Holiday Prayer, Dought & clear, - * Ruling on offering congratulations for Eid beforeit begins

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What is the ruling on offering congratulations for Eid one or two days before it begins?
Praise be to Allah.
Offering congratulations for Eid is something that is permissible; that was narrated from some of the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them).
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ibn ‘Aqeel quoted some hadeeths about offering congratulations on Eid, including the report that Muhammad ibn Ziyaad said: I was with Abu Umaamah al-Baahili and some of the other companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him); when they went back from Eid (prayer), they would say to one another: May Allah accept from us and from you. Ahmad said: The isnaad of the hadeeth of Abu Umaamah is a jayyid isnaad.
End quote fromal-Mughni(2/130)
What appears to be the case from the actions of the Sahaabah and what has been narrated from them is that offering congratulations for Eid should come after the Eid prayer. So if a person limits it to that, that is good, as it is following the example of the Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). But if he offers such congratulations before that, to be the first to give this greeting to his friend, it seems that there is nothing wrong with that, because offering congratulations for Eid comes under the heading of customs and traditions, and such matters are broad in scope and should be referred to the customs that are prevalent among the people.
Ash-Shirwaani ash-Shaafa‘i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: From his words it may be understood that on the day of Eid, it is not required to congratulate people during the days of Tashreeq or after the day of Eid al-Fitr; rather it has become customary among people to offer congratulations on these days, and there is no reason not to do so, because the aim behind it is to create feelings of friendship and express joy. It may also be understood from his mentioning the day of Eid that the time for offering congratulations begins at Fajr, not the night before, even though there are other views, as mentioned in some commentaries. It may be said that there is nothing wrong with doing it if that is the custom, because of what he mentioned about the aims behind it, namely to create feelings of friendship and express joy. This is supported by the fact that it is recommended to say takbeer on the night before Eid.
End quote fromHawaashi ash-Shirwaani ‘ala Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj(2/57)
And Allah knows best.

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Holiday Prayer, Dought & clear, - * Is it permissible forwomen to offer the Eid prayer in congregation, led by one of them?

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Can women offer Eid prayer in congregation, led by a woman?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
It is prescribed for Muslim women to go out to the prayer place on the day of Eid, to offer the Eid prayer with the Muslims, not wearing perfume and not showing off any adornment.
Al-Bukhaari (324) and Muslim (890) narrated that Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) commanded us to bring out on al-Fitr and al-Adha the girls who had reached puberty, menstruating women and women in seclusion. The menstruating women were to keep away from the prayer but to witness goodness and the du’aa’ of the Muslims. I said: O Messenger of Allah, one of us may not have a jilbaab. He said: “Let her sister lend her a jilbaab to wear.”
The Standing Committee was asked:
Is Eid prayer obligatory for women, and if it is obligatory, should she pray it at home or in the prayer place?
They replied:
It is not obligatory for women, rather it is Sunnah for them, and they should offer this prayer in the prayer place with the Muslims, because the Prophet (lettings and peace of Allah be upon him) instructed them to do that.
End quote fromFataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa’imah(8/284)
See also the answer to question no. 49011
Secondly:
It is not prescribed for women to offer the Eid prayer in their houses, led by one of their number, if they are able to go out to the prayer place to offer the prayer with the Muslims. It is also not prescribed for them to set aside a separate place for the women where they offer the prayer on their own, because that comes under the heading of innovation (bid‘ah)
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked:
Is it permissible for a woman to offer the Eid prayer in her house?
He replied: what is prescribed for women is to offer the Eid prayer in the Eid prayer place with the men, because of the hadeeth of Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her). Therefore the Sunnah is for the women to go out to the Eid prayer place with the men. As for women offering the Eid prayer in their houses, I know of no Sunnah concerning that.
End quote fromFataawa Noor ‘ala ad-Darb(189/8)
He was also asked:
A woman is asking about Eid prayer for women, because we do not have any prayer place for women, so the women gather in my house and I lead them in offering the Eid prayer. What is the ruling concerning that? Please note that my house is private and far away from the men.
He replied:
The ruling concerning that is that this comes under the heading of innovation. Eid prayer can only be offered in congregation with the men. Women are instructed to go out to the Eid prayer place and offer the prayer with the men; they should be behind them and avoid mixing with them.
With regard to doing the Eid prayer in her house, this is a grave mistake. There is no report from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him and his family) or from his Companions that the women offered the Eid prayer in their houses.
End quote fromFataawa Noor ‘ala ad-Darb(189/9)
And Allah knows best.

