Is it prescribed to place a curtain separating men and women in mosques?
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The questioner : He asks: Is it prescribed to place a curtain or hijab that separates men and women in mosques? Given that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions left this practice, despite the presence of causes and the absence of obstacles, as al-Bukhari explicitly stated in the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd that passed by us, please inform us?
The Shaykh : Yes. What are the absent obstacles? The women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) attended at night, at a time when there were no lamps or oil lamps, and the people’s conditions were upright with little evil among them. But now it is the opposite. Lamps exist at night, and there is the light of the sun during the day, and the people are not in the same state as before. Adopting a curtain is undoubtedly one of the great benefits, and it also gives women a degree of freedom in moving, standing, sitting, and removing the abaya, for example, in the heat or among young men.
The Shaykh : Yes. What are the absent obstacles? The women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) attended at night, at a time when there were no lamps or oil lamps, and the people’s conditions were upright with little evil among them. But now it is the opposite. Lamps exist at night, and there is the light of the sun during the day, and the people are not in the same state as before. Adopting a curtain is undoubtedly one of the great benefits, and it also gives women a degree of freedom in moving, standing, sitting, and removing the abaya, for example, in the heat or among young men.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 300 - 332 هل وضع الستار الذي يفصل بين الرجال والنساء في المساجد مشروع؟ الفتاوى الثلاثية - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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