Multiple Eidgahs

Question

A few days ago a fatwa was requested from you, and you replied that if the Eidgah is waqf property, its land cannot be sold. The fact that it has now become surrounded by residential buildings does not require any change; it should remain as it is. Now clarification is requested: we are not intending to relocate the Eidgah merely because it has come within the residential area.

Answer

Performing the Eid prayer outside the residential area in an open place is Sunnah and preferable, whether there is a designated Eidgah there or not. However, establishing a permanent Eidgah is beneficial so that no one may object by saying: “Why are you praying on our land or fields?

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