Know how to pray Salaatul Eid
Understand the perfect way praying of Salaatul Kusoofain
Know about Rain seeking prayer
Eid, Eclipse and Rain Prayers
Two Eid Prayers
The minimum Sunnah of Eid (العِيد) prayer could be achieved by praying two Rak’a Sunnah prayer.
The perfect practice is
- Saying seven Takbeer loudly between reading Iftitaah (وَجَّهْتُ) and Taawwudh (تعوّذ) of first Rak’a.
- Saying five Takbeer loudly between Iftitaah and Taawwudh of second Rak’a.
- Raising the hand in each Takbeer
- Saying سُبْحَانَ اللهِ والحَمْدُ لِله وَلا إِلَهَ إلا اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَر between each two Takbeers
Time of Eid prayer is between the sunrise of Eid day and its Zenith (زوال) time. The best time is after the sun rose for a spear’s (رُمح) length. It is Sunnah to hasten Eid Al Ad’ha prayer so that there will be ample time for offering Ud’hiyya (الأضحية)while it is Sunnah to delay Eid Al Fitr prayer so that there will be enough time to distributing Zakat on Eid day.
Two Khutbahs (خُطْبَة) are Sunnah after Eid prayer. Khutbah is same as Jumu’ah Khutbah, but starts with nine Takbeer in first Khutbah and seven in second Khutbah.
Takbeer is Sunnah in following times:
a. From the sunset of Eid (night before Eid day) until Imam begins Takbeeratul Ihram in both Eids
b. After every prayer (Salaat) that take place between Subah of Arafa (عَرَفَة) day until Asr prayer of last Ayyam Tashreeq (أيام التشريق/13th of Dhul Hija).
c. When seeing cattle (الأنْعَام) or hearing their sound on the first ten days of Dhul Hija.
Eclipse prayer (Kusoof)
It is Sunnah to pray صَلاَةُ الكُسُوفَيْن while having eclipse. Minimum Sunnah could be achieved by two Rak’a prayer same as Fajr (فَجْر) prayer. Less perfect way is to increase a Qiyaam (قِيَام), Qira’a (قِرَاءَة) and Rukū in each Rak’a. The perfect way is to read Al Baqara in first Qiyaam, two hundred verses of Quran in the second Qiyaam, One hundred and fifty verses in third Qiyaam, one hundred verses in the fourth Qiyaam.
As for Tasbeeh in Rukū and Sujood, it is Sunnah to say Tasbeeh similar to the amount of 100, 80, 70 and 50 verses of Quran in four Rukū and Sujood respectively.
Two Khutbah are Sunnah after Salaat. The time of the prayer starts from beginning of the eclipse (انْكِسَاف) and ends with the end of eclipse (انْجِلاَء)
Rain Seeking Prayer (صَلاة الاسْتِسْقَاء)
When suffering from lack of water, it is Sunnah to pray Allah for rain. Two Rak’a prayer known as استِسْقَاء is also recommended. It is two Rak’a prayers same as in Salaatul Eid, but instead of saying Takbeer in Khutbah of Eid prayer, the Khateeb (خَطِيب) has to ask for the forgiveness (say أستَغْفِرُ اللهَ العَظِيم) in Khutbah of Rain prayer. In the second Khutbah, the Khateeb should turn to Qiblah while doing Dua.
Followings are Sunnah:
• Imam has to command the people to do Taubah (تَوْبَة), Sadaqa (صَدَقَة) and three days fasting.
• On the fourth day, they have to come to Salaat on fasting along with elder people, children and animals.
• Calling “الصَّلاَةُ جَامِعَة” and leading (imam) the prayer.
• Reciting two Khutbah.
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