LessonsEid Prayers and the Takbirs of TashriqQuiz

فَإِنْ حَدَثَ عُذْرٌ مَنَعَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي: لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا بَعْدَهُ.
Translation: If a valid impediment prevents the congregation from praying on that second day, Fitr is not performed thereafter.

In this exceptional case, communal Fitr prayer may be delayed only to the following day, not indefinitely. Eid al-Adha is treated differently under a valid impediment.

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Fitr: an impediment on the following day

Eid Prayers and the Takbirs of Tashriq

فَإِنْ حَدَثَ عُذْرٌ مَنَعَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي: لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا بَعْدَهُ.
Translation: If a valid impediment prevents the congregation from praying on that second day, Fitr is not performed thereafter.

In this exceptional case, communal Fitr prayer may be delayed only to the following day, not indefinitely. Eid al-Adha is treated differently under a valid impediment.