Is it permissible for a father to prevent his daughter from going to the mosque to pray?

The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a questioner from Oran, Algeria, who says in this question: My father prevents me from praying the Friday prayer in the mosque, and from praying the tarawih, and likewise regarding the prayer of the two festivals. So should I obey him in that? And is it permissible for me to do so according to the Shari'ah? Knowing that the argument with my father is as follows: he fears, she says. The argument with my father. Yes, she says: First, it is the mixing of men and women, and second, that a woman's prayer in her home is better and more secure for her than her prayer in the mosque. So I ask you for guidance?

The Shaykh : The guidance you hope for from me is that I advise her to stay in her home, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Their homes are better for them." And it is permissible for her father to prevent her from going out to the mosque if there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in that. Because this is in her best interest. And the prohibition by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of the awliya (guardians) from preventing women is only in the case of safety and the absence of fitnah. But in the case of fitnah and fear for the woman, it is permissible for her wali (guardian), whether her father or another, to prevent her because of the evil and corruption that her going out brings upon her and upon others. Yes.