Is it permissible for women to perfume the women's prayer area in the mosque?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims. This is a sister questioner who sent a set of questions from Wadi al-Dawasir. The questioner, M., says: I hope the Honorable Shaykh will answer my question. What is your view on what some women do in Ramadan, where they come to the mosque with any kind of perfume on the pretext that they are perfuming the section of the mosque designated for them, knowing that men also come with agarwood perfume to the mosque every night? And what is the duty of the mosque imam regarding this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is not permissible for women to use perfume when going to the mosque, whether they are young or not. It is not permissible for them to perfume the place where they pray, because the scent clings to them, and the scent of perfume remains on them while they are outside their homes. This is not permissible, and people must be warned about this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSunan Abi Dawud 566, and their homes are better for them. They should go out looking disheveled, meaning unkempt. Yes, they should not be adorned or perfumed. Yes.
May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims. This is a sister questioner who sent a set of questions from Wadi al-Dawasir. The questioner, M., says: I hope the Honorable Shaykh will answer my question. What is your view on what some women do in Ramadan, where they come to the mosque with any kind of perfume on the pretext that they are perfuming the section of the mosque designated for them, knowing that men also come with agarwood perfume to the mosque every night? And what is the duty of the mosque imam regarding this? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
It is not permissible for women to use perfume when going to the mosque, whether they are young or not. It is not permissible for them to perfume the place where they pray, because the scent clings to them, and the scent of perfume remains on them while they are outside their homes. This is not permissible, and people must be warned about this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Do not prevent the female servant your women from visiting the mosques of Allah.
لا تمنعوا إماء الله مساجد الله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5860- هل يجوز للنساء تطييب مصلى النساء في المسجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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