`Eid al-Fitr brings out the community together for collective prayer and exchanging greetings and expressing the joy of `Eid.

 

Since it is a communal celebration, the Prophet (peace be upon him) insisted that no one including women who are otherwise ordered to stay away from prayer during menstruation should come out to participate in the `Eid celebration.

 

He thus intended it to be an occasion for expression of unity and cementing the communal bonds.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.