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Sunan Abi Dawud 1071 — Ibn al-Zubayr and Eid on Friday
If 'Eid Occurs On A Friday
Ibn al-Zubayr Eid on Friday Hadith and the Sunnah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1071
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1071
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فِي يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ رُحْنَا إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْنَا فَصَلَّيْنَا وُحْدَانًا وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِالطَّائِفِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَصَابَ السُّنَّةَ .
Ata' ibn AbuRabah Narrated from:
Ibn az-Zubayr led us in the 'Id prayer on Friday early in the morning. When we went to offer the Friday, he did not come out to us. So we prayed ourselves alone. At that time Ibn Abbas was present in at-Ta'if. When he came to us, we mentioned this (incident) to him. He said: He followed the sunnah.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1071In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 682English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1066
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1071
This Hadith reports an event during the time of Ibn al-Zubayr. Ata said that Ibn al-Zubayr led them in the Eid prayer on a Friday early in the morning. Later, when they went for Friday prayer, he did not come out to them, so they prayed by themselves alone. When Ibn Abbas later came and they mentioned the matter to him, he said, “He followed the sunnah.” The Hadith about Eid and Friday on the same day is tied to a real action and Ibn Abbas’s response. The text does not give a long ruling, but it clearly connects the action to the Sunnah. The focus is the overlap of Eid and Jumuah and the ease shown in that case.
What we learn from this hadith
- Eid prayer was held early on a Friday in this report.
- Ibn al-Zubayr did not come out later for Friday prayer.
- Ibn Abbas described the action as following the Sunnah.
- The Hadith shows a practical example connected to Eid and Friday falling together.
