Women Praying Tarawih in a Courtyard Adjacent to the Mosque

The questioner:
The questioner says: We have a small mosque that cannot accommodate the women. Is it permissible for women to pray tarawih in a courtyard, meaning the yard adjacent to the mosque?

The Shaykh:
There is no harm. You can provide a special place for the women, such as setting up a tent for them, or a structure attached to the mosque behind it. It can be behind the mosque, adjacent to it; there is no harm in that. Or you can build a zinc enclosure for them behind the mosque, a protected place where they can pray. They can participate in seeking reward and join the Muslims in praying tarawih. Provide them with a suitable place. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. If you placed it to the right of the mosque or to the left, if you placed the tent, for example, to the right of the mosque or to the left? If you placed this tent for the women to the right of the mosque or to the left?

The Shaykh:
No, it should not be behind the mosque. The women are behind the men, as in the hadith. Yes, the women are behind the men. This is the position of the woman in prayer: behind the men. It is said in the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not form a row with them, which indicates that the women are behind the men. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.