2/260. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1155 — Sitting for the Eid Sermon
Sitting Down For The Khutbah
Eid Khutbah Hadith: Sitting for the Sermon After Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1155
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1155
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى السِّيْنَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، قَالَ شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْعِيدَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ " إِنَّا نَخْطُبُ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ لِلْخُطْبَةِ فَلْيَجْلِسْ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ فَلْيَذْهَبْ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib Narrated from:
I attended the 'Id prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When he finished the prayer, he said: We shall deliver the sermon; he who likes to sit for listening to it may sit and he who likes to go away may go away. Abu Dawud said: this is a mursal tradition (i.e. the successor 'Ata directly reporting from the Prophet (ﷺ) and omitting the link of the Companions).
[3] Meaning, that is what is correct regarding its chain.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1155In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 766English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1151
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1155
This Eid khutbah hadith reports what happened after the Eid prayer. Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib says he attended the Eid prayer with the Messenger of Allah. When the prayer was finished, the Prophet said they would deliver the sermon. He then said that whoever liked to sit and listen could sit, and whoever liked to go could go. Abu Dawud adds that this is a mursal tradition from Ata reporting from the Prophet. The core message from the text is the choice mentioned after the prayer. The explanation should stay with that wording and not add wider rulings beyond what the narration itself says.
What we learn from this hadith
- The sermon came after the Eid prayer in this narration.
- The Prophet announced that the sermon would be delivered.
- The wording gives people the choice to sit for it or leave.
