 As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome to Ahkam SOS, the show that discusses Islamic practices and duties by His Eminence, the Grand Ayatullah, Sayyid Sadik Shazim, may Allah prolong his life. I'm your host, Mohsin Shah, and joining me is Shaykh Ali Ma'aj. As-salamu alaykum Shaykhna. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Shaykh, we've got a very, very nice discussion today. It's on Eid and the prayer of Eid, insha'Allah. The actual prayer, is this mandatory? Is it wajib to pray this prayer? The Salah of the two Eids, i.e. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Aqha, they become mandatory in the presence and with the being of the Imam of our time, Hajr Allah Farajah Al-Sharif, they become wajib, both of them. When the Imam reappears, insha'Allah, and hears in his reprieveance, the Salah, these two Salah will become wajib for the believers to attend. However, during his disappearance and absence, they both become mustahab, so Salah al-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr and Salah of Eid al-Aqha, they both become mustahab. In other words, you can attend the Jama'a prayer and pray to the Jama'a, or even you can pray individually. As long as it's mustahab, you have both options. Of course, the best option is for the one to attend the Jama'a on the Eid, to celebrate the Eid with the Mu'mineen, also to embrace the Mu'mineen, you know, say salam to them, and of course, you gather in that community on such a blessed day, so it's better for the Mu'mineen to attend and participate in the Eid Salah, and of course, the thawab and the rewards would be more. And of course, the ones would be joyful when you see the Mu'mineen, that's one of the good thing about attending the mosques and the centres in such blessed days that the one becomes happy and joyful by seeing the Mu'mineen attending the Salah, especially after 29 or 30 days of fasting, for example. So it's good to encourage the Mu'mineen to attend on such a blessed day and gain from the barakat and the blessings from this day. Shachlan, the Eid Salah is a little different to the other prayers in terms of the timing. I mean, what is the time slot? Where do we pray this prayer? Basically, the Eid Salah of the Fattah and Atha, they both begin by the sunrise. So let's say you pray the Fajr prayer, and then you wait, you do Taqibat, Tasbihat, recitations, whatever mustahab you do, until the sunrise. After the sunrise, you begin and you're allowed to perform the Salah of Eid, till midday. So just before Adhan al-Duhr, you're allowed to perform the Salah. And that's what we see in the mosques around the world and the Muslim worlds, that they pray the Salah many times. They repeat the Salah for those who didn't catch up. So they start from 7 o'clock a.m. till 11 a.m. So for this four or five hours of the time in the morning, they would pray many times. The Imam would repeat the Salah about three or four times to make sure that all the Mu'minin prayed and participated and gained the rewards of Salat al-Aid. So yes, it's from the sunrise till midday. Sheikh, how is the Eid prayer performed? Is it different to our normal prayers? Is it different to the prayer that we do on Juma on Fridays? Yes, slightly different than the Friday prayers. Basically, it's two rak'a of Salat, like Salat al-Fajr. And then the Imam, of course, makes the intention, and the Mu'minin makes it, they make the intention of Salat al-Aid on that day. It begins with on the first rak'a, Hamd and Surah. And then there are five Takbirah. So the Imam begins the first Takbirah, Allahu Akbar. And as soon as he goes to the Ruku'a on the first rak'a, he would raise his hands and read Qunoot. And there's a special dua for the Eid of al-Fattar al-Nadha that you read that dua. Obviously, it's quite famous one. Exactly, it takes about three or four minutes to finish the dua. And of course, five Qunoot in the first rak'a of Salat al-Aid, five Qunoot and five Takbirah, of course. So after each Takbirah, the Imam does, you would raise your hands and read that Qunoot. Of course, it's important for the Mu'minin who follow the Imam or even the Mu'minat, when the Imam is reading Hamd and Surah again, you keep silent and listen to the Imam's recitation. But in the Qunoot, you read the Imam, the dua. And five times, so five Takbirah and five Qunoot, you repeat them. So after each Takbirah, again, you raise both hands and you start reciting the dua. After reciting the last and the fifth Qunoot, then the Imam would go towards the Ruku'a and then sujood and then he stands up again for the second rak'a. In the second rak'a of Salat al-Aid, the Imam also reads Hamd and Surah. Also, the Mu'min should also, the followers be silent and listen to the Imam's Hamd and Surah. And then the Imam again, he goes for the Takbirah al-Haram and he starts to read the Qunoot as well in the second rak'a. This time, there are only four Qunoot. In the second rak'a of Salat al-Aid. In the first rak'a, we had five Takbirah and five Qunoot with it. In the second rak'a of Salat al-Aid, we have four Takbirah with four Qunoot. So again, the Imam repeats the same dua he read in the first five Takbirah and Qunoot. In the second one, the same thing is repeated, but four times this time. So four times Qunoot with the dua, the same dua is repeated. And then the Imam, he goes for the rak'u' and sujood and tashaud and taslim and the Salat is attained and completed in this way. Masha'Allah. Sheikhna, I was smiling because everyone knows about that Eid prayer and the Imam of Qunoot and Masha'Allah. Like you have a very slow Imam Jama'a as you're going to be there for a while. Sheikhna, sometimes there is a khutbah, yes or no, with the Eid prayers? Exactly. I was just going to say this afterwards that there is a khutbah after the Salat al-Aid and this is different with regard to the Salat