The Imam announces the topic of the sermon for the women

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the preachers in the mosques announce that the topic of their upcoming sermon is suitable for women, for example, and they say there is a place designated for women, so whoever wants to attend, let her attend. He says: Is this prescribed? And did it come...

Answer:
This is not prescribed. These people are making independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) in matters that the predecessors did not engage in. This is not permissible. If this door is opened, everyone will make independent legal reasoning and come up with things that the predecessors did not do. We are on the path of the righteous predecessors, following the Book and the Sunnah; we do not innovate anything from ourselves. One should refrain from such announcements and these things. If the women are brought in, they listen along with the men. If they are not brought in, there is no blame on them. Yes.