Etiquette of Women Attending Prayer in the Mosque

Question:
First, we thank Your Eminence the Shaykh for graciously delivering the speech to us and for the valuable advice. We ask Allah to help us act upon it and to record it in the scale of our deeds on the Day of Resurrection. Now it is time for the questions, and I will present some of them according to my best judgment, though I may be mistaken, so please forgive us. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O Allah, to You we turn. We ask you to draw attention to these three matters concerning women. The first is that there are no Qur'ans in the women's mosque. The second is that the women who bring their children with them to this mosque cause disturbance to the attendees and prevent them from benefiting from the lecture. The third is that some women gather to drink coffee and tea inside the mosque during the lecture, which is inappropriate. We ask you to draw attention to this, and it is actually happening. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Answer:
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows, regarding these three points raised by our brother in Allah, we thank him for them, may Allah reward him with good. We advise the administrators of this noble mosque to take care to provide Qur'ans in the women's prayer area so that they may benefit from them. If it is also possible to provide some useful pamphlets, that would be beneficial as well.
As for what concerns the children, the advice is to take care to keep them at home if possible, so that they do not disturb the woman or others. If it is possible for them to stay at home, that is better and more beneficial for her and her sisters in Allah. Otherwise, there is no blame on her. However, if she brings the child, she must take care of the means to keep him quiet and calm. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: the women, and they are praying behind him, and he did not disapprove of them bringing their children, because necessity may call for it. In fact, it is mentioned that he may enter the prayer intending to lengthen it, then shorten it because of the crying of the child, out of mercy for his mother. The point is that if it is possible for the children to stay at home with someone who will guard and protect them, that is good, so that the mother of the children can devote herself to listening to the sermon, the benefit, the Friday sermon, and the like. As for if that is not possible, there is no blame on her for bringing him, but with care to keep him quiet and not disturb her or others.
As for what concerns the coffee and tea, this is a matter that is easy. If it does not distract them from the benefit for which they came, at a time when it does not distract them from listening to the benefit, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if it does distract them, it should be left for another time until the benefit is over. Yes.