Eid ul-Fitr Prayer Services

For 2024 prayer services for Eid, see here: https://mcceastbay.org/event/eid-ul-fitr-prayer-service/

Thank you for a beautiful Ramadan together in the community!

Eid ul-Fitr ’23 will be celebrated on Friday, April 21, pending moonsighting. Alhamdulillah!

Please pay your household’s Zakat ul-Fitr ($12/person) before the Eid prayers.

Here are MCC’s arrangements for Eid morning on Friday:

• – FIRST PRAYER
  – Location: MCC East Bay Prayer Halls, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588
  – Takbeer begins at 7 a.m.
  – 7:15 a.m.: Eid prayer begins promptly, followed by a sermon
  – Khateeb: Sidi Masoud Qazen

• – SECOND PRAYER
  – Location: Fallon Sports Park
  – Takbeerat begins at 9 a.m.
  – 9:15 a.m.: Eid prayer begins promptly, followed by a sermon
  – Khateeb: To Be Announced

• – THIRD PRAYER
  – Location: Fallon Sports Park
  – Takbeerat begins at 10:30 a.m.
  – 10:45 a.m.: Eid prayer begins promptly, followed by a sermon
  – Khateeb: Hafiz Sami Rehman

If Eid is confirmed for Saturday, April 22, the three services will be at the MCC facility.

**Please bring your prayer mat and an umbrella (if necessary, to the outdoor service). Parking congestion is expected, especially at the second prayer service; please come early.

Masks are optional. The Eid prayer will start promptly.

Each Eid service will be less than 30 minutes long. The Eid prayer will start promptly at 7:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., and 10:45 a.m. Please arrive early.

Eid parking for the first prayer services is in the MCC parking lot and the adjacent HP lot. The aerial map at https://mcceastbay.org/hp

Eid Prayer parking at Fallon Sports Park: https://mcceastbay.org/fallon

• –  Virtually watch the Eid three sermons from home: https://mcceastbay.org/live (YouTube) & https://mcceastbay.org/facebook

*MCC adheres to the traditional principle that Islamic lunar months begin and end based on confirmed, verified naked-eye sightings of the new crescent moon globally. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpzeUf9w9c

Please remember that for Eid, the congregational salat is prayed for first, and then worshipers listen to the Eid sermon. Please stay seated after the prayer.

• – Eid Takbeer (played on a loop to play on the car ride to prayer): https://youtu.be/LXrs2DXZB4E
• – Eid Takbeer (played on a loop to repeat on the car ride to MCC): https://mcceastbay.org/takbeer
• – Prior Eid al-Fitr Khutbahs: https://mcceastbay.org/eid-fitr
• – More Sidi Mahdy: https://mcceastbay.org/mahdy
• – More Sidi Hafiz: https://mcceastbay.org/sami
• – 7 Sunnahs on the Night and Day of Eid
• – The Fiqh of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
• – The Night of Eid and Sunnahs of Eid al-Adha

Questions? events@mcceastbay.org