Eid Al-Adha 2025 prayer timings across Saudi Arabia
It’s tomorrow…
If you’re spending Eid Al Adha 2025 in the Kingdom, this is just the article for you. The holiday is fast approaching tomorrow, and if you’re not quite sure what the Eid Al-Adha 2025 prayer timings in Saudi Arabia are, we’ve got you covered.
Eid Al Adha 2025, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, falls on Friday June 6, with Arafat Day happening a day earlier on Thursday June 5.
What are the prayer timings?
Although the timings are pending official confirmation, Eid Al-Adha 2025 prayer timings in Saudi Arabia typically occur around 20 minutes after sunrise. Here are the likely timings:
- Riyadh: 5.09am (sunrise), approximately 5.18am to 5.23am (Eid prayer)
- Jeddah: 5.40am (sunrise), approximately 5.55am to 6am (Eid prayer)
- Khobar: 4.46am (sunrise), approximately 5am to 5.05am (Eid prayer)
- Dammam: 4.46am (sunrise), approximately 5am to 5.05am (Eid prayer)
- Dhahran: 4.46am (sunrise), approximately 5am to 5.05am (Eid prayer)
- Al-Ahsa: 4.53am (sunrise), approximately 5.08am to 5.15am (Eid prayer)
- Makkah: 5.38am (sunrise), approximately 5.53am to 5.58am (Eid prayer)
- Madinah: 5.34am (sunrise), approximately 5.49am to 5.54am (Eid prayer)
- Taif: 5.35am (sunrise), approximately 5.50am to 5.55am (Eid prayer)
- Yanbu: 5.39am (sunrise), approximately 5.54am to 5.59am (Eid prayer)
How is the Eid Al-Adha prayer performed?
According to Gulf News, the Eid prayer contains additional takbeerat (declarations of “Allahu Akbar”) and two rak’ahs (units of prayer). Following the opening takbeer and before Surah Al-Fatiha, seven takbeerat are recited in the first rak’ah. Five takbeerat are recited in the second rak’ah following the rise from sujood and prior to the subsequent recitation.
There is no adhan (call to prayer) during the prayer, and a khutbah (sermon) that emphasises the virtues of Eid—appreciation, selflessness, and communal harmony—follows.
What happens on Eid Morning?
On Eid morning, Muslims across Saudi Arabia wake early (or if you’re like my family and I, you don’t sleep), dress their best, and head to mosques for prayer. From dawn, the air fills with the sound of takbir, until the Eid prayer begins shortly after sunrise. A brief sermon follows, and then the celebrations begin with family visits and shared meals. Since it’s Eid Al-Adha, Muslims will also be performing their udhiya across the three days of Eid.
