The ruling on the prayer of the regular voluntary prayers, the witr, and the duha for a woman

Question : A woman asks, saying: Is a woman like a man regarding the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib), the witr, the duha prayer, and sitting in the mosque until the sun rises, meaning in her prayer place? Please clarify this, and may Allah reward you with good?

Answer : The default is that men and women are equal in the rulings of the Shari'ah, except where evidence indicates that a ruling is specific to men, in which case it is exclusive to them, or specific to women, in which case it is exclusive to them. For example, evidence has established that congregational prayer is specific to whom? To men. They are the ones for whom congregational prayer is obligatory, and for whom praying in the mosques is obligatory. As for the woman, congregational prayer is not obligatory for her, neither in the mosque with the men nor in her home. In fact, her home is better for her than attending the congregation with the men, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said and their homes are better for them. This last phrase, although it is not in the two Sahihs, is authentic: their homes are better for them. Based on this, we say that a woman is like a man in all rulings. If she is traveling, she does what the man does, meaning she does not pray the regular voluntary prayer of the midday prayer, nor the regular voluntary prayer of the sunset prayer, nor the regular voluntary prayer of the night prayer. The rest of the voluntary prayers, she does them as the man does. As for sitting in her prayer place in the house until the sun rises and praying two rak'ahs to attain the reward of the 'Umrah and Hajj, as mentioned in the hadith in which scholars differed regarding its authenticity, she does not attain that reward. Because the hadith says If she prays in her house, she does not attain this reward, but she is on good. If she sits and remembers Allah, glorifies Him, says Allahu Akbar, and reads the Qur'an until the sun rises, and then when the sun has risen she prays whatever Allah wills for her to pray, she is on good.