Congregational Prayer While Traveling with Women
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I am traveling with my family and we are on the road, is it permissible for me to pray in congregation with the women who are with me?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with a woman following a man in prayer, but it does not count as a congregation. This is a matter of testing. However, she must stand behind him. Even if she is his wife, mother, or sister, she does not stand in a row beside him; she stands behind him. This is because the woman’s position in prayer is behind the man. He prays the 'Isha' prayer for the sake of establishing residence or for the sake of congregational prayer. A congregation is not established unless there are two men. So, give him two men, and it is valid. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I am traveling with my family and we are on the road, is it permissible for me to pray in congregation with the women who are with me?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with a woman following a man in prayer, but it does not count as a congregation. This is a matter of testing. However, she must stand behind him. Even if she is his wife, mother, or sister, she does not stand in a row beside him; she stands behind him. This is because the woman’s position in prayer is behind the man. He prays the 'Isha' prayer for the sake of establishing residence or for the sake of congregational prayer. A congregation is not established unless there are two men. So, give him two men, and it is valid. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/23 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:28:00)
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