The Prayer of ‘Eid has requisites, recommended actions, and etiquettes, which the Prophet ﷺ always ensured to perform. All of that was narrated to us through the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). In this hadeeth, ʿAbdullah Ibn ‘Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them) reports that he was present and performed the ‘Eid prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmaan(may Allah be pleased with them) - and each in [their own] time while they served as Caliphs. He confirms that all of them prayed the ‘Eid prayer before the ‘Eid sermon. The statement of Ibn ‘Abbaas(may Allah be pleased with them) is a clear evidence that the Prayer of ‘Eid preceded the sermon. The Prophet ﷺ pursued this practice diligently and was observed by the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them) and [those] after him ﷺ, and they continued this practice thereafter. The sermon of ‘Eid consists of two parts, with a break between the two of them - like the sermon delivered on Friday. The sermon is legislated on Fridays, ‘Eids, and [other] occasions for many reasons. One of them is that the people learn about the matters of religion and worldly affairs. For this reason, whenever the Imaam ascends on to the pulpit, he should make it his goal to teach the people and instruct them - especially on religious correlations that coincide with that sermon. This is based on the report that al-Bukhaaree recorded about the description of the sermon of the Prophet ﷺ according to Abu Saʿeed al-Khudree(may Allah be pleased with him). In this report, he explained that the first thing that he ﷺ began with was the performance of the ‘Eid prayer, then after he finished the prayer, he ﷺ turned towards the people, and stood up facing the congregation. The people would [remain] seated in their rows as he ﷺ delivered the sermon to them, during which he admonished, advised, and gave them orders. From the benefits that we can conclude from this hadeeth is the eagerness of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them) towards preserving and implementing the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ..