Ruling on calling out “Salaat al-‘Eid athaabakum Allaah (Eid prayer, may Allaah reward you)”
Question

                Sometimes they say, “Salaat al-‘Eid athaabakum Allaah (Eid prayer, may Allaah reward you)” before the prayer. What should one do if they persist in doing these things? Should he pray at home? May Allaah reward you.
Praise be to Allah.Firstly: 
The fuqaha’ are unanimously 
    agreed that it is not prescribed to give the adhaan or iqaamah before Eid 
    prayer. 
In Saheeh Muslim 
    (886) it says that Ibn Jurayj said: ‘Ata’ told me that that Ibn ‘Abbaas and 
    Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ansaari said: There was no adhaan on the day of 
    al-Fitr or al-Adha.

    Ibn Jurayj said: I asked him [i.e., ‘Ata’] about that later 
    on and he said: Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ansaari told me that there was no 
    call to prayer on the day of al-Fitr, either before the imam came out or 
    afterwards, and there was no adhaan or call or anything; no call to prayer 
    and no iqaamah. 
They differed concerning 
    calling people to prayer with other words, such as saying “Al-Salaatu 
    jaami’ah (prayer is about to begin)” or “Salaat al-‘Eid athaabakum 
    Allaah (Eid prayer may Allaah have mercy on you)” and so on. There are 
    two opinions: 
1 – 
That it is not allowed. 
    They said: They should not give any call, and they should not say “Al-Salaatu 
    jaami’ah” or anything else. This is one of the two views in the Maaliki 
    and Hanbali madhhab. 
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah 
    have mercy on him) said: 
It was narrated that ‘Ata’ 
    said: Jaabir told me that there is no adhaan on the day of al-Fitr until the 
    imam comes out, and (no adhaan) after the imam has come out, and no iqaamah, 
    and no call, and nothing. There was no call on that day and no iqaamah. 
    Narrated by Muslim. 
Some of our companions 
    said: It may be called out for it “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”. This is the 
    view of al-Shaafa’i. But the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah  (peace 
    and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is more deserving of being followed. 
    End quote. 
Al-Mughni 
    (2/117). 
Al-Hattaab al-Maaliki (may 
    Allaah have mercy on him)said: 
And it should not be called 
    out “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”. Ibn Naaji said in his commentary on the 
    essay that we received from our Shaykh: Phrases such as this are an 
    innovation (bid’ah) because they are not narrated (from the Prophet  
    (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)). End quote. 
Shaykh Yoosuf ibn ‘Umar 
    said: There is nothing wrong with saying “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” even 
    if it is an innovation. 
In al-Tawdeeh, 
    al-Shaamil and al-Jazooli it says that it may be called out “Al-Salaatu 
    jaami’ah”. End quote. 
Mawaahib al-Jaleel Sharh 
    Mukhtasar Khaleel (2/191). 
Ibn ‘Aleesh al-Maaliki (may 
    Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
The call should not be made 
    by saying things like “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” because it is makrooh, or 
    it is contrary to what is more appropriate, because no report was narrated 
    concerning that. It is clearly stated that it is makrooh in al-Tawdeeh,
    al-Shaamil and al-Jazooli. 
Ibn Naaji, Ibn ‘Umar and 
    others clearly stated that it is an innovation (bid’ah). 
What al-Kharashi said about 
    it being permissible is not correct, and what he quoted of ahaadeeth 
    concerning that is to be rejected, because it was not narrated concerning 
    Eid; rather it was narrated concerning the eclipse prayer, as it says in 
    al-Tawdeeh, al-Mawaaq and other books, quoting from al-Ikmaal. 
Drawing an analogy between 
    the Eid prayer and the eclipse prayer is invalid because Eid is repeated and 
    well known, whereas the eclipse prayer is done rarely. 
Yes, at the beginning of 
    the chapter on the adhaan in al-Mawaaq it is narrated that ‘Ayaad 
    liked the idea that for every prayer for which there is no adhaan it may be 
    said “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”, but the author did not comment on that. 
    End quote. 
Minah al-Jaleel Sharh 
    Mukhtasar Khaleel (1/460) 
In Fataawa al-Lajnah 
    al-Daa’imah it says: 
When the imam stands up to 
    offer the Eid prayer, he should start with takbeerat al-ihraam, and he 
    should not say to the people beforehand “al Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” or 
    “salaat al-‘eid” or any other phrase, because there is no report which 
    indicates that. Rather the words “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” are to be 
    called out in the case of the eclipse prayer, whether for a solar or lunar 
    eclipse. End quote. 
(8/314). 
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may 
    Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
Some of the scholars said: 
    This is our view, that it may be called out for istisqa’ (prayers for rain) 
    and for Eid prayer, “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah”. But this view is not 
    correct, and it is not valid to make an analogy with the eclipse prayer for 
    two reasons: 

    (i)That eclipses happen suddenly, 
    especially in earlier times when people would be unaware of them until they 
    happened.

