Question 1471: What are the acts for the night and day of Eid al-Fitr?

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✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ یَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْمَغْفِرَةَ تَنْزِلُ عَلَی مَنْ صَامَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ لَیْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فَقَالَ یَا حَسَنُ إِنَّ الْقَارِیجَارَ إِنَّمَا یُعْطَی أُجْرَتَهُ عِنْدَ فَرَاغِهِ ذَلِکَ لَیْلَةَ الْعِیدِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ فَمَا یَنْبَغِی لَنَا أَنْ نَعْمَلَ فِیهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَاغْتَسِلْ وَ إِذَا صَلَّیْتَ الثَّلَاثَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَارْفَعْ یَدَیْکَ وَ قُلْ یَا ذَا الْمَنِّ یَا ذَا الطَّوْلِ یَا ذَا الْجُودِ یَا مُصْطَفِیاً مُحَمَّداً وَ نَاصِرَهُ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْفِرْ لِی کُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ أَحْصَیْتَهُ عَلَیَّ وَ نَسِیتُهُ وَ هُوَ عِنْدَکَ فِی کِتَابِکَ وَ تَخِرُّ سَاجِداً وَ تَقُولُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ أَتُوبُ إِلَی اللَّهِ وَ أَنْتَ سَاجِدٌ وَ تَسْأَلُ حَوَائِجَکَ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 4, p. 167

Hasan ibn Rashid said: I said to Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): People say that forgiveness for one who fasts in the month of Ramadan descends on the Night of Qadr!

The Imam said: O Hasan! Indeed, the wage of a worker is given when he finishes his work! This matter is on the night of Eid al-Fitr. I said: May I be sacrificed for you! What is it proper for us to do then? He said: When the sun sets, perform 'ghusl' (ritual bath), and when you have performed the three 'rak'ahs' of the Maghrib prayer, raise your hands and say:

یَا ذَا الْمَنِّ یَا ذَا الطَّوْلِ یَا ذَا الْجُودِ یَا مُصْطَفِیاً مُحَمَّداً وَ نَاصِرَهُ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْفِرْ لِی کُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ أَحْصَیْتَهُ عَلَیَّ وَ نَسِیتُهُ وَ هُوَ عِنْدَکَ فِی کِتَابِکَ

Then you go into prostration and while in prostration, you say a hundred times: 'I turn to Allah in repentance' and ask for your needs!

2 عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ: أَنَّ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام کَانَ یُصَلِّی لَیْلَةَ الْفِطْرِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ نَافِلَتِهَا رَکْعَتَیْنِ یَقْرَأُ فِی الْأُولَی فَاتِحَةَ الْکِتَابِ وَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ فِی الثَّانِیَةِ فَاتِحَةَ الْکِتَابِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ یَقْنُتُ وَ یَرْکَعُ وَ یَسْجُدُ وَ یُسَلِّمُ ثُمَّ یَخِرُّ لِلَّهِ سَاجِداً وَ یَقُولُ فِی سُجُودِهِ أَتُوبُ إِلَی اللَّهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ یَقُولُ وَ الَّذِی نَفْسِی بِیَدِهِ لَا یَفْعَلُهَا أَحَدٌ فَیَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی شَیْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ وَ لَوْ أَتَی مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ مِثْلَ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ

📚 Al-Iqbal p. 272

Harith al-A'war narrated that the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) on the night of Eid al-Fitr, after the Maghrib prayer and its 'nafilah' (supererogatory prayers), would perform two 'rak'ahs' of prayer. In the first 'rak'ah' he would recite 'Surah Al-Hamd' and 'Surah Al-Tawhid' a hundred times, and in the second 'rak'ah' 'Al-Hamd' and 'Al-Tawhid' once, and then he would perform a 'qunut', 'ruku', and 'sajdah' and give 'salam', and then he would fall into prostration for Allah and say in prostration a hundred times: 'I turn to Allah in repentance'

And he would say: By Him in whose hand my soul is, no one does this and asks from Allah, except that it is given to him, even if he has sinned as much as heaps of sand!

