The ruling on building an annex for women in the mosque
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We want to build a prayer area for women in our mosque, but we are adding it to the rear section. Is it permissible to build an annex for women on the wall adjacent to the men, such that the barrier between the men and the women is a wall, and the rows of the women are level with the rows of the men?
Answer:
The Sunnah (recommended practice) is for the women to be behind the men, not level with the men. They are to be behind the men; that is the Sunnah. If there is no space in the rear, it is necessary to prepare a place for the women. And if it is possible to obtain a space at the back of the mosque and arrange it for the women, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We want to build a prayer area for women in our mosque, but we are adding it to the rear section. Is it permissible to build an annex for women on the wall adjacent to the men, such that the barrier between the men and the women is a wall, and the rows of the women are level with the rows of the men?
Answer:
The Sunnah (recommended practice) is for the women to be behind the men, not level with the men. They are to be behind the men; that is the Sunnah. If there is no space in the rear, it is necessary to prepare a place for the women. And if it is possible to obtain a space at the back of the mosque and arrange it for the women, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
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