مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(يُصَلَّى صَلَاةُ الْعِيدِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ)
(Eid prayer is performed before the sermon)
Hadith 1428
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يُصَلُّونَ الْعِيدَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ
Ibn ‘Umar said that God’s Messenger, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar used to say the festival prayers before the sermon. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
