What is the ruling on praying next to a woman in a crowd?
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The questioner : The second question comes up.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Regarding touching a woman?
The Shaykh : And the woman is also in the row? - He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) - By Allah, this is the greatest of calamities.
The questioner : ... May Allah reward you, is this not a reality, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I have seen women praying and mixed with men repeatedly, but I have never seen it like this, by Allah.
Abu Layla : But our Shaykh, this exists, our Shaykh, in the crowding when entering and exiting.
The questioner : In prayer, I am speaking about the issue of touching a woman during prayer.
The Shaykh : My brother, it is permissible for one to pray with a woman next to him, on his right or left, but I have not seen it like this; however, if you have seen it,
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, in that case we say it is not permissible to pray in those places, do you see? That is, it is not permissible to engage in the cause that prevents him from being able to perform the pillars, bowing and prostration; understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for him to go to a place where he may be forced to pray behind a woman and his body part touches her backside, or so on; this prayer is not permissible in that case.
The questioner : Sometimes the touching is on the side.
The Shaykh- He laughs (may Allah have mercy on him) - This is what I told you, may Allah bless you.
Abu Layla : Shaykh, what if the row comes next to some of them? This scenario you mentioned is not permissible; but if she comes exactly next to him?
The Shaykh : We have discussed this now; we told the Shaykh that what I saw with my own eyes was a woman next to a man, on the right and left, and we have seen that; but this reversed row, we have not seen it.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : Regarding touching a woman?
The Shaykh : And the woman is also in the row? - He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) - By Allah, this is the greatest of calamities.
The questioner : ... May Allah reward you, is this not a reality, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I have seen women praying and mixed with men repeatedly, but I have never seen it like this, by Allah.
Abu Layla : But our Shaykh, this exists, our Shaykh, in the crowding when entering and exiting.
The questioner : In prayer, I am speaking about the issue of touching a woman during prayer.
The Shaykh : My brother, it is permissible for one to pray with a woman next to him, on his right or left, but I have not seen it like this; however, if you have seen it,
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, no problem, in that case we say it is not permissible to pray in those places, do you see? That is, it is not permissible to engage in the cause that prevents him from being able to perform the pillars, bowing and prostration; understood?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for him to go to a place where he may be forced to pray behind a woman and his body part touches her backside, or so on; this prayer is not permissible in that case.
The questioner : Sometimes the touching is on the side.
The Shaykh- He laughs (may Allah have mercy on him) - This is what I told you, may Allah bless you.
Abu Layla : Shaykh, what if the row comes next to some of them? This scenario you mentioned is not permissible; but if she comes exactly next to him?
The Shaykh : We have discussed this now; we told the Shaykh that what I saw with my own eyes was a woman next to a man, on the right and left, and we have seen that; but this reversed row, we have not seen it.
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