Is it true that a woman who can read is permitted to lead men who are illiterate, standing behind them in the row?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The author of the commentary on Kashf al-Mukhaddirat also mentioned, citing al-Muntaha, that there is one exception to the prohibition of a woman leading a man in prayer: if the woman is a reader and the men are illiterate, her leading them is valid, but only in the tarawih prayer, and the woman leading stands behind the men. Is this exception correct?
Answer:
What Allah willed, she stands behind the men and prays with them. This is a reversal. They do not pray according to their own state, nor does the woman pray with them. Yes, they say afterwards, as a joke, that she prays behind them so that if she wants to bow, she can relieve them of the burden. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The author of the commentary on Kashf al-Mukhaddirat also mentioned, citing al-Muntaha, that there is one exception to the prohibition of a woman leading a man in prayer: if the woman is a reader and the men are illiterate, her leading them is valid, but only in the tarawih prayer, and the woman leading stands behind the men. Is this exception correct?
Answer:
What Allah willed, she stands behind the men and prays with them. This is a reversal. They do not pray according to their own state, nor does the woman pray with them. Yes, they say afterwards, as a joke, that she prays behind them so that if she wants to bow, she can relieve them of the burden. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [392 -2802] هل صحيح أن المرأة القارئة يجوز أن تؤم الرجال الأميين وتكون خلفهم في الصف؟ — youtube.com
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