    (ii)The Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not give a call for prayers for rain or 
    Eid prayers. In every case where there could have been a reason for doing 
    something at the time of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be 
    upon him) and he did not do it, doing it is an innovation, because there was 
    nothing to prevent the Messenger  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him) from giving call. If a call may be given for this prayer, he would have 
    ordered the caller to give the call for it.
So the correct view is that 
    there is no call for the Eid prayers and prayers for rain. End quote. 
Al-Sharh al-Mumti’ 
    (5/199). 
This is the view favoured 
    by Shaykh al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) as it says in 
    al-Mukhtaaraat al-Jaliyyah (p. 53). 
This view was previously 
    chosen, and was supported by comments from the scholars in the answer to 
    question no. 48972. 
2 –  
That it is prescribed to 
    call for them by saying “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” or “Al-salaah, 
    yarhamukum Allaah (The prayer, may Allaah have mercy on you)” and other 
    words which signal that the prayer is about to begin.  
This is the view of the 
    Hanafis as it says in al-‘Inaayah Sharh al-Hidaayah (1/242), and it 
    is the view of the Shaafa’is, and the correct view according to the Hanbalis 
    and the Zaahiri madhhab, as it says in al-Muhalla (2/178). 
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have 
    mercy on him) said: 
Al-Shaafa’i and his 
    companions said: It is mustahabb to say “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” because 
    of what we have mentioned about the analogy with the eclipse prayer. 
    Al-Shaafa’i said in al-Umm: I prefer for the imam to tell the muezzin 
    to say on Eids and other occasions when people gather to pray: “Al-Salaatu 
    jaami’ah” or “al-salaah”, If he says “halumm ila al-salaah 
    (come to prayer)” we do not regard that as makrooh, and if he says “hayya 
    ‘ala al-salaah (come to prayer – the phrase used in the adhaan)” there 
    is nothing wrong with it, although I would prefer to avoid that because 
    these are the words of the adhaan, and I prefer to avoid all the words of 
    the adhaan. End quote.  
Al-Majmoo’ 
    (5/20). 
Al-Bahooti al-Hanbali (may 
    Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
It should be called out for 
    Eid or the eclipse prayer or prayer for rain: “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” 
    or “al-salaah”. 
It says in al-Furoo’: 
    It should be called out for the eclipse prayer because that is in 
    al-Saheehayn, and for prayers for rain, and for Eid prayer, “al-salaatu 
    jaami’ah” or “al-salaah.” And it was said that it should not be 
    called out. And it was said that it should not be called out for Eid prayer, 
    as is also the case of the funeral prayer and Taraweeh according to the more 
    sound opinion concerning them. Ibn ‘Abbaas and Jaabir said: “No adhaan was 
    given on the day of al-Fitr when the imam came out, or after he came out, 
    and no iqaamah, and no call, and nothing.” Agreed upon. End quote. 
Kashshaaf al-Qinaa’ 
    (1/233). See also al-Insaaf (1/428). It says in (2/459): This is our 
    view and that of most of our companions. 
The more correct view, as 
    stated above, is the first one, which is that no call should be given for 
    the Eid prayer at all. But if that happens, there is no sin on the one who 
    is present, because this is an opinion that carries weight among some 
    fuqaha’. Such matters should not be a cause of division or splitting among 
    the worshippers, especially nowadays. Rather if it is possible to advise the 
    people in charge in a gentle and goodly manner to do that which is proven in 
    the Sunnah, all well and good, otherwise he may attend the prayer with them 
    and there is no blame on him in sha Allaah. But we should point out that the 
    one who wants to teach others the Sunnah concerning that or to tell them 
    what is correct, should do so before the people gather for prayer. But once 
    the people have gathered, it is difficult at that point to offer advice 
    calmly and in a useful manner, and there is no guarantee that it will not 
    lead to provoking enmity and division, or things that are even worse than 
    that.  
We ask Allaah to help us 
    and you to do and say that which He loves and with which He is pleased, and to help us and you to avoid fitan (trouble, tribulation), both outward and inward.  
And Allaah knows best.