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'O Prophet! When the believing women come to you to take the oath of fealty to you . . . (to the end of the verse) (60.12).' After finishing the recitation he said, "O ladies! Are you fulfilling your covenant?" None except one woman said, "Yes." Hasan did not know who was that woman. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then give alms." Bilal spread his garment and said, "Keep on giving alms. Let my father and mother sacrifice their lives for you (ladies)." So the ladies kept on putting their Fatkhs (big rings) and other kinds of rings in Bilal's garment." `Abdur-Razaq said, " 'Fatkhs' is a big ring which used to be worn in the (Pre-Islamic) period of ignorance.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 13, Hadith 28
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`Ata' told me that he had heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up to offer the prayer of the `Id ul Fitr. He first offered the prayer and then delivered the Khutba. After finishing it he got down (from the pulpit) and went towards the women and advised them while he was leaning on Bilal's hand. Bilal was spreading out his garment where the women were putting their alms." I asked `Ata' whether it was the Zakat of `Id ul Fitr. He said, "No, it was just alms given at that time. Some lady put her finger ring and the others would do the same." I said, (to `Ata'), "Do you think that it is incumbent upon the Imam to give advice to the women (on `Id day)?" He said, "No doubt, it is incumbent upon the Imams to do so and why should they not do so?"
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Hafsa bint Seereen said, "On Id we used to forbid our girls to go out for `Id prayer. A lady came and
stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and I went to her. She said, 'The husband of my sister took part in
twelve holy battles along with the Prophet (ﷺ) and my sister was with her husband in six of them. My
sister said that they used to nurse the sick and treat the wounded. Once she asked, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
If a woman has no veil, is there any harm if she does not come out (on `Id day)?' The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
'Her companion should let her share her veil with her, and the women should participate in the good
deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers.' " Hafsa added, "When Um-`Atiya came, I went
to her and asked her, 'Did you hear anything about so-and-so?' Um-`Atiya said, 'Yes, let my father be
sacrificed for the Prophet (p.b.u.h). (And whenever she mentioned the name of the Prophet (ﷺ) she always
used to say, 'Let my father be' sacrificed for him). He said, 'Virgin mature girls staying often screened
(or said, 'Mature girls and virgins staying often screened--Aiyub is not sure as which was right) and
menstruating women should come out (on the `Id day). But the menstruating women should keep
away from the Musalla. And all the women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious
gatherings of the believers'." Hafsa said, "On that I said to Um-`Atiya, 'Also those who are
menstruating?' " Um-`Atiya replied, "Yes. Do they not present themselves at `Arafat and elsewhere?".