Is it better for a woman to go out for the Eid prayer or to stay at home?

Question : This questioner asks, saying: Which is better, my going out for the Eid prayer or staying at home?

Answer : It is better for her to go out for the Eid prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered women to go out for the Eid prayer, including young girls and those who stay in their rooms. Even women who do not usually go out were ordered to go out, except for menstruating women. He ordered them to go out and stay away from the Eid prayer ground. A menstruating woman goes out with the people to the Eid prayer, but she does not enter the Eid prayer ground. Why? Because the Eid prayer ground is a mosque, and it is not permissible for a menstruating woman to remain in a mosque. She may pass through it, for example, or take something from it, but she may not remain there. Based on this, we say that women are commanded to go out for the Eid prayer and to participate with the men in this prayer and in the good, remembrance, and supplication that takes place in it.