Eid ul-Fitr Announcement 2020

Announcement from Central London Mosque:

The Coordination Committee of Mosques and Islamic Centres in London has announced:

We are pleased to announce to the whole Muslim Community in the U.K that Sunday 24May 2020 is the day of Eid’ulFitr Day, the 1st of Shawwal 1441 Hijri. 

We congratulate all Muslims in the world and want to take this opportunity to ask Allah to accept all our deeds and wish everyone a blessed life full of happiness, peace and prosperity

 
IMPORTANT: Dont forget togive Zakat al-Fitr before Eid salat. (about £5 per person)
https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk


EID Salah at home 
(taken from reading Jamme Masjid)
In light of the current COVID-19 lockdown, those who follow the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali Schools of Sunni Islamic law may perform the Eid prayer at home, even individually according to some schools. However, there is no requirement for the khutba.

As for those who follow the Hanafi School, the position taken by Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani and many other scholars, is that the Eid prayer will not be performed in private homes where there is no public access. Rather, one may offer four raka'at supererogatory (nafl/duha) prayers. However, the position of some other contemporary Hanafi scholars is that the Eid prayer can be performed at home, but in a minimum congregation of four people.


Please stay safe and socially distant from friends and family while celebrating. Read more about this discussion here.


How to Pray Eid-ul Fitr Salah at Home under lockdown 
(taken from East London Mosque)
The scholars have different opinions on whether we should perform the Eid prayer at home. Some take the view that there is no Eid prayer at home. Others say you can pray at home; some say individually, and some that the household can pray together led by the head of the household. 

There is no sermon if praying at home, but we can give each other good advice and Islamic reminders. How to perform the Eid prayer If you do decide to pray at home, then this is a reminder on how to perform the prayer. There are two rak‘ahs, each with extra Takbirs; the number and timing depends on which school of thought you follow: 

Hanafi: in the first rak‘ah, after the opening Takbir and before you recite Al-Fatihah, there are 3 extra takbirs; in the second rak‘ah, before ruku‘ there are also 3 extra takbirs, followed by the takbir for ruku‘. This is the way we perform the Eid prayer at the East London Mosque (as the majority of our congregation follow the Hanafi school of thought). 

Others: in the first rak‘ah, after the opening Takbir and before you recite Al-Fatihah, there are 7 extra takbirs; in the second rak‘ah, at the start after the Takbir for standing up and before you recite Al-Fatihah, there are 5 extra takbirs. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1CBPsJDjg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evp28UrDdpQ (demonstrated)