Twenty one Mustaḥabbāt of Eid Following acts are Mustaḥab on the Eid day: 1. To get hair cut (get your hair cut according to Sunnaĥ, not according to the English styles). 2. To cut nails. 3. To have a bath. 4. To use Miswāk (this is in addition to the one used during Wuḍū). 5. To wear nice clothes, either new or washed ones. 6. To apply perfume. 7. To wear a ring (Islamic brothers are allowed to wear only one silver ring which weighs less than 4.5 Masha. There must be only one gem in the ring; they shouldn’t wear the ring without a gem either; there is no limit for the weight of the gem. They are not allowed to wear more than one ring. Men cannot wear the ring made of any other metal except silver with the afore-mentioned conditions). 8. To offer Salāt-ul-Fajr in the Masjid of one’s locality. 9. To eat some dates in odd numbers such as 3, 5, 7 etc. before going to offer Eid-ulFiṭr Ṣalāĥ. If dates are not available, then eat something sweet. If nothing is eaten before the Ṣalāĥ, there will be no sin, but if nothing is eaten till Ṣalāt-ul-‘Ishā, he will be rebuked. 10. To offer the Eid Ṣalāĥ at a place that is designated for offering the Eid Ṣalāĥ. 11. To go to the designated place for Eid Ṣalāĥ on foot. 12. Although there is no harm in using conveyance, walking on foot is better for those who can do so; there is no harm at all in returning by conveyance. 13. To go to the designated place for Eid Ṣalāĥ from one path and returning from the other path. 14. To pay Ṣadaqaĥ-e-Fiṭr before the Eid Ṣalāĥ (this is better, but if you couldn’t pay it before the Eid Ṣalāĥ, pay it after the Ṣalāĥ). 15. To express happiness. 16. To donate Ṣadaqaĥ in abundance. 17. To head towards the designated place for Eid Ṣalāĥ calmly, in a dignified manner, with lowered gaze. 18. To congratulate each other. 19. To embrace and to shake hands with one another after the Eid Ṣalāĥ as Muslims usually do. It is a good act because it expresses happiness. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, pp. 71, part 4) 20. In most cases, there are the same rulings for Eid-ul-Aḍḥā as for Eid-ul-Fiṭr. However, there are a few differences; for example, it is Mustaḥab not to eat anything before the Eid Ṣalāĥ on Eid-ul-Aḍḥā regardless of whether or not one is performing the sacrifice (of cattle), but if one eats something, still there is no harm.
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