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Menstruation and Post-Natal bleeding, - Dought& clear, - * Brownish discharge before one becomes pure is regarded as part of the period

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If after six days of menstruation a woman notices some light brown discharge of some sort, is that regarded as menstruation or not?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If this brownish discharge that the woman sees comes before she sees that she is pure (i.e., seeing a white discharge which indicates that the period is over), then it is part of the period. If it comes after she sees that she is pure, then it is not part of the period and does not affect her praying and fasting.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) says in his essayal-Dima’ al-Tabee’iyyah li’l-Nisa’(p. 19) concerning discharges that may interrupt the period:
The third kind is yellowish or brownish discharge, where a woman sees yellowish blood like blood from a wound, or brownish, somewhere between yellow and black. If this happens during the period or following on from it, before the woman becomes pure, then it is part of the period and comes under the rulings on menstruation. If it comes after she becomes pure, then it is not menstruation, because Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “We used not to regard the brownish or yellowish discharge that comes after a woman becomes pure as being anything that mattered.” Narrated by Abu Dawood with a saheeh isnaad.
He also said inFataawa Arkaan al-Islam(p. 258):
The basic principle is that if a woman becomes pure and her period is over for certain – which means that she sees the white discharge that is known to women – then any brownish or yellowish discharge or spotting or wetness that comes after she has become pure is not menstruation, so it does not prevent her from praying or fasting, and it does not prevent a man from having intercourse with his wife, because it is not menstruation.
But she should not rush until she has seen that she is pure, because some women, when the bleeding lessens, rush and do ghusl before seeing that the period is over (the white discharge mentioned above). Hence the women of the Sahaabah used to send the cotton with yellowish discharge to the mother of the Believers ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), and she would tell them: “Do not hasten until you see the white discharge.”.
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Menstruation and Post-Natal bleeding, - Dought& clear, - * If a woman’s nifaas ends before forty days, she should do ghusl and pray and fast

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My wife gave birth around the 15th of Sha’baan. Is it permissible for her to pray, fast, do ‘umrah, read Qur’aan and do all other duties prescribed in Islam when the nifaas (post-partum bleeding) stops and she is sure of that, or should she wait for 40 days as some people say?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The majority of scholars, including the four imams, are of the view that there is no minimum limit for nifaas. Whenever a woman becomes pure from nifaas, she has to do ghusl and pray and fast, even if that is before forty days have passed since the birth. Because no precise definition has been narrated in sharee’ah with regard to the minimum length of nifaas, so the matter should be based on experience, which shows that nifaas may be very short or it may be long. - Ibn Qudaamah inal-Mughni, 1/428. Some of the scholars narrated that there was consensus on this point. Al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The scholars among the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), the Taabi’een and those who came after them are agreed that a woman in nifaas should stop praying for forty days, unless she sees that she has become pure before that, in which case she should do ghusl and pray.
Seeal-Majmoo’by al-Nawawi, 2/541.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (15/195) was asked: is it permissible for a woman in nifaas to pray, fast and do Hajj before forty days if she becomes pure (i.e., if the bleeding stops)?
He replied: yes it is permissible for her to fast, pray and do Hajj and ‘umrah, and it is permissible for her husband to have intercourse with her within forty days, if she becomes pure. If she becomes pure after twenty days, she should do ghusl and pray and fast, and she is permissible for her husband. The report from ‘Uthmaan ibn Abi’l-Aas which says that he regarded that as makrooh is to be understood as meaning disliked but not forbidden; this is his ijtihaad, but there is no evidence for that.
The correct view is that there is nothing wrong with that if the woman becomes pure before forty days. If the bleeding resumes within forty days, then the correct view is that she should regard it as nifaas within the forty-day period, but her fasts, prayers and Hajj at the time when she was pure are still valid and she does not have to repeat any of them, so long as they were done when she was pure.
It says inFataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah(5/458):
If a woman in nifaas sees that she has become pure before forty days are over, then she should do ghusl and pray and fast, and her husband may have intercourse with her.
The Standing Committee (10/155) was asked about a woman who gave birth seven days before Ramadaan, then she became pure and fasted Ramadaan. They replied: If the matter is as described and she fasted Ramadaan at a time when she was pure, then her fast is valid and she does not have to make it up.

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