In another version recorded by Ahmad (1/354) through this same chain: “On the day of Eid, he liked his household to go out.” In yet another version recorded by him (3/363), and likewise by al-Asbahani in al-Targhib (fol. 250), also through Hajjaj, from ‘Ata’, from Jabir, attributed to the Prophet: “He would go out on the two Eids, and his household would go out.”

Imam Ahmad (6/184) said: ‘Ali narrated to us: Khalid informed us, from Abu Qilabah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: “Young girls would come out from their secluded quarters for the Messenger of Allah on the two Eids.”

I say: This is a weak, interrupted chain of transmission between Abu Qilabah and ‘A’ishah. ‘Ali—who was Ibn ‘Asim—is weak because of his poor retention and his persistence in his errors. However, he was corroborated by Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (2/182).

It has been established in the hadith of Umm ‘Atiyyah, recorded by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others, that all women—including menstruating women—were commanded to go out to the prayer-ground.

Al-Tayalisi (706) narrated: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Nu‘man, from Talhah al-Yami, from the sister of ‘Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, that the Prophet said: “Every woman is obliged to go out”—meaning, on the two Eids.

Its chain is good, were it not for the fact that al-Bayhaqi (3/306) narrated it through this same route but inserted, between Talhah ibn Musarrif and the sister of ‘Abd Allah, an unnamed woman from ‘Abd al-Qays. Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ubayd Allah differed from him and said: From Talhah al-Yami, who said: Abu Bakr said … then he cited it as a statement attributed only to him. Ibn Abi Shaybah recorded it.