The ruling on praying in a crowd next to women
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The questioner:
Shaykh, during the heavy crowd during tawaf (circumambulation).
The Shaykh:
Mm.
The questioner:
The prayer is established, and there is a woman in front of you, a woman on your side, and a woman behind you.
The Shaykh:
It does not harm, it does not harm. Fear Allah. What Allah wills. These are necessities; there is nothing wrong with them.
The questioner:
Praise be to Allah. Imagine, people, the crowd.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I heard, O Abu.
The Shaykh:
This is a question the brother asks, and it is general. If people pray during the crowd in Makkah, there may be a woman on his right, or on his left, or on his side. It does not harm the valid prayer, because there is no way to avoid this crowd. Yes.
Another questioner:
Even if there is a woman on your side.
The Shaykh:
It does not harm, because the crowd is a legal excuse. The obligatory thing is that she is kept back from the men, but she may be tested, the poor woman, and not be able to get out; she may be prevented from exiting.
Another questioner:
The edge of the places.
The questioner:
Yes, Allah says. This questioner, or the other one.
Another questioner:
The person does not enter.
The Shaykh:
Yes, when he has finished all the stoning, and the tawaf of ifadah, and the tawaf of ifadah, every stoning, the tawaf of farewell. And if the tawaf of ifadah and the tawaf at the time of departure are done, that suffices for the farewell.
Shaykh, during the heavy crowd during tawaf (circumambulation).
The Shaykh:
Mm.
The questioner:
The prayer is established, and there is a woman in front of you, a woman on your side, and a woman behind you.
The Shaykh:
It does not harm, it does not harm. Fear Allah. What Allah wills. These are necessities; there is nothing wrong with them.
The questioner:
Praise be to Allah. Imagine, people, the crowd.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I heard, O Abu.
The Shaykh:
This is a question the brother asks, and it is general. If people pray during the crowd in Makkah, there may be a woman on his right, or on his left, or on his side. It does not harm the valid prayer, because there is no way to avoid this crowd. Yes.
Another questioner:
Even if there is a woman on your side.
The Shaykh:
It does not harm, because the crowd is a legal excuse. The obligatory thing is that she is kept back from the men, but she may be tested, the poor woman, and not be able to get out; she may be prevented from exiting.
Another questioner:
The edge of the places.
The questioner:
Yes, Allah says. This questioner, or the other one.
Another questioner:
The person does not enter.
The Shaykh:
Yes, when he has finished all the stoning, and the tawaf of ifadah, and the tawaf of ifadah, every stoning, the tawaf of farewell. And if the tawaf of ifadah and the tawaf at the time of departure are done, that suffices for the farewell.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٤ — archive.org (3:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
