The ruling on a woman leading men in the Friday prayer
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Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on what we have witnessed recently, namely that a woman leads the worshippers in the Friday prayer, and the worshippers are men and women mixed together in the same rows? May Allah be Glorified and Exalted.
Answer:
We have been informed that the disbelievers are plotting against the Muslims, opposing Islam and the rulings of Islam, and among that is that they have invaded the Muslims with the woman. They claim that she is oppressed and that she is like the man in every respect. They want to corrupt society through this. So they want.
To corrupt society, and they want to oppress the woman, because this matter is not among the woman’s affairs. If you burden someone with something he cannot do and it is not among his affairs, you have wronged him. Oppression is placing a thing in other than its proper place. Allah has placed the woman in the place befitting her, so she does not take on the works of men, because she cannot bear them and they are not suitable for her, and this is burdening her with what she cannot do.
So they want to oppress the woman on one hand, and they want to corrupt society on the other hand. Leading the prayer is not among the affairs of women except with women.
A woman leading women is not a problem. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Umm Warakah, a noble Companion, to lead the people of her household. As for a woman leading men, this is not the position of a woman, and if she stands in it, she has been humiliated, may Allah protect us from that. Displaying the woman in this shameful manner is invalid, and it is not among the woman’s competencies to lead men or to deliver the sermon to men, but this is among the affairs of men. So if you place a woman in the position of a man, you have wronged her, and if you place a man in the position of a woman, you have wronged him. Each has his position and what is befitting for him.
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on what we have witnessed recently, namely that a woman leads the worshippers in the Friday prayer, and the worshippers are men and women mixed together in the same rows? May Allah be Glorified and Exalted.
Answer:
We have been informed that the disbelievers are plotting against the Muslims, opposing Islam and the rulings of Islam, and among that is that they have invaded the Muslims with the woman. They claim that she is oppressed and that she is like the man in every respect. They want to corrupt society through this. So they want.
To corrupt society, and they want to oppress the woman, because this matter is not among the woman’s affairs. If you burden someone with something he cannot do and it is not among his affairs, you have wronged him. Oppression is placing a thing in other than its proper place. Allah has placed the woman in the place befitting her, so she does not take on the works of men, because she cannot bear them and they are not suitable for her, and this is burdening her with what she cannot do.
So they want to oppress the woman on one hand, and they want to corrupt society on the other hand. Leading the prayer is not among the affairs of women except with women.
A woman leading women is not a problem. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Umm Warakah, a noble Companion, to lead the people of her household. As for a woman leading men, this is not the position of a woman, and if she stands in it, she has been humiliated, may Allah protect us from that. Displaying the woman in this shameful manner is invalid, and it is not among the woman’s competencies to lead men or to deliver the sermon to men, but this is among the affairs of men. So if you place a woman in the position of a man, you have wronged her, and if you place a man in the position of a woman, you have wronged him. Each has his position and what is befitting for him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إمامة المرأة المصلين في صلاة الجمعة، والمصلون من الرجال والنساء مختلطين مع بعضهم في... — youtube.com (0:27)
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