3 غِیَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ علیه السلام قَالَ: کَانَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ علیه السلام یُحْیِی لَیْلَةَ عِیدِ الْفِطَرِ بِصَلَاةٍ حَتَّی یُصْبِحَ وَ یَبِیتُ لَیْلَةَ الْفِطْرِ فِی الْمَسْجِدِ وَ یَقُولُ یَا بُنَیَّ مَا هِیَ بِدُونِ لَیْلَةٍ یَعْنِی لَیْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ

📚 Al-Iqbal p. 274

Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) narrated from his father that he said: Imam al-Sajjad (peace be upon him) would keep the night of Eid al-Fitr awake with prayer until morning and would spend the night of Eid al-Fitr in the mosque, and he would say: This is no less than the Night of Qadr!

4 عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ کَانَ عَلِیٌّ یَقُولُ یُعْجِبُنِی أَنْ یُفَرِّغَ الرَّجُلُ نَفْسَهُ فِی السَّنَةِ أَرْبَعَ لَیَالٍ لَیْلَةَ الْفِطْرِ وَ لَیْلَةَ الْأَضْحَی وَ لَیْلَةَ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ وَ أَوَّلَ لَیْلَةٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ.

📚 Misbah al-Mutahajjid p. 783

Imam al-Kazim (peace be upon him) said: The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) used to say: I like for a person to free himself (for worship) in four nights of the year: the night of Eid al-Fitr, the night of Eid al-Adha, the night of the middle of Sha'ban, and the first night of the month of Rajab!

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5 الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ: إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُحَافِظَ عَلَی لَیْلَةِ الْفِطْرِ وَ لَیْلَةِ النَّحْرِ وَ أَوَّلِ لَیْلَةٍ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّمِ وَ لَیْلَةِ عَاشُورَاءَ وَ أَوَّلِ لَیْلَةٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ وَ لَیْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَافْعَلْ وَ أَکْثِرْ فِیهِنَّ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ وَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ تِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ.

📚 Misbah al-Mutahajjid p. 783

The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: If you can maintain these nights, do so: the night of Eid al-Fitr, the night of Eid al-Adha, the first night of the month of Muharram, the night of Ashura, the first night of the month of Rajab, and the night of the middle of Sha'ban, and in them, pray, and recite the Qur'an a lot!

6 قَالَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّوْفَلِیُّ لِأَبِی الْحَسَنِ علیه السلام إِنِّی أَفْطَرْتُ یَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ عَلَی طِینِ الْقَبْرِ وَ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَمَعْتَ بَیْنَ بَرَکَةٍ وَ سُنَّةٍ

📚 Al-Faqih Vol. 2, p. 113

Nawfali said to Imam Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him): I broke my fast on the day of Eid al-Fitr with the soil of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and dates; so the Imam said to him: You have combined the 'sunnah' (tradition) and the blessing!

7 عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْکَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَلَبِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: اغْتَسِلْ یَوْمَ الْأَضْحَی وَ الْفِطْرِ وَ الْجُمُعَةِ...

📚 Al-Tahdhib Vol. 1, p. 105

Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Perform 'ghusl' on the day of Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, and Friday...

8 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: الْغُسْلُ یَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ سُنَّةٌ.

📚 Al-Iqbal p. 279

Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'Ghusl' on the day of Eid al-Fitr is a 'sunnah'!

9 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ کَانَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ لَا یَأْکُلُ یَوْمَ الْأَضْحَی شَیْئاً حَتَّی یَأْکُلَ مِنْ أُضْحِیَّتِهِ وَ لَا یَخْرُجُ یَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ حَتَّی یَطْعَمَ وَ یُؤَدِّیَ الْفِطْرَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ کَذَلِکَ نَفْعَلُ نَحْنُ.

📚 Al-Faqih Vol. 1, p. 508

Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) would not eat anything on the day of Eid al-Adha until he ate from his sacrifice, and he would not go out on the day of Eid al-Fitr until he ate something and paid the 'zakat al-fitr' (charity of the fast-breaking). Then the Imam said: We also do this!

10 عَنِ الْحَلَبِیِّ عن أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قال: اطْعَمْ یَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَی الْمُصَلَّی

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 4, p. 168

Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, eat something before you go out to the place of the Eid prayer!

