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AI-Tirmidhi said:110 PRAYERi\ccording 10 Ihe view of Ihe men of knowledge among Ihe ProphetsComponion5 and othrr5, the prayer5 of the Two Feasts are 10 beperformed before delivering the sermoM:The wisdom behind delaying the deliver)' of the sermon after performingthe Feast Prayer, unlike that of the !umu 'ah (which is delivered before theprayer) is that the !umu 'ah Sermon is a condition for th e prayer: the conditionis 10 precede the act which depends on it. This is not the ca~ with the Feast""rmon, as it is an act of the SUMMah.According to Muslims' coosensus, th e Feast Prayer is to be performed intwo ral< 'al .. , 11 is stated in the Two Sahihs and other books of tiadHh that Ibn'AbM. (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:'TIw Prophtt (PBUH) performed a prayer of two rok 'ahs (units ofprayer) on the Day ofFast·heoking and he did not perform prayerbefore or after them:"In addition . . Urnar (may Allah be pleased with him) said:"The Prayer of tilt Fa>t-brea king Fra>1 and Ihnj of the Feast ofSacrifice are 10 be performed in two rok 'ahs. wit/lOut shorteningond this is said by the tongue of your Prophet (/'BUH); and he hasfailed who invents (faise~ood)."(Related by Ahmad and other compilers of Had'lh)"Neither prayercall (odMn) nor immediate pr~ye r call (iqilmail) is ordainedfor t he Feast Prayer. lmiim Muslim related that jabir (may Allah be pleasedwith him) said:-/ performed the Feast Pmyer along with AlIah"s Messenger(PBUH) several times mill h e performed prayer before deliveringIhe lermon, witho!ll pronouncing adh"n or iqilmal,: "When performing the Feast Pray .., one is to 'tart with .nnouncing Mkbir"in the first rak 'a/r after the opening rakbir and invo.;ation, Then, one is 10announce six takbfrs before se.:king rduge with Allah and reciting the Qur·an.The opening tokbfr is one of the integral parts of prayer that must be established(i.e. announced): pm)'er is not va lid except with it. The other takbfrs are amongthe act> of the SUNMllh (I'rophetic Tr.dition), After the opening tokbir, oneis to say the opening invo.;a\ion at the beginning of prayer, then say the sixaddition~l takbirs and seek refuge with Allah. as "'eking refuge with Allahprc.;:edes the recitation, and then one iSlo recile the Qur'~n.