What is the validity of the Friday prayer in which a woman delivered the sermon and led the people in prayer from behind her?
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Question:
What is the validity of the Friday prayer in which a woman delivered the sermon and led the people in prayer from behind her?
Answer:
It is not valid. The woman’s prayer is… this is the closest thing in the text of al-Zad. And a woman does not lead a man. This is in a hadith, but the hadith is weak. But the Muslims, from the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had noble female Companions—did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the legislator, order a woman to lead men or to deliver the Friday sermon? The entire era of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ended, and no woman ever delivered the Friday sermon.
And the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and all the eras of Islam up to now, no woman has ever delivered a sermon to men. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the women to be behind the men. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in the house of Umm Sulaym, Anas and the orphan stood behind the Messenger, and Umm Sulaym stood behind them; she did not stand in the row with them.
She did not stand in the row with them, even though one of them was the father of her son. So the women are behind the men. How can a woman come forward and be the imam of the men? This is an invalid matter. Yes.
What is the validity of the Friday prayer in which a woman delivered the sermon and led the people in prayer from behind her?
Answer:
It is not valid. The woman’s prayer is… this is the closest thing in the text of al-Zad. And a woman does not lead a man. This is in a hadith, but the hadith is weak. But the Muslims, from the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had noble female Companions—did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the legislator, order a woman to lead men or to deliver the Friday sermon? The entire era of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ended, and no woman ever delivered the Friday sermon.
And the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and all the eras of Islam up to now, no woman has ever delivered a sermon to men. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the women to be behind the men. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in the house of Umm Sulaym, Anas and the orphan stood behind the Messenger, and Umm Sulaym stood behind them; she did not stand in the row with them.
She did not stand in the row with them, even though one of them was the father of her son. So the women are behind the men. How can a woman come forward and be the imam of the men? This is an invalid matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 240 - ما صحة صلاة الجمعة التي قامت بالخطبة فيها والإمامة امرأة وصلت بالناس من ورائها؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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