She is asking about myths concerning getting married between the two Eids, and what is wrong with that according to sharee’ah

Question

Praise be to Allah.

With regard to the first question:

The answer is in two parts. Firstly, the belief mentioned
in the question is not correct; it is a kind of innovation and misguidance
which has no basis in sharee’ah, and is not indicated by the Qur’aan
or Sunnah.

Secondly, this belief goes against the sharee’ah of Islam
in several ways:

(i)The belief that someone
will die during this period. It is not permissible to believe this because
death and life are in the hand of Allaah and the appointed time of man’s
death is something of which Allaah has kept the knowledge to Himself.
No one among mankind knows when he will die. This is something which
Allaah has not told to any of His creation. Hence the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, in the hadeeth whose
authenticity is agreed upon which was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may
Allaah be pleased with him), in the lengthy hadeeth of Jibreel: “There
are five things which no one knows except Allaah.” Then he recited the
verse (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, Allaah, with Him (Alone) is the knowledge
of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the
wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows
in what land he will die. Verily, Allaah is All-Knower, All-Aware
(of things”

[Luqmaan 31:34]

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 48; Muslim, 10)

Claiming that marrying during this period will lead to
death is a claim to have knowledge of the unseen, and everyone who claims
to have knowledge of the unseen is lying. Hence the leaders of falsehood
are those who claim to have some knowledge of the unseen.

(ii)This also undermines faith,
because it implies a lack of belief in the Divine will and decree (al-qadaa’
wa’l-qadar). Hence the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught Ibn ‘Abbaas, when
he was a boy, “Know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit
you in any way, they would not be able to benefit you in any way except
that which Allaah had decreed for you, and if they were to gather together
to do you harm in any way, they would not be able to harm you except
that which Allaah had decreed for you. The pens have been lifted and
the pages have dried.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, Sifat al-Qiyaamah,
2440; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi,
no. 2043). It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘Allaah decreed the
fate of His creatures fifty thousand years before He created the heavens
and the earth.’” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Qadar, 4797)

(iii)It also undermines Tawheed
and its perfection, because it involves regarding something as an evil
omen and pessimism. It says in the hadeeth narrated from Abu Hurayrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There is no ‘adwaa
[contagion, transmission of infectious disease without the permission
of Allaah], no tiyarah [superstitious belief in bird omens], no haamah
[refers to a Jaahili Arab tradition described variously as: a worm which
infests the grave of a murder victim until he is avenged; an owl; or
the bones of a dead person turned into a bird that could fly], and no
Safar [the month of Safar was regarded as “unlucky” during the Jaahiliyyah].”

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Tibb, 5316)

Tatayyur (superstitious belief in bad omens) means pessimism.
It was narrated in the hadeeth of Ibn Mas’ood that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Tiyarah (believing
in evil omens) is a kind of shirk.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, al-Siyar, 1539; classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, no. 1314)

It should be noted that superstitious belief in bad omens
contradicts Tawheed in two ways:

Firstly, superstitious belief prevents one from putting
one’s trust in Allaah and makes one depend on someone other than Him.

Secondly, it causes people to depend on things that have
no basis in reality, for there is no connection between getting married
in this month and whatever may happen subsequently. Undoubtedly this
undermines Tawheed, because Tawheed means worship and seeking help.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for
help (for each and everything).”[al-Faatihah 1:5]

and:

“So worship Him (O Muhammad) and put your trust in
Him”

[Hood 11:123]

Hence ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) used
to say that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married her in Shawwaal
and consummated the marriage with her in Shawwaal and she was the dearest
and most beloved of his wives to him. The Arabs used to regard this
month as inauspicious and they used to say that if a person got married
in Shawwaal, the marriage would not succeed, but this is not true.

In the case of one who believes in evil omens, one of
two things must apply:

Either he will give up, respond to the “bad omen”, and
not take action, which is the worst kind of superstition and pessimism,
or he will go ahead, but he will be anxious and worried, fearing that
he will be affected by this bad omen. This is less serious, but both
detract from Tawheed and adversely affect people. (See al-Qawl al-Mufeed
by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, part 2, p. 77-78)

In practical terms, we see that the saheeh Sunnah of
the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prove that this myth is
false, for the best of mankind, Muhammad

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), got married to the most
beloved of people to him, namely ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with
her), and his marriage to her took place between the two Eids, and she
was one of the happiest of people with him. Indeed, she herself refuted
this jaahili claim by saying, “The Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) married me in Shawwaal and
he consummated the marriage with me in Shawwaal, and which of the wives
of the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was dearer to him than me?”

‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr said: ‘Aa’ishah used to like marriages
to be consummated in Shawwaal. (Narrated by Muslim, 1423)

Al-Nawawi said:

This shows that it is mustahabb to arrange marriages, get married and
consummate marriages in Shawwaal. Our companions stated that it is mustahabb,
and they quoted this hadeeth as evidence. By saying this, ‘Aa’ishah
intended to refute the practice and belief of the jaahiliyyah. What
some of the common people believe nowadays, that it is disliked to arrange
marriages, get married and consummate marriages in Shawwaal, is false
and has no basis. This is one of the leftovers of the jaahiliyyah. They
used to regard that as inauspicious because of the fact that the name
Shawwaal carries connotations of lifting.

Sharh Muslim, 9/209

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

‘Aa’ishah the Mother of the Believers (may Allaah be
pleased with her) regarded it as mustahabb for a woman to be married
or the marriage to be consummated with her in Shawwaal. She said,
“The Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) only married me in Shawwaal,
and which of his wives was more beloved to him than me?” even though
the people regarded marriage in Shawwaal as inauspicious This is something
which the believers who truly put their trust in Allaah and whose hearts
truly find contentment with their Lord should resolve to do, those who
know that what Allaah wills will happen and what He does not will will
not happen, and that nothing will befall them except that which Allaah
has decreed, and that no calamity will befall them except that which
was already written in the Book before they were created, who know that
they will inevitably come to that which has been decreed for them, which
must inevitably happen to them. If they are superstitious, this will
not ward off the decree from them, rather their superstition will be
one of the main reasons why what they fear of the Divine will and decree
will come to them. Thus their fear will be the means of bringing what
they fear upon them. So according to the will and decree of Allaah,
their weakness of faith will be the cause of what they dislike happening
to them, so their bad omen is with themselves. But those who put
their trust in Allaah, who delegate their affairs to Him, who know Him
and His commands, their souls are more noble than that and their interests
more sublime. Their trust in Allaah and their positive thoughts of Him
give them power, strength and protection against the things which
people regard as evil omens and about which they are pessimistic.
They know that there is no omen [or no birds] except His, no good except
His, there is no god but Him, and that the Creation and Command are
His, the Lord of the Worlds.

Miftaah Daar al-Sa’aadah,
2/261

With regard to the second question, please see the answer to Question
# 8907, and the ruling on celebrating Laylat al-Nusf min Sha’baan (the
fifteenth of Sha’baan) in the Periodical Topics section of this website.