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European Council for Fatwa and Research’s Statement on Eid Prayer

23 May, 2020
Q Is it valid if I offer Eid prayer at home in a congregation made of my family due to the plague? If missed is there another prayer that one could offer in return?

Answer

European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR)
23 May, 2020

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

In this fatwa:

In light of COVID-19 lockdown, there is nothing wrong if one offers Eid prayer individually or in a congregation at home with two rakahs and takbirs and without a khutbah.

In responding to this question, the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR), states:

The majority of the Shafi`i School, Hanbali School and some of the Maliki school state that if one offers Eid prayer individually or in a congregation at home in the way explained i.e. two rakahs and takbirs but not a sermon, the prayer is valid.

Whenever Anas Ibn Malik missed Eid prayer, he offered it at home with his family.

Due to the current circumstances where people have to remain at home and they cannot offer Eid prayer in a mosque, every family may offer it at home.

Eid prayer, similar to tarawih prayer, is a confirmed Sunnah valid if offered at home. However, it is not valid if offered at home while following an Imam through a live broadcast.

Almighty Allah knows best.

Source: https://www.e-cfr.org/