Saudi Arabia - Mekkah

Ahmed Osman - Saudi Arabia - 20.04.2012

Makkah Al-Mukarmmah - Holy Mosque - Eshaa Prayer

The Eid prayer was prescribed in the first year after the hijra. It is Wajib (strongly recommended) and Muhammad always performed these prayers.

The time for the Eid prayer begins from the time the sun is 3m from the horizon until the sun reaches its meridian. Ahmad ibn Hassan al-Bana records that Jundub said: "The Prophet prayed the Eid ul fitr prayer while the sun was (approximately) 6m above the horizon and the 'eid of the sacrifice while the sun was 3m above the horizon."