Eating on the day of Fitr before going out to the prayer ground

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, before going to the place of Eid prayer, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would eat a few dates and then set off.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, eat something before going to the place of Eid prayer.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Sunnah of Eid al-Fitr is that you give the charity of Fitr (sadaqat al-fitr) before the prayer, and that you eat something before going out for Eid.

Husayn said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr I met Mu'awiyah bin Suwayd. I said to him, "O Abu Suwayd! Have you eaten anything?" He said, "Yes, I have eaten a little honey."

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, Ibn Ma'qil would eat a little honey and then set out for Eid.

Urwah said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, eat something before going to the Eid prayer ground.

Yahya bin Abi Ishaq said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr I came to Safwan bin Muhriz and sat at his door. Then he came out and, as if apologising, said: "On this day it used to be ordered that a man eat something before going out for Eid. I have eaten something, and that is what held me back. As for the other Eid (Eid al-Adha), the morning meal is taken after the Eid prayer."

Ibn Awn said: Faludhaj (a sweet dish) used to be brought to Ibn Sirin on the days of the two Eids, and he would eat some of it before going out for Eid. Ibn Awn used to say: This holds back the urine.

Al-Hakam said: On the day of Eid, Abdullah bin Shaddad passed by a shopkeeper, took a date from him and ate it.

Al-Sha'bi said: The Sunnah is that you eat something on the day of Eid al-Fitr before going out for Eid, and on the day of Eid al-Adha you eat after coming back.

Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman said: Al-Aswad used to order us to eat something on the day of Eid al-Fitr before going out for the prayer.

Umm al-Darda said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, eat something before going out for the prayer, even if it is only a single date.

Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Sunnah is that on the day of Eid al-Fitr you eat something before going out for Eid.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When you are about to go out for Eid al-Fitr, eat something, even if it is only a single date.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, delivering the sermon on the day of Eid al-Fitr, said: This is a day on which some food and some drink are taken, so eat something and drink something.

Mujahid said: Eat something before coming to the Eid al-Fitr prayer.

Ibrahim related that word reached him that Tamim bin Salamah went out for the Eid al-Fitr prayer, and a companion of his was with him. He said to his companion, "Have you eaten anything?" He said, "No." So Tamim went to a shopkeeper, asked him for a date or something else, and gave it to his companion, who ate it. Ibrahim said: His walking to a man to ask him for something was harder on him than leaving the food would have been, had he left it.

Abu Mijlaz said: Eat something before you go out for Eid.

Abu Ishaq said: A Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order that something be eaten on the day of Eid al-Fitr before going to the Eid prayer ground.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The predecessors used to be ordered that a man eat something on the day of Eid al-Fitr before setting out.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat something on the day of Eid al-Fitr before setting out for the Eid prayer ground.