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Is it permissible for the Imam to instruct latecomers to the Eid prayer and sermon to hold another sermon and pray?

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It is sunnah to make up the Eid prayer for whoever missed it with the Imam. As for the Eid sermon, it is a sunnah; it is not obligatory to attend it, listen to it, or make it up for whoever missed it, based on the hadith: "Indeed, we are delivering a sermon, so whoever wishes to sit for the sermon, let him sit, and whoever wishes to leave, let him leave."

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