Consuming dates before going for the Salah of Eid

Nabi (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) used to eat a few dates before going for the Salah of Eid-ul-Fitr. This was always an odd amount. According to the 'Ulama, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) practiced this in order to do the opposite of what he did during the whole month of Ramadhan. So, it is Sunnah to eat an odd amount of dates before going to perform the Salah of Eid-ul-Fitr. If a person does not have dates, he can eat something sweet in order to observe this Sunnah.

[English version of "Mange tamme avant alle namaz Eid" – Al Jamiat – Vol.3 No.9]