Volume 7, Book 68, Number 478:
Narrated Abu ‘Ubaid:
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the freed slave of Ibn Azhar that he witnessed the Day of ‘Id-al-Adha with ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab.
‘Umar offered the ‘Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people, say –
ing, “O people! Allah’s Apostle has forbidden you to fast (on the first day of) each of these two ‘Ida,
for one of them is the Day of breaking your fast, and the other is the one, on which you eat the meat
of your sacrifices.”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 479:
Narrated Abu ‘Ubaid:
(in continuation of 478). Then I witnessed the ‘Id with ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan, and that was on a Fri –
day. He offered the prayer before the sermon, saying, “O people! Today you have two ‘Its (festivals)
together, so whoever of those who live at Al-‘Awali (suburbs) would like to wait for the Jumua pray –
er, he may wait, and whoever would like to return (home) Is granted my permission to do so.” Then I
witnessed (the ‘Its) with ‘Ali bin Abi Talib, and he too offered the ‘Id prayer before the sermon and
then delivered the sermon before the people and said, “Allah’s Apostle has forbidden you to eat the
meat of your sacrifices for more than three days.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 211:
Narrated Abu ‘Ubaid:
(the slave of Ibn Azhar) I witnessed the ‘Id with ‘Umar bin Al-Kattab who said, Allah’s Apostle has
forbidden people to fast on the day on which you break fasting (the fasts of Ramadan) and the day on
which you eat the meat of your sacrifices (the first day of ‘Id ul Fitr and ‘Id ul-Adha).