Is it permissible for a woman to pray alone in the women’s prayer area behind the imam?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam? Yes. Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam while I am alone in the women’s prayer area?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam while I am alone in the women’s prayer area?
The Shaykh:
Do you mean in the mosque? There is no harm if she is in the mosque; there is no harm, because it is permissible for a woman to pray alone behind the row. This is specific to women; it is permissible.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported from some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) regarding the qunut in Ramadan
The Shaykh:
In the narration of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed with them when he visited them in their house. He prayed a voluntary prayer, and Anas stood, and an orphan stood behind him, and Umm Sulaym stood behind us. Umm Sulaym was his mother. She prayed behind them alone, and the imam was the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This indicates the permissibility of a woman praying alone behind the row, in order to preserve her modesty and avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported from some of the Companions.
The Shaykh:
What clearly indicates the prohibition of free mixing of men and women: if it is not permissible for a woman to mix with men in prayer and pray behind them, how can she mix with them in parties, in offices, and in markets? Yes.
The presenter:
Prepared by the Project of the Senior Scholars of Kuwait, may Allah honor it with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam? Yes. Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam while I am alone in the women’s prayer area?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
Is it permissible for me to pray behind the imam while I am alone in the women’s prayer area?
The Shaykh:
Do you mean in the mosque? There is no harm if she is in the mosque; there is no harm, because it is permissible for a woman to pray alone behind the row. This is specific to women; it is permissible.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported from some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) regarding the qunut in Ramadan
The Shaykh:
In the narration of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed with them when he visited them in their house. He prayed a voluntary prayer, and Anas stood, and an orphan stood behind him, and Umm Sulaym stood behind us. Umm Sulaym was his mother. She prayed behind them alone, and the imam was the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This indicates the permissibility of a woman praying alone behind the row, in order to preserve her modesty and avoid fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported from some of the Companions.
The Shaykh:
What clearly indicates the prohibition of free mixing of men and women: if it is not permissible for a woman to mix with men in prayer and pray behind them, how can she mix with them in parties, in offices, and in markets? Yes.
The presenter:
Prepared by the Project of the Senior Scholars of Kuwait, may Allah honor it with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [67 -582] هل يجوز للمرأة الصلاة وحدها في مصلى النساء خلف الإمام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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