Imaam Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee
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This book is a complete translation of the booklet Salaat-ul-‘Eidayn
fil-Musallaa hiya as-Sunnah (Praying ‘Eid in the Musallaa is the Sunnah)
of Imaam Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaanee, published by
Al-Maktab-ul-Islamee (3rd Edition, 1986).
We present this treatise to our noble
readers, in the hopes to convey knowledge of this lost Sunnah, which is:
Praying ‘Eid in the Musallaa. Imaam Al-Albaanee, in his own unique
style, discusses this topic in depth providing the evidences and sayings
of the scholars to support his view, all while being brief and concise
in his presentation. This is one of the celebrated works of Imaam
Al-Albaanee that reflects his vast knowledge and high understanding.
We ask Allah to benefit the Muslims with this book, and to revive this important aspect of the Sunnah in the lands of the west.
If we assume that the Prophet’s Masjid
wasn’t big enough for them, then surely they would have been able to
pray in these other masaajid that existed (at the Prophet’s time), as
the people do today. So their abandoning praying in these masaajid in
favor of praying in the musallaa is a clear proof that the Sunnah is
praying in the musallaa and not in the masjid. So the actual intent has
been established and what they desired from negating (of this Sunnah)
has been annulled.
So let’s say if we were to agree with
them that the Prophet’s masjid was not big enough for the men and women,
then this is the same case with our present-day masaajid in that not
one of them is capable of holding all of those intending prayer. So what
remains valid is the legality of going out to perform the prayer in the
musallaa. This is the required outcome (from that argument).
Furthermore, if according to them it is not correct for the menstruating
women to attend the masjid, then this is
an acknowledgement on their part that it is correct for them to attend
the musallaa. So when they require that the ‘Eid Prayer be performed in
the masaajid, then this means that they are preventing these
(menstruating) women from witnessing the good and the supplication of
the Muslims! This is contrary to the command of Allah’s Messenger found
in the hadeeth, which they attributed to Al-Bukhaaree, for the hadeeth
is one of our proofs that indicate that the ‘Eid Prayer should be held
in the musallaa and not in the masjid. This is because the masjid, no
matter how big it is, is incapable of accommodating the attendance of
all of the men and women in it, according to their own acknowledgement.
What further supports what we have stated
above is that: If praying the two ‘Eids in the masjid were better than
praying them in the musallaa, but the masjid was too small, the Prophet
would have taken the necessary steps to expand it, just as some of the
Khaleefahs after him did, for he has more right to expand it than them.
So if the masjid wasn’t ample enough for it, but yet the Prophet left
off expanding it, it is not possible to imagine this (i.e. that the
masjid wasn’t ample enough), along with the view that praying in the
masjid is superior to the musallaa. This is unless someone claims that
there was something that prevented him from expanding it. But I don’t
think a person of knowledge would have the nerve to make such a claim.
The Muslims today, with regard to this
prayer, have split up into numerous jamaa’aat (congregations), in
contradiction to the Sunnah, as has been stated previously. So when we
desire to unite them into one congregation, then there is no way
possible for us to do this unless we go out to the open area of land,
which is ample enough to accommodate all of those praying both men and
women. They can take this land as a musallaa, wherein they can perform
this great act of worship [the ‘Eid Prayer]. This is what the Sunnah
orders. So how can it be said after this: Implementing this Sunnah will
cause division to the Jamaa’ah?! Yes. Indeed from the things in which
there is no doubt is that reviving this Sunnah requires the creation of a
new jamaa’ah (congregation), which will be separate from those other
jamaa’aat (congregations) that are divided up in several masaajid.
However, since the goal of this new jamaa’ah is to gather together those
other jamaa’aat into one unified congregation, as the way it used to be
during the time of Allah’s Messenger and his rightly-guided Khaleefahs,
there must exist this Jamaa’ah. This is since the one unified Jamaa’ah
will never be established in a single bound, and it will never be
established unless through them (i.e. those who break away and pray in
the musallaa).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Introduction to the Treatise
2. The Prophet’s Perseverance upon Praying ‘Eid in the Musallaa and the Ahaadeeth reported in that Regard
3. The Proofs in the Ahaadeeth that indicate that Praying in the Musallaa is the Sunnah
4. A Refutation of: Justifying Praying in the Musallaa due to the Excuse of the Masjid being Small
5. The Wisdom behind Praying in the Musallaa
6. A Misconception and a Reply to It
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