The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would return on the day of Eid by using a different route from which he came. [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 986]
This issue – i.e., starting the khutbah and prayer on Friday before the sun has passed the meridian – is something concerning which there is a difference of opinion among the scholars. Some of them say that it is not permissible until the sun has passed the meridian. Others say that it is permissible.
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is eid khutbah compulsory
