Al-Lajnah al-Daimah (the Permanent Committee of Scholars): “Women coming out to the two Eid prayers is a stressed Sunnah, however, with the condition that they go out to it covered without tabarruj.” [Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah (8/287)] Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin (rahimahullah): “I hold the view that women should be…

The Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz āl al-Shaykh (hafidhahullah): Eid is a good opportunity for mutual communication, pardoning and giving up one’s rights, visiting the sick, relieving those in hardship and to make it easy upon those who are in difficulty so that Eid can be a time of…

Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (hafidhahullah) listed some rulings related to the Eid Prayer: 1. One should prepare for it by bathing, wearing one’s best clothing and perfuming oneself. 2. It is Sunnah to eat dates before Eid al-Fitr prayer. As for Eid al-Adha then it is Sunnah to eat after the…

The Reason for the Legislation of the Two Eid Celebrations The Prophet ﷺ entered Madinah and its people had two days which they used to celebrate. Allāh replaced those days with two better days: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. He (subhanahu wa ta‘ala) legislated for His slaves that they celebrate…