Does a woman separate her hands in prostration as a man does?
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Question : Yes, and peace be upon you. The narrator. Yes, Shaykh, the sister questioner asks: Does a woman separate her hands in prostration as a man does?
Answer : Yes, a woman is like a man in all acts of worship, except where the evidence indicates a distinction between them; this is the default rule. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:4-5] We say that even those who accuse chaste men of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) must be subjected to this ruling, even though the verse is about women. Likewise, the many verses that mention men include women unless there is evidence to the contrary. Accordingly, the manner of prayer is prescribed for men and prescribed for women equally, except where evidence has come regarding a distinction between men and women. So when a woman prostrates, she separates her hands from her sides, just as a man does. Exactly.
When she sits in prayer, she sits as a man sits, in the iftirash and tawruk positions, everything in its place. And if she prays with men, she is like a man, following the imam as a man follows him. And if women are praying with a congregation, it is obligatory for them to stand in rows behind one another, and a woman does not pray alone, separated from the women, as is the case with men. As for when one woman is with a man, she or more than one, she prays alone, even if her husband prays with her; he stands in front of her and she is behind him alone. May Allah reward you.
Answer : Yes, a woman is like a man in all acts of worship, except where the evidence indicates a distinction between them; this is the default rule. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(4) And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient, (5) Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُواWhen she sits in prayer, she sits as a man sits, in the iftirash and tawruk positions, everything in its place. And if she prays with men, she is like a man, following the imam as a man follows him. And if women are praying with a congregation, it is obligatory for them to stand in rows behind one another, and a woman does not pray alone, separated from the women, as is the case with men. As for when one woman is with a man, she or more than one, she prays alone, even if her husband prays with her; he stands in front of her and she is behind him alone. May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 504- هل تجافي المرأة يديها في السجود كما يفعل الرجل /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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