al-Jum'ah, the Friday prayers. The Friday prayers, the first comes is the two khutbah, two sermons and then Salat al-Jum'ah. In the Salat al-Aid, we have first the two rak'u' of Salat al-Aid and after the Salat, you have the two sermons. That's just vice versa with regard to Salat al-Jum'ah compared to Salat al-Aid. So when the Imam finishes the Salat al-Aid, he stands up and he starts to read the first sermon. When he finishes the first sermon, again about taqwa, about akhlaq, morality, about piousness, God fearing, then he goes and he sits for a few seconds or a minute and then he stands up again to offer the second khutbah, which also could be political, economical, in the current affairs of the Muslims. And then he ends the second khutbah and that's it. The mu'min would stand up and greet each other and send a break and so forth. And that's basically is the Salat al-Aid for the two main aids, the adha and the fatal. There's no adhan or aqama for Salat al-Aid, isn't it? I believe they say the word Salat three times. Exactly. There's no adhan or aqama for Salat al-Aid. So basically the imam, when he wants to start the Salat, as we said in the iqama, that the iqama is there, when the imam says qatqama al-salah, is to inform the followers and the mu'min that get ready and be ready for the Salat. In the Salat al-Aid, no, we don't have an iqama or adhan. So the imam would stand and he would say aloud, al-salah, al-salah, al-salah. So the mu'min would be ready and prepare themselves for Salat al-Aid. And then the imam, he does the takbiyat al-haram and he begins the Salat al-Aid. Shaykhna, with the khutbah of the Juma prayer, it is, you know, it's mandatory that we, you know, it's part of the prayer, it's mandatory that we attend the khutbah. Is it the same with the Eid prayer? Do we have to stay for the khutbah after? With regard to the khutbah, with the whole Salat of Salat al-Aid and the aidain, and the khutbah, they're all mustahab in overall. However, it is permissible for the one to leave the khutbah. So for example, you just attend, let's say you go to work, you go to appointment, and you just want to pray. That's fine. You come to the Salat al-Aid, you perform the Salat al-Aid with the jama'ah. When you finish, you can leave before the imam even starts the khutbah. That's fine. It's all mustahab at the end of the day. This is of course permissible in the time of the occultation of the imam, A.J. Faridah Sharif. So in the time of his presence, that becomes wajib. So now we are allowed because there's no actual presence for the imam, Salamullah alayh, between us. In this case, the Salat al-Mustahab, the khutbah al-Mustahab, and so forth. Sheikhna, the Eid prayer is done on the two most famous Eid, Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. What about the other Eid, Eid al-Mubahela, Eid al-Ghadeer, one of the most important Eids that we have. Are we allowed to pray Eid prayers on those special occasions? According to the Fatwa of the Sayyid al-Hafadahullah, you would say that, Yes, it's the mustahab for the mu'min also on top of the Eid prayer on Fitr and Adha, also to pray on the Eid al-Ghadeer, this great Eid of Allah SWT, Eid Allah al-Akbar, the great Eid of Allah, the Almighty. And it's one of the best days and the best Eids in the calendar of the Muslims. So, yes, we can pray exactly the same way we pray Salat al-Aid on the Fitr and Adha, also to pray it in the same way to pray it on the day of Ghadeer. So the mu'min would gather and also there's two rak'ah, the same dua, the first rak'ah, five Qun'ut, second rak'ah, also four Qun'ut, and then the Imam, when he ends the Salat, again, first and second sermon, and that's it. So, basically, the Sayyid al-Mustahab, you can perform it, that's fine, and also the Salat, as I've said, exactly the same as Salat al-Aid. But it's only for Eid al-Ghadeer, not the other Eids. The other Eids haven't been mentioned. No, the Sayyid mentions Eid al-Ghadeer for the moment, yeah. Mashallah. Sheikhna, a lot of the brothers and sisters may live in areas where there is a high population of non-Shia and they're celebrating Eid. Are we allowed to pray the Eid prayer with the non-Shia? Are we allowed to pray behind them on Eid? You see, the same conditions and criteria for the Salat to be accepted. And also we mentioned the criteria and the conditions of the Imam al-Jama'ah as well, that to be Shi'ayat al-Nashari, to be Adil, Ratchas, such and the rest of the conditions, that applies also to the Mustahab Salat. You cannot differentiate between the Wajib and the Mustahab Salat. That in Wajib, yes, I only pray behind the Shi'a Imam, for example. And in this case, for the Mustahab, fine, let me go and pray behind the non-Shia Imam and with the non-Shia community. No, you have to also follow the rules and the guidelines that you would also pray behind the Shi'a Imam al-Nashari as well and you follow the same conditions. So, no, you cannot go and pray in the mosque of those who are non-Shia and you pray behind them and you follow the Imam who is the non-Shia, let's say Mecca or Medina mosques. Because it's Eid, it's a joyful day, let me join with them. No, you have to make sure that either you pray it with a Shi'a Imam or you can pray it as we mentioned Farada, you pray it by yourself. So, you stand in the mosque in the corner and you pray it by yourself, that's fine, as a Farada. Even if you move up and down with the Jama'a, but you do it in a Farada way, that's the best way. Otherwise, you just do it somewhere in the Shi'a community in the mosque or center and you pray it with them. Insha'Allah. Thank you very much, Sheikhna. And thank you to all of yous for joining us, insha'Allah. When Eid does come, we wish you a very, very happy and very, very pious Eid, insha'Allah. Until next time, with a new discussion at Akam SOS. Salamu Alaikum. Wa Rahmatullah. Wa Barakatuhu.