Ruling on a woman correcting the imam if he forgets in the recitation
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Question:
In another question, you say: If the imam makes a mistake in his recitation, and no man corrects him, is it permissible for one of the women to correct him?
Answer:
Yes, she should alert him. If the men correct him, praise be to Allah; otherwise, she should correct him. Her voice is not an awrah (part of the body that must be covered); the awrah is coquetry and submission in the voice. This is what is prohibited, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ahzab: 32]. Submission means softness and coquetry in the voice, which causes one who has a disease of desire in his heart to hope for her.
As for the ordinary voice, there is nothing wrong with it. For this reason, He said: [Al-Ahzab: 32], meaning: speech that contains no obscenity or harshness, and no coquetry, softness, or submission. Rather, it is ordinary speech between them. So she should correct him with ordinary speech, without softness or submission, and without harshness or severity, but with the usual speech. For this reason, "a known word" [Al-Ahzab 33:32] means: ordinary speech that contains no submission. Likewise, she enjoining good and forbidding evil, calling to Allah, and guiding to Him, even in the presence of men, calling them to Allah, and disapproving of the wrong among them with good speech, without submission and without harshness. As she teaches her brother, her son, and her daughters, praise be to Allah, she teaches the small children who are under seven, teaching them and guiding them with the Qur'an.
The point is: she calls to Allah and teaches with a voice that contains no submission, if the teacher is one who has desire, such as an adolescent or a man.
The point is: she does not refrain from speaking the truth because of what some people say: that her voice is an awrah. No, it is not an awrah. The bare voice is not an awrah. The women used to speak with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him, and with the Companions, and he would address them, and they would address him, and he did not say: "Your voices are an awrah." One day, he was present with them, gathered them, taught them, guided them, and answered their questions—(peace and blessings be upon him). This is a well-known matter. The only thing that is wrong is the submission that causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) regarding her, or leads to bad assumptions about her because of it. As for ordinary speech, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
In another question, you say: If the imam makes a mistake in his recitation, and no man corrects him, is it permissible for one of the women to correct him?
Answer:
Yes, she should alert him. If the men correct him, praise be to Allah; otherwise, she should correct him. Her voice is not an awrah (part of the body that must be covered); the awrah is coquetry and submission in the voice. This is what is prohibited, as Allah the Exalted said:
O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allah, then do not be soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should covet
يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلا تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌAs for the ordinary voice, there is nothing wrong with it. For this reason, He said:
but speak with appropriate speech.
وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًاbut speak with appropriate speech.
وقلن قولاً معروفاًThe point is: she calls to Allah and teaches with a voice that contains no submission, if the teacher is one who has desire, such as an adolescent or a man.
The point is: she does not refrain from speaking the truth because of what some people say: that her voice is an awrah. No, it is not an awrah. The bare voice is not an awrah. The women used to speak with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him, and with the Companions, and he would address them, and they would address him, and he did not say: "Your voices are an awrah." One day, he was present with them, gathered them, taught them, guided them, and answered their questions—(peace and blessings be upon him). This is a well-known matter. The only thing that is wrong is the submission that causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) regarding her, or leads to bad assumptions about her because of it. As for ordinary speech, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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