Some women’s prayer areas are located in front of the mosque’s qiblah; is their prayer valid?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Some women’s prayer areas are located in front of the mosque’s qiblah, within the mosque’s enclosure, while the imam’s mihrab is in a separate room for the women’s prayer area.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is their prayer valid?
The Shaykh : Yes, their prayer is valid, but they do not follow the imam; they do not follow the imam because they are in front of him.
The questioner : Meaning, it is upon him.
The Shaykh : No, it is not upon him; one of them should lead them in prayer.
The questioner : Even if the imam is praying.
The Shaykh : Yes, even if the imam is praying, in any case, she also will not raise her voice; his voice reaches them.
The questioner : The man’s voice, meaning, reaches them.
The Shaykh : The imam.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Wrong.
The questioner : ... the women who come to the mosque; it is built for them to pray behind the imam.
The Shaykh : It is not contrary; it is built for them, but we have a rule that prayer is not valid in front of the imam, or that the time has not ended.
al-Mazbala, and some of you read: al-Mazbala. Which is more correct? The kasra. The kasra, because when the specific comes after the general, this specific becomes a dependent of the general in grammar, and they call it a partial substitute, a partial substitute of the whole. And the raising is permissible by disconnection, with the estimation being "it is al-Mazbala" to the end of it. And from this, all of you are correct. Whoever read with the kasra has hit the mark, and whoever read with the damma has hit the mark. But which is more eloquent? The kasra or the damma? The kasra. Yes, very well. But the damma may also have a benefit in alerting the listener, because the listener expects it to be a dependent of what came before it in grammar. So when it comes raised, he pauses: what raised you? Yes, so there is an alerting of the listener in that, which resembles what they call al-iltifat. Yes, but now we take the new lesson.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is their prayer valid?
The Shaykh : Yes, their prayer is valid, but they do not follow the imam; they do not follow the imam because they are in front of him.
The questioner : Meaning, it is upon him.
The Shaykh : No, it is not upon him; one of them should lead them in prayer.
The questioner : Even if the imam is praying.
The Shaykh : Yes, even if the imam is praying, in any case, she also will not raise her voice; his voice reaches them.
The questioner : The man’s voice, meaning, reaches them.
The Shaykh : The imam.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Wrong.
The questioner : ... the women who come to the mosque; it is built for them to pray behind the imam.
The Shaykh : It is not contrary; it is built for them, but we have a rule that prayer is not valid in front of the imam, or that the time has not ended.
al-Mazbala, and some of you read: al-Mazbala. Which is more correct? The kasra. The kasra, because when the specific comes after the general, this specific becomes a dependent of the general in grammar, and they call it a partial substitute, a partial substitute of the whole. And the raising is permissible by disconnection, with the estimation being "it is al-Mazbala" to the end of it. And from this, all of you are correct. Whoever read with the kasra has hit the mark, and whoever read with the damma has hit the mark. But which is more eloquent? The kasra or the damma? The kasra. Yes, very well. But the damma may also have a benefit in alerting the listener, because the listener expects it to be a dependent of what came before it in grammar. So when it comes raised, he pauses: what raised you? Yes, so there is an alerting of the listener in that, which resembles what they call al-iltifat. Yes, but now we take the new lesson.