73/16. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5571 — No Fasting on the Two Eid Days
What may be eaten of the meat of sacrifices and what may be taken as journey food
Hadith About Fasting on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
Sahih Bukhari : 5571
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5571
حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَزْهَرَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ الْعِيدَ يَوْمَ الأَضْحَى مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فَصَلَّى قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ صِيَامِ هَذَيْنِ الْعِيدَيْنِ، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَيَوْمُ فِطْرِكُمْ مِنْ صِيَامِكُمْ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَيَوْمٌ تَأْكُلُونَ نُسُكَكُمْ.
Abu 'Ubaid Narrated from:
Narrated Abu `Ubaid: the freed slave of Ibn Azhar that he witnessed the Day of `Id-al-Adha with `Umar bin Al-Khattab. `Umar offered the `Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people, saying, "O people! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden you to fast (on the first day of) each of these two 'Ida, for one of them is the Day of breaking your fast, and the other is the one, on which you eat the meat of your sacrifices."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5571In-book reference : Book 73, Hadith 27USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 68, Hadith 478
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5571
This Hadith reports Umar’s sermon on Eid al-Adha. He prayed before the sermon, then told the people that Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم had forbidden fasting on the first day of each of the two Eids. One of them is the day of breaking the Ramadan fast. The other is the day on which people eat the meat of their sacrifices. The core topic is simple: Eid is not treated like a normal fasting day. It is linked to ending the fast of Ramadan and eating from the sacrifice. For people searching for fasting on Eid Hadith, no fasting on Eid al-Adha, or two Eid days fasting forbidden, this narration gives the message in Umar’s clear public reminder.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Eid prayer was offered before the sermon in this report.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade fasting on the first day of the two Eids.
- Eid al-Adha is described as a day when people eat from their sacrifices.
