Is it permissible for the imam to dedicate a sermon to women by passing over the men?

Al-Halabi : He says: And does the preacher pass over the men to the women to address them specifically with a sermon?

The Shaykh : That is the Sunnah (recommended practice). If it occurs to the imam to address the women specifically with a sermon, a warning, or specific instruction, he may go to them. However, it should be noted that the preacher should be an elderly man and not a young man, because this proximity to women may stir up in him some psychological movement that is not befitting a Muslim. This means that when the preacher goes to the women and addresses them specifically with a sermon, it is observed that he should have passed the age of youth and entered the age of maturity, if not old age.The Shaykh : This is what we observe, and it is not transmitted [as a specific ruling], but it is taken from the perspective of blocking the means to harm (sadd al-dhara'i'). Yes.