The hour at which one should set out for Eid

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would pray the Fajr prayer in the Prophet's Mosque and then, just as he was, set out for the Eid prayer ground.

Hatim bin Isma'il said: On the day of Eid, after the salam of the morning prayer, Abd al-Rahman bin Harmalah would set out with Sa'id bin al-Musayyib for the Eid prayer ground, which was near the house of Kathir bin al-Salt, and would sit there between the two leaves of the door.

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr I prayed the Fajr prayer in this mosque. When Abu Abd al-Rahman and Abdullah bin Ma'qil had prayed the Fajr prayer, they set out for the Eid prayer ground, and I went along with them.

Ibrahim said: The predecessors used to pray the Fajr prayer wearing their Eid clothes.

Abu Mijlaz said: On the day of Eid al-Fitr, after the Fajr prayer, you should go to the Eid prayer ground.

Urwah would not go to the Eid prayer until the sun had risen high.

Muhammad bin Ali, Amir and Ata said: Do not go out for the Eid prayer until the sun has risen.

Isa bin Sahl said that he saw his grandfather, Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him), and his sons sitting in the mosque; when the sun had risen they would pray two rak'ahs and then set out for the Eid prayer ground. They did this on both Eids, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

Mansur said: On the day of Eid I went to Ibrahim at the time of the morning prayer. He had already prayed, and he had his Eid clothes on.