Eid Mubarak

Eid in Munich

The two festivals of Islam. Here you find the calculated dates, everything about the Eid prayer and what applies on the festival days according to the Hanafi school.

Festival of breaking the fast

Eid al-Fitr

Tuesday, 9 March 2027

Eid prayer We will announce the time and place in good time

Festival of sacrifice

Eid al-Adha

Sunday, 16 May 2027

Day of Arafah on Saturday 15 May

Eid prayer We will announce the time and place in good time

The dates are calculated with the Umm al-Qura calendar and may shift by one day after the moon sighting. We announce the actual day in the mosque and on our channels.

The Eid prayer

According to the Hanafi school the Eid prayer is wajib for men for whom the Friday prayer is obligatory. Women and children are very welcome.
It has two rakʿat, without adhan or iqama. The sermon follows after the prayer.
In the first rakʿa, after the opening supplication, the imam says “Allahu Akbar” three extra times. Each time you raise your hands to your ears and then let them hang at your sides. After the third you fold your hands again.
In the second rakʿa the three extra “Allahu Akbar” come after the recitation and before bowing. At the fourth “Allahu Akbar” you bow without raising your hands.

Sunna on the day of Eid

Take a full bath (ghusl) before the prayer
Wear your best clothes and use perfume (men)
On Eid al-Fitr eat something sweet before the prayer, ideally an odd number of dates
On Eid al-Adha eat only after the prayer
Say the takbir on the way to the prayer, quietly on Eid al-Fitr, aloud on Eid al-Adha
Return by a different way than you came
Give zakat al-fitr before the prayer

Takbir al-tashriq

According to the Hanafi school every adult says the takbir once after every obligatory prayer from Fajr on the day of Arafah until Asr on the fourth day of Eid.

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَاللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ

Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar, Allahu akbar wa lillahil hamd

Allah is greater, Allah is greater. There is no god but Allah. Allah is greater, Allah is greater, and to Allah belongs all praise.

Fasting on the day of Arafah is a great sunna for those not on Hajj.

Qurbani

According to the Hanafi school the sacrifice (qurbani) is wajib for every adult resident Muslim who owns the nisab.
The sacrifice takes place after the Eid prayer on the first to third day of Eid.
A sheep or goat counts for one person, up to seven people can share a cow or camel.
It is recommended to divide the meat into thirds, for your family, for relatives and friends and for people in need.

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