You mentioned that the Eid prayer ground is considered a mosque. So, if I arrive at the prayer ground before the prayer, should I sit down or should I pray the greeting of the mosque?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. He says:The questioner : You mentioned that the Eid prayer ground is considered a mosque. So, if I arrive at the prayer ground before the prayer, should I sit down or should I pray the greeting of the mosque?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that if a person arrives at the Eid prayer ground before the prayer, he should not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque, just as in other mosques: when one enters them, he should not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs. On this occasion, I would like to point out an issue regarding this mosque, the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram). It is well known among people that the greeting of this mosque is tawaf (circumambulation). They think that when a person enters this mosque, he does not pray two rak'ahs but rather performs tawaf. This is not the case. Rather, if you enter this mosque for the purpose of tawaf, then the tawaf suffices in place of the greeting of the mosque.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that if a person arrives at the Eid prayer ground before the prayer, he should not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque, just as in other mosques: when one enters them, he should not sit down until he prays two rak'ahs. On this occasion, I would like to point out an issue regarding this mosque, the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram). It is well known among people that the greeting of this mosque is tawaf (circumambulation). They think that when a person enters this mosque, he does not pray two rak'ahs but rather performs tawaf. This is not the case. Rather, if you enter this mosque for the purpose of tawaf, then the tawaf suffices in place of the greeting of the mosque.