The ruling on the barrier between the rows of men and women in the mosque

Question:
He also said in another question: We have a mosque, and it has a section for women separated from the men’s mosque by a wall. The women have a speaker from the microphone to hear the imam and the teacher. A man stood up and wanted to demolish the wall and leave the women in front of the men. His evidence for this is the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): There was a great dispute over this, so what is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
There is no harm in any of that. In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the women used to pray with the men, behind the men, without a wall and without anything else. They would cover themselves and veil themselves and pray with the men in the rear, as in the authentic hadith where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Because the front of their rows might be close to the men. So if they line up in the back of the mosque behind the men and cover themselves, there is no harm, and there is no need for a wall or anything else. And if they make a wall or a curtain other than a wall so that they can take their ease, uncover their faces, and rest, there is nothing wrong with that until they rest in their prayer area and hear through the amplifier or through the voice of the imam if they can hear without an amplifier. There is no harm in that. The matter is broad in this regard, and praise be to Allah. And if they make a mesh screen through which they can see the imam and the congregation and hear the voice, there is nothing wrong with that either. The whole matter is broad. It is not befitting to be strict in this regard. A wall, a mesh screen, a curtain, or none of that, all of it is permissible, and praise be to Allah. And in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there was no wall or anything else. They would cover themselves and pray with the people behind the men, and praise be to Allah. So if they make a wall or a mesh screen that covers them, or a curtain so that they can rest, remove their head coverings, uncover their faces, and rest in it where the men do not see them, there is a benefit for them and comfort for them in that, and there is no harm in it, and praise be to Allah.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good! But does His Eminence the Shaykh see that the time is like the time of the Messenger (may the best of prayers and peace be upon him), and that there is no objection to men seeing women in the mosque?

The Shaykh : It is necessary to have this. If they do not cover themselves, there must be a barrier. If it is their nature in some countries not to cover themselves, there must be a barrier placed, a wall or a curtain. But if they are careful, as they were in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), careful with the hijab and covering themselves, then there is no need for a barrier. They pray behind the men, their rows behind the men. And the best of their rows is the last one, and the worst is the first. But if they have a custom of being lax and uncovering their faces, then the presence of a barrier that covers them is obligatory so that they do not cause temptation and are not tempted. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.