Two Eids falling together: does one suffice for the other?

Wahb bin Kaysan said: Once, in the time of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), Eid fell on a Friday. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr delayed coming out; when he came out, he delivered the sermon and made it long, then he led the prayer, and he did not come out for the Friday prayer. Some people found fault with him for this. That reached Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: He has followed the Sunnah. This reached Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr, and he said: I attended the Eid with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he did just as I have done.

Abu Ubayd said: I prayed the Eid prayer with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). That day was a Friday. Sayyiduna Uthman said: This is a day on which two Eids have come together for the Muslims. Those who have come from the outlying areas, we give them permission to go back, and whoever wishes to stay, let him stay.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said: In the time of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Friday and Eid fell on the same day. He led the people in the Eid prayer, then delivered the sermon on his mount, and in it he said: Whoever attended the Eid prayer, then, if Allah wills, his Friday prayer has also been fulfilled.

Ja'far narrates from his father that in the time of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Friday and Eid fell on the same day. He led the people in the Eid prayer and said: We will pray the Friday prayer; whoever wishes to come, let him come.

Sayyiduna Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah al-A'la and Surah al-Ghashiyah in the two Eid prayers. And when Friday fell on the day of Eid, he would recite these same surahs in both prayers.

Wahb bin Kaysan said: In the time of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), Friday and Eid fell on the same day. Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr led the Eid prayer after the day had risen well. Then he went back in and came out at the time of Asr. Hisham said: I mentioned this to Nafi', and he said: This was mentioned to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he did not object to it.

Ata said: In the time of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), Eid and Friday fell on the same day. He led the people in the Eid prayer, then, in place of the Friday prayer, led them in four rak'ahs of the Zuhr prayer.

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: Once, in the time of al-Hajjaj, Eid and Friday fell on the same day, and he led only one of the two prayers. When Abu al-Bakhtari learned of this, he said: May Allah destroy him; where did he come to know of this?

Ibrahim said: The first of the two prayers suffices.

Ata said: When Friday and Eid fall on the same day, performing either one of them suffices you.

Ibn Abi Ramlah said: I saw Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ask Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you witness with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a day on which Friday and Eid fell together? He said: Yes. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah asked: What did he (peace and blessings be upon him) do that day? Sayyiduna Zayd said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Eid prayer and gave a concession regarding the Friday prayer, and said: "Whoever wishes may pray it."

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said: Once, in the time of al-Hajjaj, Friday and Eid fell on the same day. Al-Hajjaj led the Eid prayer and said: Whoever wishes to pray the Friday prayer with us, let him pray it, and whoever wishes to leave, let him leave; there is no harm in leaving. At this, Abu al-Bakhtari and Maysarah said: May Allah destroy him; where did he come across this?

Ata narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him); his words are given together with Ibrahim's in the next report.

Regarding the two Eids (Eid and Friday) when they fall together, Ibrahim and (in the previous report) Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) both said: One of the two suffices.

Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One of the two prayers suffices.

Al-Sha'bi said: When the day of Eid and Friday are the same, one prayer suffices.