If the day of `Eed is not determined until late in the day (past the time
of the `Eed prayer), then the `Eed prayer is held the next day. Abu `Umayr
Bin Anas reported that some of his uncles, who were from the Ansaar1, and
who were companions of the Prophet  , told him:
"The crescent of Shawwaal was obscure to us. So we continued to fast
that morning; later in the day, a group of travellers arrived and
testified before Allaah's Messenger that they had seen the hilaal
(crescent) the previous day; so he commanded the people to break their
fast on that day, and to go out to the musallaa the following morning."2
- Dwellers of al-Madeenah who helped and supported the Prophet .
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- Abu Daawood, an-Nasaa`ee, and Ibn Maajah; authentic. See Irwaa' ul-Ghaleel 3:102.
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