2/252. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1134 — Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
The 'Eid Prayers
Hadith About Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha Replacing Old Days
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1134
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1134
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَهُمْ يَوْمَانِ يَلْعَبُونَ فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ " مَا هَذَانِ الْيَوْمَانِ " . قَالُوا كُنَّا نَلْعَبُ فِيهِمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكُمْ بِهِمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا يَوْمَ الأَضْحَى وَيَوْمَ الْفِطْرِ " .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Medina, the people had two days on which they engaged in games. He asked: What are these two days (what is the significance)? They said: We used to engage ourselves on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1134In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 745English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1130
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1134
This hadith about Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha shows how the two Muslim festival days were named in the text. Anas ibn Malik narrated that when the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم came to Medina, the people had two days on which they played games. He asked what those days were, and they said they used to play on them in the pre-Islamic period. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then said that Allah had substituted for them something better: the day of sacrifice and the day of breaking the fast. For people searching “Allah replaced two days with Eid hadith” or “Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha hadith,” this narration gives the main wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- Allah replaced the two old days with Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.
- The hadith names the day of sacrifice and the day of breaking the fast.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked about the meaning of the two earlier days.
- The report connects Muslim celebration to the two Eid days mentioned.
