Today, July 17, is Eid el-Fitr, a major Islamic
festivity marking the end of the annual
Ramadan fast, one of the five pillars of Islam.
With the celebration holding today, it means
the Eid prayer to be performed Friday
morning is coinciding with the Jumaat prayer,
another Sunnah obligatory prayer for
Muslims.
What does Islam say about performing Eid
and Jumaat prayers on the same day?
While some Islamic scholars are of the
opinion that one can chose between
performing either of the two, others says the
two can as well be performed on the same
day.
Below are the three main opinions on the
matter.
1. Wajib (Obligatory) to perform The Juma’at
after one has observed the Eid Salah. ( Imam
Malik and others).
In addition, Ibn Rushd mentioned in his book
that Bidayatul Mujtahid V1, Umar Ibn Aziz,
Imam Shafi, Malik and Abu Hanifa
recommended that: “If Juma and Eid
commence on the same day, then both prayers
must be performed” Why? Because one act of
worship is “sunnah” whilst the other is
“wajib”, therefore it is not possible to conjoin
them together.
2. An Isolated Exemption: It was narrated that
Othman (R) once said: “Whoever wishes to
remain for Juma’at, then remain. Whoever
wishes to return to their home cities, then
return” (narrated by Muwatta, Authenticated
by Sh.Albani , Opinion of Imam Shafi).
HOWEVER, Ibn Taiymiyah (Majmoo,V12)
mentioned the reason for Uthman’s decision
was perhaps because he was unaware of the
Prophet’s (peace be upon him) decision in
this regard. Secondly, Uthmaan was of the
opinion that if Eid Prayer was performed,
then a congregational obligation was fulfilled.
Therefore there was no need to repeat it in
Juma’at. In this case, one would be required
to pray Zuhr on time.
Ibn Taiymiyah goes on to say: “This opinion
was an exemption to certain groups who
travelled from far cities to observe Eid such
as (The People of Barr, The people of Awali
and The People of Shawathi) and had to
return to their families to enjoy the Eid
Festivities.” Therefore, this opinion was an
exemption to these groups and later
discredited by scholars.
3. Whoever performs Eid is EXEMPTED from
Jumaat.
However the local Imams are still required to
perform the Juma’at for those who wish to
attend or those who missed Eid Prayers.
Ibn Taiymiyah (Majmoo, V12) mentions
opinion 3 as the most correct opinion which
has been narrated by numerous individuals
including The Prophet (Peace be upon Him)
after an Eid sermon, stood up and said:
“Whoever wishes to perform Juma, then do so
because we will gather.” (meaning perform
Juma)(Narrated byAbi Daood, ibn Majah),
Umar, Othman, Ibn Masood, Ibn Abbas
Radiyallahu Anhum and Imam Ahmed)
In this hadith, The Prophet did not order the
companions to perform Juma’at but rather
said whoever decided to attend the Juma’at
prayers was encouraged to do so.
Therefore to summarize, one is encouraged to
perform the Juma’at salat if he/she wishes.
However, they are not obliged to do so if they
prayed the Eid salah AND attended the after
sermon, in which case they would simply
pray Salatul Zhur.
May Allah accepts our Ibadat. Ameen

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