Is the adhan and iqamah obligatory for a woman?
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The questioner : You mentioned in your book "Tammam al-Mannah" that the adhan is not permissible for women, and you cited as evidence the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "that she used to call the adhan, the iqamah, and lead the women in prayer."
The Shaykh : How? I am saying how is this? I am saying there it is not permissible?
The questioner : Yes, there are those who say it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : You are saying about me?
The questioner : No, I said it is permissible.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is your question? What is your question?
The questioner : My question now is that there is a hadith mentioned by Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz and Shaykh Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen in the book "Islamic Fatwas." They said the hadith is in "Sahih al-Bukhari" from Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:?
The Shaykh : You are mistaken.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : This hadith does not exist.
The questioner : This is found in the book "Islamic Fatwas," in the first part, by Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz and Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen. They mentioned this statement under the question: Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do you have the book with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, open it now and let me hear what is in it.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Do you have the book with you now?
The questioner : Yes, in the first part.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. I am telling you, do you have the book with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Open it now and let me hear what it says.
The questioner : If Allah wills, the question is: Is it permissible for a woman to perform the iqamah for prayer, or does she pray without the iqamah?
The Shaykh : Listen, listen, do you hear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Which part?
The questioner: The first volume.
The Shaykh : Which page?
The questioner : Page 52.
The Shaykh : Okay, while we look at page 52, it is page 52, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Page 52, does it say: Did the Prophet recommend the caliphate for Ali?
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Get the book from where you are and read what is in it now.
The questioner : I am reading from the book now.
The Shaykh : Read from the book.
The questioner : Yes, it says: "The adhan and iqamah are prescribed for men, not for women, as al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:."
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : There is no blame on a woman to pray her prayer without the iqamah.
The Shaykh : This is a grave error.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a grave error. The hadith has no basis in "Sahih al-Bukhari" or in any other source from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). But perhaps there is an error in the copy you have. We are now reviewing the edition we have. What is the edition you have?
The questioner : 52 .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : 52 .
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the title of the topic?
The questioner : The topic consists of questions about the adhan and iqamah for a woman.
The Shaykh : Is the title: Does a woman call the adhan, and is her voice considered 'awrah?
The questioner : This is it, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, read so we can see from the beginning. Sin. Read Sin.
The questioner : Once again.
The Shaykh : Read Sin and Jim.
The questioner : "Sin: Is it permissible for a woman to perform the iqamah for prayer, or does she pray without the iqamah? And therefore, there is no blame on a woman to pray her prayer without the iqamah." This is it.
The Shaykh : My brother, this entire statement is not found in our copy. I am telling you, read what is written on the cover: "Islamic Fatwas."
The questioner : Islamic FatwasThe Shaykh : Abdul Aziz ibn BazThe Shaykh : Muhammad ibn UthaymeenThe Shaykh : Abdullah ibn Jibrin, Part One.
The Shaykh : Okay, and then where did the publishing house print it?
The questioner : No, listen.
The Shaykh : Where was the edition printed? Complete it. What is on the cover?
The questioner : The cover.
The Shaykh : My brother, they write below: Edition such-and-such, after Part One, what is written?
The questioner : After Part One.
The Shaykh : Below it, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi. Yes, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you want an hour? Say now, I am acknowledging.
The questioner : Beirut, Lebanon.
The Shaykh : Listen, I am telling you now what is written in the edition I have: "Does a woman call the adhan, and is her voice considered 'awrah? The answer: First: It is not obligatory for a woman to call the adhan, according to the correct opinion."
The questioner : Yes, this is it: "From the statements of the scholars, because that has not been known to be delegated to her."
The Shaykh : Are you the one reading, or am I?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Am I the one reading, or are you?
The questioner : At the end, according to me, I am reading. Excuse me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You did not read, and you are full of reading, and I started reading for you: "First: It is not obligatory for a woman to call the adhan, according to the correct opinion of the scholars, because that has not been known to be delegated to her, nor entrusted to her, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them)." Is this found with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the statement you read earlier, where is it?
The questioner : This is found after it.
The Shaykh : After, or in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
The questioner : How many questions after it?
The Shaykh : How many questions after it? Count the questions so we can see how many questions?
The questioner : Five questions.
The Shaykh : Four, five. What is the title?
The questioner : Also related to the adhan, about the adhan.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. What is the title?
The questioner : The adhan regarding the woman. This is what is with me.
The Shaykh : Okay, listen to me, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : After the previous question, a question comes from Jordan, correct?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Do you have this with you?
The questioner : No, I do not have this, because I photocopied some pages from the book.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah reform you. Peace be upon you. I am tired. He attributed it to al-Bukhari. I wonder if he is the one who made the mistake, or the muftis who issued the fatwa?
