Bathing on the Day of 'Eid al-Adh.ha and 'Eid al-Fitr

Shaykh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baaz

Reference: Fawaa.id min Duroos Samaahatish-Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez ibn Baaz - Kitaab at-Tahaarah, Page 23

Category: Purification

(Regarding) bathing on the day of `Eed al-Adh.haa and `Eed al-Fitr, (then) there is nothing firm established about it; And the ahaadeeth in the Sunan of Ibn Maajah are weak.

Al-Albaanee said:

"Their weakness is severe; None of them strengthen one another. So bathing (on these days) based upon these (ahaadeeth) is not (to be regarded as) a Sunnah".

Translator: Mohammed Akhtar Chaudhry, Abu Abdullaah

Date Published: Friday, 11 May 2007

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Ibn Shamsud-Deen:

Subhaanallaah.. i didn't realise this until today.. I've always thought that it is sunnah..

However, as mentioned, it is not authentically reported from the Prophet, and the hadeeth pertaining to it in Sunan Ibn Maajah is weak, rather da'eef jiddan, as mentioned in Saheeh Fiqh as-Sunnah of Abu Malik Kamal bin As-Sayyid Salim.

However, Abu Malik mentioned about bathing on the 2 'Eids being Sunnah, based on a narration from 'Ali and a narration from Ibn 'Umar. But I do not have the knowledge to comment about this.

Hence, Shaykh Ibn Baaz viewed it as something not established in the Sunnah. (This is especially due to the shaykh's firmness in accepting an act as an established Sunnah if it is authentically reported from the Prophet, not just by a narration in which the sanad only reaches a Companion.)

However, i'd like to make it clear that this does not mean that one should not bathe on the day of 'Eid, subhaanAllaah.. it only shows that bathing on the day of 'Eid is not an established Sunnah.. if one needs to bathe, especially to freshen himself (which is usually the case), by al means do so..

Wallaahu a'lam