The Ruling on a Woman Leading Women in the Tarawih Prayer
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The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, do we have another question? May Allah bless you. Is it permissible for a woman to lead women in the Tarawih prayer in a specific home?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is permissible for her to do so.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, yes.
The questioner : The eight rak'ahs are for men.
The Shaykh : It is so, but it is better for women, if they are covered as is obligatory upon them, to pray in the mosques.
The questioner : In the mosques is better. If you fear fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He bless you.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe. Welcome. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Welcome.
The questioner : We ask you a question, Shaykh, regarding a bird. If it dies in its cage and you feed it, is there anything forbidden in this?
The Shaykh : Like a sheep, if you milk it and slaughter it. Is it forbidden or lawful?
The questioner : If you feed it, there is nothing forbidden in it.
The Shaykh : And this too, there is nothing forbidden in it.
The questioner : There is nothing forbidden regarding the bird, meaning, nothing has been reported about it. Everything that was reported about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) seeing a child in the street, and there was a bird in a cage, and he said to him, "I left it," this is not authentic, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : No, it is the opposite. He said, "O Abu 'Amir, what happened to the bird?" Abu 'Amir was the brother of Anas ibn Malik, the servant of the Messenger, and he had a small bird named Nuqayr. He had placed it in a cage, and it died. When the Messenger (peace be upon him) was informed of the death of Nuqayr, he teased the small child and said to him, "O Abu 'Amir, what happened to Nuqayr?" The scholars and jurists derived from this hadith the permissibility of keeping birds in cages, because the Messenger did not deny that, and therefore there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : May Allah protect you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The presenter : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is permissible for her to do so.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, yes.
The questioner : The eight rak'ahs are for men.
The Shaykh : It is so, but it is better for women, if they are covered as is obligatory upon them, to pray in the mosques.
The questioner : In the mosques is better. If you fear fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may He bless you.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe. Welcome. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Welcome.
The questioner : We ask you a question, Shaykh, regarding a bird. If it dies in its cage and you feed it, is there anything forbidden in this?
The Shaykh : Like a sheep, if you milk it and slaughter it. Is it forbidden or lawful?
The questioner : If you feed it, there is nothing forbidden in it.
The Shaykh : And this too, there is nothing forbidden in it.
The questioner : There is nothing forbidden regarding the bird, meaning, nothing has been reported about it. Everything that was reported about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) seeing a child in the street, and there was a bird in a cage, and he said to him, "I left it," this is not authentic, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : No, it is the opposite. He said, "O Abu 'Amir, what happened to the bird?" Abu 'Amir was the brother of Anas ibn Malik, the servant of the Messenger, and he had a small bird named Nuqayr. He had placed it in a cage, and it died. When the Messenger (peace be upon him) was informed of the death of Nuqayr, he teased the small child and said to him, "O Abu 'Amir, what happened to Nuqayr?" The scholars and jurists derived from this hadith the permissibility of keeping birds in cages, because the Messenger did not deny that, and therefore there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : May Allah protect you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The presenter : Yes.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 123 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (22:37)
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