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What are the two Eids in Islam?

ما العيدان في الإسلام؟

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Worship and the pillars

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There are two festivals in the year: the Feast of Breaking the Fast after Ramadan, and the Feast of Sacrifice on the day of sacrifice in Dhu al-Hijja. Each has a congregational prayer on the morning of the feast. 1

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Prayer in early Islam before the Night Journey· Command, prohibition and capacity· The days of Tashriq· The five pillars of Islam· The lawful, the unlawful and the doubtful· Imam (prayer leader)· Islam (the religion and the term)· The no-harm maxim

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Prayer in early Islam before the Night Journey

What al-Raheeq al-Makhtum reports on the first prescription of prayer: two rakats morning and evening according to Muqatil ibn Sulayman citing Ghafir 55, Ibn Hajar's statement that the Prophet and his Companions certainly prayed before the Night Journey though whether anything was obligatory before the five prayers is disputed, Jibril's teaching of ablution at the first revelation, and the Muslims praying hidden in the ravines.