Yes.
The Shaykh : How? I am saying how is this? I am saying there it is not permissible?
The questioner : Yes, there are those who say it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : You are saying about me?
The questioner : No, I said it is permissible.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is your question? What is your question?
The questioner : My question now is that there is a hadith mentioned by Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz and Shaykh Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen in the book "Islamic Fatwas." They said the hadith is in "Sahih al-Bukhari" from Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
There is no adhan or iqamah for women.
ليس على النساء أذان ولا إقامةThe Shaykh : You are mistaken.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : This hadith does not exist.
The questioner : This is found in the book "Islamic Fatwas," in the first part, by Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz and Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen. They mentioned this statement under the question: Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do you have the book with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, open it now and let me hear what is in it.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Do you have the book with you now?
The questioner : Yes, in the first part.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. I am telling you, do you have the book with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Open it now and let me hear what it says.
The questioner : If Allah wills, the question is: Is it permissible for a woman to perform the iqamah for prayer, or does she pray without the iqamah?
The Shaykh : Listen, listen, do you hear?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Which part?
The questioner: The first volume.
The Shaykh : Which page?
The questioner : Page 52.
The Shaykh : Okay, while we look at page 52, it is page 52, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Page 52, does it say: Did the Prophet recommend the caliphate for Ali?
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Get the book from where you are and read what is in it now.
The questioner : I am reading from the book now.
The Shaykh : Read from the book.
The questioner : Yes, it says: "The adhan and iqamah are prescribed for men, not for women, as al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih from Asma bint Yazid (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
There is no adhan or iqamah for women.
ليس على النساء أذان ولا إقامةThe Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : There is no blame on a woman to pray her prayer without the iqamah.
The Shaykh : This is a grave error.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a grave error. The hadith has no basis in "Sahih al-Bukhari" or in any other source from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). But perhaps there is an error in the copy you have. We are now reviewing the edition we have. What is the edition you have?
The questioner : 52 .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : 52 .
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the title of the topic?
The questioner : The topic consists of questions about the adhan and iqamah for a woman.
The Shaykh : Is the title: Does a woman call the adhan, and is her voice considered 'awrah?
The questioner : This is it, yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, read so we can see from the beginning. Sin. Read Sin.
The questioner : Once again.
The Shaykh : Read Sin and Jim.
The questioner : "Sin: Is it permissible for a woman to perform the iqamah for prayer, or does she pray without the iqamah?
There is no adhan or iqamah for women.
ليس على النساء أذان ولا إقامةThe Shaykh : My brother, this entire statement is not found in our copy. I am telling you, read what is written on the cover: "Islamic Fatwas."
The questioner : Islamic FatwasThe Shaykh : Abdul Aziz ibn BazThe Shaykh : Muhammad ibn UthaymeenThe Shaykh : Abdullah ibn Jibrin, Part One.
The Shaykh : Okay, and then where did the publishing house print it?
The questioner : No, listen.
The Shaykh : Where was the edition printed? Complete it. What is on the cover?
The questioner : The cover.
The Shaykh : My brother, they write below: Edition such-and-such, after Part One, what is written?
The questioner : After Part One.
The Shaykh : Below it, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi. Yes, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you want an hour? Say now, I am acknowledging.
The questioner : Beirut, Lebanon.
The Shaykh : Listen, I am telling you now what is written in the edition I have: "Does a woman call the adhan, and is her voice considered 'awrah? The answer: First: It is not obligatory for a woman to call the adhan, according to the correct opinion."
The questioner : Yes, this is it: "From the statements of the scholars, because that has not been known to be delegated to her."
The Shaykh : Are you the one reading, or am I?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Am I the one reading, or are you?
The questioner : At the end, according to me, I am reading. Excuse me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You did not read, and you are full of reading, and I started reading for you: "First: It is not obligatory for a woman to call the adhan, according to the correct opinion of the scholars, because that has not been known to be delegated to her, nor entrusted to her, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them)." Is this found with you?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the statement you read earlier, where is it?
The questioner : This is found after it.
The Shaykh : After, or in the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
The questioner : How many questions after it?
The Shaykh : How many questions after it? Count the questions so we can see how many questions?
The questioner : Five questions.
The Shaykh : Four, five. What is the title?
The questioner : Also related to the adhan, about the adhan.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. What is the title?
The questioner : The adhan regarding the woman. This is what is with me.
The Shaykh : Okay, listen to me, may Allah guide you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : After the previous question, a question comes from Jordan, correct?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Do you have this with you?
The questioner : No, I do not have this, because I photocopied some pages from the book.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah reform you. Peace be upon you. I am tired. He attributed it to al-Bukhari. I wonder if he is the one who made the mistake, or the muftis who issued the fatwa?
Yes.
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