Where does a woman stand in congregational prayer?
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Question:
His other question asks: How do a man and a woman perform congregational prayer?
Answer:
This has different situations: Sometimes they can all pray together in voluntary prayers, such as him and his wife, or his family, praying the Dhuha voluntary prayer, or the late-night prayer, or the Witr prayer. In that case, he stands alone and the women stand behind him, even if it is his wife; she does not stand in the same row as him, and there is no harm in this. Likewise, in Tarawih, if they pray with the imam, they pray behind him, or if the head of the household prays with them, they pray behind him, whether it is one woman or a number of women praying behind him. It is also permissible in obligatory prayers if women come to the mosques and pray with the people; they pray behind the imams and behind the other worshippers. A woman does not stand in the same row as a man, not with her husband, not with her father, and not with anyone else; their position is behind the men, whether in an obligatory prayer or a voluntary prayer at night or during the day.
The point is: All these types follow the same path; the woman is behind the imam, or behind the other worshippers if there are other worshippers, and she does not stand with the imam, nor with the other worshippers. Yes.
The presenter: And if they are only women?
The Shaykh: The imam stands in the middle of them; the imam stands in the middle of them if they are only women, so her position as imam is in the middle of them.
The presenter: She does not stand in front of them?
The Shaykh: No, she does not imitate the men. Yes.
His other question asks: How do a man and a woman perform congregational prayer?
Answer:
This has different situations: Sometimes they can all pray together in voluntary prayers, such as him and his wife, or his family, praying the Dhuha voluntary prayer, or the late-night prayer, or the Witr prayer. In that case, he stands alone and the women stand behind him, even if it is his wife; she does not stand in the same row as him, and there is no harm in this. Likewise, in Tarawih, if they pray with the imam, they pray behind him, or if the head of the household prays with them, they pray behind him, whether it is one woman or a number of women praying behind him. It is also permissible in obligatory prayers if women come to the mosques and pray with the people; they pray behind the imams and behind the other worshippers. A woman does not stand in the same row as a man, not with her husband, not with her father, and not with anyone else; their position is behind the men, whether in an obligatory prayer or a voluntary prayer at night or during the day.
The point is: All these types follow the same path; the woman is behind the imam, or behind the other worshippers if there are other worshippers, and she does not stand with the imam, nor with the other worshippers. Yes.
The presenter: And if they are only women?
The Shaykh: The imam stands in the middle of them; the imam stands in the middle of them if they are only women, so her position as imam is in the middle of them.
The presenter: She does not stand in front of them?
The Shaykh: No, she does not imitate the men. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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