Hazrat Maisarah narrates that I offered the Eid prayer with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). After leading the prayer, he delivered the sermon. Hazrat Uthman used to do the same.

Hazrat Ata narrates that Hazrat Ibn Zubair asked Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), "How should I lead the prayer on the day of Eid?" (At that time, their mutual relations were good.) Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied, "Do not give the adhan nor the iqamah, and lead the prayer before the sermon." When their mutual relations deteriorated, he would lead the prayer with adhan and iqamah and would deliver the sermon before the prayer.

Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Eid prayers used to be held before the sermon.

Ibrahim says that on the day of Eid, the Imam will first lead the prayer, then mount his camel and deliver the sermon for such a duration that the women will leave and go back.

Abu Al-Bakhtari heard a man on the day of Eid saying that the prayer is before the sermon, so he said: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! This is the Sunnah."

Matar bin Najiyah asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair about the method of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr prayers, so he said that the prayer should be offered before the sermon. When people found this unpleasant, Hazrat Saeed said, "By Allah! This is righteousness, by Allah! This is righteousness."

Ibn Abi Layla narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Eid prayer, then mounted his ride and delivered the sermon to us.

Hazrat Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam says that previously people used to perform the Eid prayer first and then deliver the sermon, until the time of Hazrat Umar when the number of people increased. When he would begin to deliver the sermon, people from here and there would slip away. When Hazrat Umar observed this situation, he started delivering the sermon first and then leading the prayer.

Hazrat Raja narrates that Marwan had the pulpit brought out and he delivered the sermon before the prayer. A man stood up and said, "O Marwan! You have acted against the Sunnah; you had the pulpit brought out even though the pulpit was never brought out before, and you delivered the sermon before the prayer." On this occasion, Abu Saeed said, "Who is this?" People informed him that it was so-and-so. He said, "He has fulfilled his responsibility."

Tariq bin Shihab narrates that Marwan was the first to deliver the sermon before the Eid prayer. At this, a man stood up and said that the prayer comes before the sermon. Marwan said that it has been left here like this. Upon this, Hazrat Abu Saeed said that this man has fulfilled his responsibility.