Where Should the Muslims Perform the Eid Prayer ? – Dr Zakir Naik

Answer By Dr Zakir Naik,As far as the Sunnah of the Prophet is concerned, Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam), he always commanded that as far as the Eid Salaah is concerned of both the Eids, its should be offered in the Musallah, it should be offered in the Eidga. ‘Eidga’ is the word used in India, Pakistan, the Arabic word is Musallah, its mainly an open ground so that more people can gather so of one town or one city, they should be as least gathering as possible and bigger gathering, so it should be one Musallah means one place where a person prays for the full town, that’s preferable or as least number of places maximum number of gathering. It’s mentioned in the Hadith of Sahih Bukhari Vol. no. 2 in the Book of Two Eids Hadith no. 956, it says “The Prophet during the Eid day, he went and prayed in the Musallah”