398 – Umm ʿAṭiyya (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “We were commanded to bring out the adolescent girls and the menstruating women for the two Eids so they could witness the goodness and the Muslims’ supplications, while the menstruating women keep away from the prayer-place.” Agreed upon. (1)

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
– “We were commanded”: a passive construction; this wording is regarded as marfūʿ—traced back to the Prophet.
– “to bring out”: expressed with the first-person plural; the particle an functions as an infinitive marker, giving the sense of “bringing out.”
– al-ʿawātiq: plural of ʿātiq; virgin girls who have reached or are approaching puberty.
– al-ḥuyyāḍ: plural of ḥāʾiḍ (“menstruating woman”); the plural may also appear as ḥāʾiḍāt.
– “the menstruating women keep away from the musallā”: meaning they avoid the Eid prayer-ground even though they come out to hear the sermon.

Points derived from the ḥadith

1. Her statement “We were commanded” shows that the one issuing the order was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; hence the report is marfūʿ.
2. The narration strongly underscores the importance of coming out for the Eid prayer and not staying behind. Even women for whom praying at home is ordinarily better—young unmarried women—were instructed to attend, as were those whose prayer is not valid—menstruating women. All of this is so they may hear the sermon and the exhortation on these two blessed days, and attending