1️⃣1️⃣ Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: On Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha and Friday, when you prepare to go out (for prayer), recite this supplication:

اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ تَهَیَّأَ فِی هَذَا الْیَوْمِ أَوْ تَعَبَّأَ أَوْ أَعَدَّ أَوِ اسْتَعَدَّ لِوِفَادَةٍ إِلَی مَخْلُوقٍ رَجَاءَ رِفْدِهِ وَ نَوَافِلِهِ وَ فَوَاضِلِهِ وَ عَطَایَاهُ فَإِنَّ إِلَیْکَ یَا سَیِّدِی تَهْیِئَتِی وَ تَعْبِئَتِی وَ إِعْدَادِی وَ اسْتِعْدَادِی رَجَاءَ رِفْدِکَ وَ جَوَائِزِکَ وَ نَوَافِلِکَ وَ فَوَاضِلِکَ وَ عَطَائِکَ وَ قَدْ غَدَوْتُ إِلَی عِیدٍ مِنْ أَعْیَادِ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ لَمْ أَفِدْ إِلَیْکَ الْیَوْمَ بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ أَثِقُ بِهِ قَدَّمْتُهُ وَ لَا تَوَجَّهْتُ بِمَخْلُوقٍ أَمَّلْتُهُ وَ لَکِنْ أَتَیْتُکَ خَاضِعاً مُقِرّاً بِذُنُوبِی وَ إِسَاءَتِی إِلَی نَفْسِی فَیَا عَظِیمُ یَا عَظِیمُ اغْفِرْ لِیَ الْعَظِیمَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِی فَإِنَّهُ لَا یَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ الْعِظَامَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ یَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ یَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِینَ

📚 Iqbal al-A'mal p. 280

2 1 عن عَبْداللَّه بْنِ دِینَارٍ عن أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ قال قال : یَا عَبْداللَّه ما مِنْ عِیدٍ لِلْمُسْلِمِینَ أَضْحًی وَ لَا فِطْرٍ إِلَّا و هُوَ یُجَدِّدُ لآِلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِیهِ حُزْناً قُلْتُ و لِمَ ذَاکَ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُمْ یَرَوْنَ حَقَّهُمْ فی یَدِ غَیْرِهِم

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 4, p. 169

Abdullah ibn Dinar said: Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: O Abdullah! There is no Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha for Muslims, except that it renews a grief for the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them all)! I said: Why?! He said: Because they see their right in the hands of others!

1️⃣3️⃣ Prayer 46 of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyyah

✅ According to hadith 12, let's remove this grief from the family of Allah by praying a lot for the hastening of the 'faraj' (relief) and say a lot:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

The 'takbirat' (saying 'Allahu Akbar') after the prayer begin from the Maghrib prayer.

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ لِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ عَلَى مَا هَدَانَا

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

« Topics related to the Eid al-Fitr prayer

and the acts of the night and day of Eid al-Fitr »

O Allah, hasten the 'faraj' of your Wali (guardian)

💠 Question 1185: How should the sighting of the crescent moon be to prove the beginning of the lunar month?

Suggested for careful reading

https://feghh14.com/en/1964

💠 Question 1184: How and when are the 'takbirat' of Eid al-Fitr said?

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💠 Question 1471: What are the acts of the night and day of Eid al-Fitr?

('Ghusl', staying awake, praying for 'faraj', special prayer, reciting the Qur'an, praying when going out for the Eid prayer, if you have not set aside the 'fitrah' (charity) you should set it aside before the Eid prayer, the Eid prayer...)

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💥 Question 1186: Is it also permissible for Shias to perform the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers in congregation, or is it exclusive to the infallible Imam?

https://feghh14.com/en/1965

💠 Question 1187: If a person with or without an excuse does not attend the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers, is he obligated to perform them individually, and do the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers have a make-up?

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💠 Question 1188: What is the duty of a person who does not catch the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers and arrives during the sermons?

✅ Contrary to the Friday prayer, in the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers, the Eid prayer is established first, and then the sermons are read by the Imam.

Now, if a person does not catch the Eid prayer and arrives during the sermons, he sits until the Imam finishes the sermon, and then he stands up and makes up the two 'rak'ahs' of the Eid prayer:

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💠 Question 1189: Do the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers have 'adhan' and 'iqamah' and 'nafilah'? When does its time begin?

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💠 Question 1190: Is a traveler also obligated to participate in the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers?

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💠 Question 1191: Must the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha congregational prayers be established under the sky?

https://feghh14.com/en/1970

💠 Question 1192: How are the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers performed?

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💠 According to the sayings of the Imams (peace be upon them), any good prayer can be recited for the 'qunut' of the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers,

and here are two recommended prayers

for the 'qunut' of the Eid prayer:

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Update:

30 Ramadan 1443

12 Ordibehesht 1401

The Imam said: O Hasan! Indeed, the wage of a worker is given when he finishes his work! This matter is on the night of Eid al-Fitr:

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