Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Bakr bin Hafs says that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) neither performed any prayer before the Eid nor after the Eid, and said that this is the blessed practice of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the people in the Eid prayer; he did not perform any prayer before the Eid nor after it.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that I saw Ibn Abi Awfa, Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Shurayh, and Ibn Ma'qil; all of them neither performed any prayer before the Eid nor after the Eid.

Abu Bishr says that I was sitting with Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair in Masjid al-Haram on the day of Eid al-Fitr. Hazrat Ata stood up for prayer before the Imam arrived, so Hazrat Saeed told him to sit down, and thus he sat. I asked Hazrat Saeed, "From whom is this narrated, O Abu Abdullah?" He replied, "From Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companions."

Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Abi Kathir narrates that Abu Mas’ud Ansari would walk around the rows on the days of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr and would say that on this day, the prayer is only with the Imam.

Tha'laba bin Zahdam reports that Hazrat Abu Mas'ud stood up on the day of Eid and said: "On this day, there is no prayer until the Imam arrives."

Hazrat Nafi' reports that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) would neither perform any prayer before the Eid (prayer) nor after it.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that on the day of Eid, I was between Hazrat Masruq and Hazrat Shurayh; neither of them performed prayer before Eid nor after Eid.

Hazrat Hisham says that Hazrat Ibn Sirin would neither perform prayer before Eid nor after Eid.

Ismail says that Hazrat Sha'bi saw a man on the day of Eid who started to pray after the Imam had left, so he pulled him back from behind and forbade him.

Hazrat Dhahhak says that there is no prayer before or after the Eid prayer.

Hazrat Sha'bi neither used to offer prayer before the Eid prayer nor after it.

Hazrat Ibn al-Hanafiyyah says that there is no prayer before the Eid prayer nor after it.

Amr bin Abdullah Asam said that I went with Hazrat Masruq on the day of Eid. There, when I stood up to offer prayer, he held me and made me sit. Then he said that until the Imam finishes the prayer, there is no prayer.