The student’s remarks regarding an innovation occurring in the Al-Aqsa prayer area, specifically the placement of women in the Dome of the Rock and their segregation there under the pretext of separating them from men.

The student : I prayed Jumu'ah there. They place the women in what is called the Dome of the Rock, underneath it, and they segregate them from the men absolutely.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : They place the women there and segregate them.

The Shaykh : Ah...
The student : So that the courtyard is for the men and the mosque is for the men only.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : I mean, this is scrupulousness, I mean.
The student : By Allah, we know, but Shaykh...
Another student: ... for the women.
The student : No, it is a matter that will be applied, I mean, a man is forbidden from entering there in the first place. If you want to enter, they say, "No, stand back, it is for women only."
Another student: This is in the case of...
The student : Yes, yes, in the case of the Jumu'ah prayer.
Another student: Ah, in the time of the adhan, I mean, whereas...
The student : The Dome of the Rock is not part of the Al-Aqsa courtyard, Shaykh. This is one thing, because you have to ascend twenty-one steps, and you pass the stairs to ascend twenty-one steps, and then the Dome of the Rock comes before you. Regardless of whether it is a Sunni mosque or an innovated one, that is another discussion.

The Shaykh : Ah, ah.
The student : But we say this is not part of the courtyard. The rows are connected. Then what is the evidence for segregating the women under that Rock or above that Rock? The point is, we entered the mosque, and three shaykhs stood up. I know they are from al-Azhar by their turbans. One of them spoke.

The Shaykh : ... the red fez.
The student : Yes, each one of them speaks for half an hour, and I count it for him. And when he finishes, he says, "Go, recite al-Fatihah for the Prophet."

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: Yes, this...

The Shaykh : ... the fezzes.
The student : And when he finishes his speech, one of them, who is above the mu'adhdhins, recites three or four verses, and he also says, "Go, recite al-Fatihah for the Prophet," andThe Shaykh : the second one comes and speaks. I wish you could hear the things they talk about.

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : As for verifying hadiths and weakening them, that is a matter of no concern, yes. Then the second one said, I said, "Perhaps this one, whose turban is larger, does not say 'Go, recite al-Fatihah for the Prophet.'" He said it.

The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The student : By Allah, I was surprised to see...
Another student: Perhaps he said it twice because it is larger.
The student : I see the things and I disapprove of them, but I disapprove of them in my heart. If I stood up, they might perhaps approach Allah with my blood. Then he recited three or four verses in the voice of 'Abd al-Basit. Of course, one who recites shaves his beard, and Allah knows best about his prayer and his tawhid. The point is, he also said, I mean, six times, "al-Fatihah." The people are ruined by reciting al-Fatihah, yes. And as for our khatib, his entire khutbah was a call, most of it was calls to the "Al-Irfan" organization, demanding they

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : be lenient with our brothers in Marj al-Zuhur, or else Tell al-Zuhur.
Another student: Tell al-Zuhur.
The student : According to two reports, according to two reports.
Another student: It is Marj al-Zuhur.
The student : Marj al-Zuhur. Our brother says Tell al-Zuhur. We know it is Marj al-Zuhur, and perhaps he has knowledge that did not reach me.

The Shaykh : Perhaps next to the Marj there is a Tell.
The student : A Tell.

The Shaykh : He combines the Marj...
The student : We knew some things and some things were hidden from us.
Another student: ... in the helmet of Tell al-Zuhur here.
The student : Yes, so his khutbah, by Allah, was about what they call politics and the fiqh of reality.

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student: Yes.