قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ : ثُمَّ شَهِدْتُ الْعِيدَ مَعَ
عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، فَصَلَّى قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ لَكُمْ فِيهِ عِيدَانِ ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْتَظِرَ الْجُمُعَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَوَالِي ، فَلْيَنْتَظِرْ ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَقَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَهُ " .
Narrated Abu `Ubaid: (in continuation of above). Then I witnessed the `Id with `Uthman bin `Affan, and that was on a Friday. He offered the prayer before the sermon, saying, "O people! Today you have two 'Its (festivals) together, so whoever of those who live at Al-`Awali (suburbs) would like to wait for the Jumua prayer, he may wait, and whoever would like to return (home) Is granted my permission to do so."