What was the practice of some Companions regarding attendance before the Eid prayer?

Chapter on the Two Eid Prayers

Al-Mughni

Book of Friday Prayer

Book 4 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

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Primary text

Some Companions, specifically Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla and Abdullah ibn Ma'qil, would perform the dawn prayer while still dressed in their Eid clothes, and then they would hasten towards the prayer ground, with one reciting the *takbir* (Allahu Akbar) and the other reciting the *tahlil* (La ilaha illa Allah).

Supporting text

It is reported from Ibn Umar that he would not leave for the Eid prayer until the sun had fully risen.