Those who said: the prayer on the day of Eid comes before the sermon

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Eid prayer before the sermon, and then delivered the sermon.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I prayed the Eid prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he led the prayer before the sermon.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray the two Eid prayers before the sermon.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Eid prayer near the house of Kathir bin al-Salt, and after the prayer he delivered the sermon.

Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the sermon on the Day of Sacrifice (Nahr) after the prayer.

Sayyiduna Jundub bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the Day of Sacrifice (Nahr), and after the prayer he delivered the sermon.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I prayed the Eid prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); all of them used to lead the prayer before the sermon.

Abu Ubayd said: I prayed the Eid prayer with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he led the prayer before the sermon. I prayed the Eid prayer with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and he led the prayer before the sermon. I also prayed the Eid prayer with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too led the prayer before the sermon.

Maysarah said: I prayed the Eid prayer with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); after leading the prayer he delivered the sermon. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) also used to do the same.

Ata said: Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): How should I lead the prayer on the day of Eid? (At that time relations between them were good.) Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Do not give the adhan nor say the iqamah, and lead the prayer before the sermon. When relations between them went bad, he used to lead the prayer with the adhan and iqamah and deliver the sermon before the prayer.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The prayers of the two Eids used to take place before the sermon.

Ibrahim said: On the day of Eid, the imam would first lead the prayer, then mount his camel and deliver the sermon for as long as it takes the women to go back.

Abu al-Bakhtari heard a man on the day of Eid saying that the prayer comes before the sermon, and he said: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! This is the Sunnah."

Matar bin Najiyah asked Sa'id bin Jubayr about the prayer of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr, and he told him to lead the prayer before the sermon. The people found this objectionable, so Sa'id said: "By Allah! It is the well-known practice. By Allah! It is the well-known practice."

Ibn Abi Layla said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Eid prayer, then mounted his riding animal and delivered the sermon to us.