Prayer: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha Prayers
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani
Ruling 1495
The Eid al-Fiṭr [1] and Eid al-Aḍḥā [2] prayer is obligatory during the presence of the Imam (ʿA) and must be performed in congregation. In our time, when the Imam (ʿA) is in occultation, the prayer is recommended and it can be performed in congregation or on one’s own.[3]
-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Prayer (Salah)
The 1st of Shawwāl.
The 10th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah.
Compared with the previous edition of Islamic Laws, only the wording has changed in this ruling, not the actual method of performing Eid Prayers. According to the majority of the marājiʿ, five qunūts are performed in the first rakʿah and four qunūts are performed in the second rakʿah. According to al-Sayyid al-Sistani, however, four qunūts are performed in the first rakʿah and three qunūts are performed in the second rakʿah. He also says that based on obligatory precaution, one must say another takbīr before going into rukūʿ in each rakʿah.
His Eminence also allows a shorter method in which only three takbīrs are said in each rakʿah with two qunūts between the takbīrs, but he says the method with the four and three qunūts in each rakʿah is better.