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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ النَّافِلَةَ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْعِيدَيْنِ وَبَعْدَهُمَا

ibnhibban:2818Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went out on the day of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha and performed two units of prayer with the people, then he left without praying before or after it.  

ابن حبّان:٢٨١٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ فِطْرٍ أَوْ أَضْحًى فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا «  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
bukhari:989Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ went out and offered a two rakʿat prayer on the Day of ʿId ul Fitr and did not offer any other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was accompanying him.  

البخاري:٩٨٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلاَ بَعْدَهَا وَمَعَهُ بِلاَلٌ  

nasai:1587ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Ibn Idrīs > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ went out on the day of 'Eid and prayed two rak'ahs, and he did not pray before or after them.  

النسائي:١٥٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلاَ بَعْدَهَا  

ahmad:3333Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayrʿan Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the day of Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha and performed two units of prayer with the people. Then he left without praying before or after it.  

أحمد:٣٣٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ عِيدِ فِطْرٍ أَوْ أَضْحًى وَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ لَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَها وَلَا بَعْدَها  

darimi:1646Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ went out and offered a two rakʿat prayer on the Day of ʿId ul Fitr and did not offer any other prayer before or after it and at that time Bilal was accompanying him. (Using translation from Bukhārī 989)  

الدارمي:١٦٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا»