The ruling on prayer if women advance ahead of men, or men ahead of women.
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The Shaykh : Similarly, we say regarding women who advance ahead of men and men who lag behind women: either it is with an excuse or without an excuse. If it is with an excuse, the prayer is valid and there is no issue, such as when some men are in prayer and a woman suddenly appears; what can he do in the prayer? He cannot do anything, so he is excused, but the one who suddenly appeared is the one who has committed a sin. And so, the one who says that the prayer of the one who advances ahead of the imam, or the prayer of the woman who advances ahead of the men, is that the prayer of all of them is invalid, they have no evidence at all, except that they are contradicting the commands to straighten the rows and contradicting the statement of Ibn Mas'ud, "Delay them as Allah has delayed them." We say we delay the women and place them in the position where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed them, but we do not invalidate the prayer merely because something of this contradiction occurs, because invalidating a ruling is an independent matter that requires specific evidence. This is like what we say regarding an obligation, a condition, or a pillar; the mere fact that something is an obligation does not mean it must be a pillar or a condition. Let us proceed, come, Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, I bear witness that there is no god but You, what is it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Then when this edition appeared, this is later, so this is an abrogation. Then when the abridged version appeared, it is later than this, so it also contains a correction.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is a correction here. Is there a reason for the correction?
The questioner: No...
The Shaykh : So he presents...
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Notice, did you hear a bell? Does this same bell apply to the same hadith, to this bell?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : And not the bell of the houses.
The Shaykh : Yes, and not the bell of the house.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Then when this edition appeared, this is later, so this is an abrogation. Then when the abridged version appeared, it is later than this, so it also contains a correction.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is a correction here. Is there a reason for the correction?
The questioner: No...
The Shaykh : So he presents...
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Notice, did you hear a bell? Does this same bell apply to the same hadith, to this bell?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : And not the bell of the houses.
The Shaykh : Yes, and not the bell of the house.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
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