Is it obligatory to pray two rak'ahs in the Eid prayer area before sitting down?
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Question : May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says in this part: If the worshipper arrives, does he perform the greeting prayer or sit down without praying?
Answer : If he enters a prayer area, he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. Because the Eid prayer area is a mosque. The evidence that it is a mosque is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied the rulings of a mosque to it. When he ordered the menstruating women who attend the Eid prayer area to stay away from the prayer area, and if it were not a mosque, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have ordered them to stay away from the prayer area. So if he enters, let him pray two rak'ahs. Is it obligatory or not?
As for what is established from the ProphetBulugh al-Maram 2:417, the meaning is that it has no regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) before it or after it. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not pray the greeting of the mosque because the prayer was prescribed from the time he arrived at the prayer area, so it sufficed for the greeting of the mosque. As for others who go to the mosque before the imam arrives, they do not sit until they pray two rak'ahs. But here we follow the other opinion that there is no greeting of the mosque on the day of Eid, meaning for the Eid prayer area, meaning there is no greeting for the Eid prayer area. And in that case, we do not disapprove of the one who sits and does not pray, because he is following a group of scholars. And we do not disapprove of the one who prays, because he is following the apparent evidence. And the one who prays is closer to the Sunnah than the one who sits without praying.
Answer : If he enters a prayer area, he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. Because the Eid prayer area is a mosque. The evidence that it is a mosque is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applied the rulings of a mosque to it. When he ordered the menstruating women who attend the Eid prayer area to stay away from the prayer area, and if it were not a mosque, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have ordered them to stay away from the prayer area. So if he enters, let him pray two rak'ahs. Is it obligatory or not?
As for what is established from the Prophet
The Prophet (ﷺ) offered two Rak'at on the day of 'Eid, and did not pray before or after them.
صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه صلى صلاة العيد ركعتين لم يصل قبلها ولا بعدها
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 667- هل تجب صلاة ركعتين في مصلى العيد قبل الجلوس/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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