5 | javeria
December 25, 2007 at 1:53 pm

@ Adnan
It is a sunnah to not eat anything before the sacrifice on Eid ul Adha. It is like a small fast. It is not obligatory, however those who think they have the ability should observe this small sunnah.

There are many hadiths regarding taking women and young girls as well for eid prayer. I will mention a few below:

Bukhari :: Book of Two Festivals : 15 :: Hadith 88
Narrated Um ‘Atiya:

We used to be ordered to come out on the Day of ‘Id and even bring out the virgin girls from their houses and menstruating women so that they might stand behind the men and say Takbir along with them and invoke Allah along with them and hope for the blessings of that day and for purification from sins.

Bukhari :: Book 15 :: Hadith 96
Narrated Aiyub:

Hafsa bint Sirin 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 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 Apostle! If a woman has no veil, is there any harm if she does not come out (on ‘Id day)?’

The Prophet 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-’Atlya said,

‘Yes, let my father be sacrificed for the Prophet (p.b.u.h). (And whenever she mentioned the name of the Prophet she always used to say, ‘Let my father be’ sacrificed for him). He said, ‘Virgin mature girls staying often screened 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?”.

Bukhari :: Book 15 :: Hadith 81
Narrated Ibn Abbas:

The Prophet offered a two Rakat prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it. Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started giving their earrings and necklaces (in charity).

Muslim :: Book 4 : Hadith 1934
Umm ‘Atiyya reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) commanded us to bring out on’Id-ul-Fitr and ‘Id-ul-Adha young women, menstruating women and purdah-observing ladies, menstruating women kept back from prayer, but participated in goodness and supplication of the Muslims. I said: Messenger of Allah, one of us does not have an outer garment (to cover her face and body). He said: Let her sister cover her with her outer garment.

and Allah knows best.
Wasalam.

9 | javeria
December 26, 2007 at 11:36 pm

@ Adeel

AoA,
It would be more appropriate brother Adeel that you be straightforward and bring up the issues on the table instead of beating around the bush and doing “tanz” and doing “shakk” on my intentions.

About the comments not being moderated, for your information all comments on the “Leaders” wali post are not being approved regardless of who is posting them. I am receiving lots and lots of comments on it and i feel it would be nothing but a long useless argument. Therefore comments on the Leaders just don’t fall out of the sky are closed.

13 | javeria
December 29, 2007 at 4:23 pm

@ Adeel

Brother Adeel, the comments already on the post, I feel are enough and complete. Further comments I am receiving are arguments on the same issues therefore they are useless. However I do not see why I should remove ALL the comments on that post.

My blog is not a book of tafsir not fatwas, neither am I a scholar and i feel further approval of comments would not result in clarification of the topic, rather will cause more confusion.
Please do not make this an issue of egos.

15 | javeria
January 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm

@Adnan

Well Astronomy is just a small hobby restricted to owning a small telescope and star gazing .

It is purely recreational and no nothing as great as calculating Torque or anything mathematical!

19 | javeria
March 15, 2009 at 1:29 pm

@S K Aslam

Walaykum Salam,

Please visit the link below regarding your question

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/38106/boss%20pray

Have you talked with your supervisor or boss?

I think first of all you should speak to your boss and ask him to give you a break of 10 minutes so you can at least offer the farz namaz.

Im sure you do get small breaks in the middle, what you can do is reschedule your break at namaz time so you can pray.

While at home set up alarms at namaz time so you can wake up and offer the fard namaz atleast.

There is NO WAY OUT of praying. Muslims are obligated to pray even when they are in the battle field.. so a call centre job should not be an excuse.

If your boss does not allow you time to pray then you should consider leaving the job and Inshallah Allah will provide you with a better job. Do read the fatwa on the link I provided as i am no scholar.

Wasalam,
Javeria