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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there a difference between the prayer of a man and the prayer of a woman?

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The Shaykh :
Women are the counterparts of men. النساء شقائق الرجال
, the ruling that pertains to men also applies to women, so the ruling is one. In the name of Allah, this is sufficient.

The questioner : That is not sufficient.

The Shaykh : If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Woman are counterpart of men. إنما النساء شقائق الرجال
Sunan Abi Dawud 236
and he said
In case there is not before him (an object) like the back of a saddle, a Muslim's Salat (prayer) would be cut off by (the passing of) a woman, a donkey and a black dog. يقطع صلاة أحدكم ، إذا لم يكن بين يديه مثل مؤخرة الرحل ، المرأة والحمار والكلب الأسود
Bulugh al-Maram 2:98
, if this hadith were explicit regarding men, your previous answer would have been correct, but how is it when it uses the phrase "one of you"? You see, "one of you" does not include women. We are now repeating the previous phrase. You, O Arabs, inform us: if an Arab addresses a group with the phrase "one of you," you see that it does not include women. In my non-Arab understanding, it includes women as well. If it does not include them, then we are content with the previous hadith
Woman are counterpart of men. إنما النساء شقائق الرجال ...
Sunan Abi Dawud 236
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