Lu'lu' wal-Marjan

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I offered the Eid al-Fitr prayer with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them all). All of them would perform the prayer before the sermon and deliver the sermon afterward. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood up (on the pulpit); I can still picture the scene when he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was signaling the people with his hand to sit down. Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed through the rows and came towards the women. Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited this verse: O Prophet! When believing women come to you to pledge allegiance to you that they will not associate anything with Allah, will not steal, will not commit adultery, will not kill their children, will not bring forth any slander they have invented between their hands and feet, and will not disobey you in anything good, then accept their pledge and ask Allah's forgiveness for them. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. (: Al-Mumtahanah 12) Then, when he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) finished the sermon, he said: Are you steadfast on these matters? One woman replied: Yes. No other woman spoke besides her. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered for charity, and Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) spread out his cloth and said: Come forward, may my parents be sacrificed for you. So the women began to throw their rings and bangles into the cloth of Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him).