The Place of Women in Seminars and Lectures

Question:
It is not hidden from Your Eminence the importance of these seminars and lectures for the community, men and women alike. Have you designated a specific place for women and announced it through the media? If so, that is of the utmost importance. We would like to bring our families, our mothers, our brothers, and our wives, so that perhaps Allah may benefit them and they may benefit from these seminars, to the end of what the letters wished to convey.

Answer:
We announce them, but these eastern lamps are present, the eastern corridors. As for the women, whoever comes, it is open and prepared for listening to the benefit. We previously ordered that a speaker be placed for them to help them understand what is said, because the voice may not reach them from the speaker. It is necessary, if Allah wills, that the one in charge of the mosque be instructed to place a speaker or two there. And whoever wants to bring his family there to the eastern corridor so that they may hear this seminar and lectures, that is good. They will all benefit, if Allah wills.