عن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: قَدِمَ رسولُ الله ﷺ المدينةَ ولهم يومانِ يَلعبون فيهما، فقال: «ما هذانِ اليومانِ؟!» قالوا: كنا نلعَب فيهما في الجاهلية، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: «إن الله قد أبدلَكم بهما خيرًا منهما؛ يومَ الأضحى، ويومَ الفِطر»
56 - The Eid prayer
Anas ibn Mālik narrated saying:
When God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) migrated to Madinah, its people used to celebrate two days. He asked: ‘What are these two days about?’ They said: ‘We used to celebrate them prior to Islam’. God’s Messenger said: ‘God has replaced them for you with two better days: the Day of [Eid] al-Aḍḥā and the Day of [Eid] al-Fiṭr’.
Related by Abu Dāwūd, 1134; al-Nasāʼī, 1556.
Summary of Meaning
The people of Madinah used to celebrate two days annually in pre-Islamic days. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) migrated to Madinah and saw them celebrating them, he asked the cause of their celebration. They told him. He told them not to mark them anymore, because God has substituted these days for them with the two better days of Eid: al-Fiṭr and al-Aḍḥā.
