intermingle with men. The hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, regarding his exhortation to the women after finishing his khutbah is evidence that they did not depart before he finished, and the sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is more worthy of being followed.

Section: It is recommended that he deliver the khutbah while standing, due to what Jabir narrated, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, went out on the day of Fitr or Adha, and he delivered the khutbah standing, then he sat down, then he stood up. Recorded by Ibn Majah (13). This is because it is an Eid khutbah, so it resembles the Friday khutbah. If he delivers the khutbah while sitting, there is no harm in it, because it is not obligatory, so it resembles supererogatory prayer (nafilah). If he delivers the khutbah while upon his mount, it is also acceptable. Sa'id said: Hushaym narrated to us, Husayn narrated to us, Abu Jamilah narrated to us, who said: I saw Ali perform the prayer on the day of Eid, and he began with the prayer before the khutbah, then he delivered the khutbah while on his beast. I also saw Uthman bin Affan delivering the khutbah on his mount, and I saw al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah delivering the khutbah on his mount (14).

309- Issue; He said: (And one does not perform supererogatory prayer before the Eid prayer (1), nor after it.)

The general ruling is that it is disliked to perform supererogatory prayer before the Eid prayer or after it for the Imam and the follower in the place of prayer, whether it is in the musalla or the mosque. This is the school of Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar, and it has been narrated from Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, Hudhayfah, Buraydah, Salamah bin al-Akwa', Jabir, and Ibn Abi Awfa. Shurayh, Abdullah bin Mughaffal (2), al-Sha'bi, Malik, al-Dahhak, al-Qasim, Salim, Ma'mar, Ibn Jurayj, and Masruq also held this view. Al-Zuhri said: I have not heard any of our scholars mention that any of the predecessors of this