Women gathering to perform the festival prayer on their own

Question:
In past years, the women in our villages would gather and perform the two festival prayers in the most complete manner. A woman well-versed in jurisprudence, praise be to Allah, would lead the women in prayer. The reason for their gathering is that the men’s festival prayer ground is far away, about a two-hour walk on foot, and because the men do not allow them to go there. Our brother continues to describe this matter in order to ask at the end about the ruling on what those women did, and whether it is a religious innovation? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
I do not know of any blame in that; because the festival prayer is prescribed for both men and women. The recommended practice is to go out for it in the open fields. If it is not feasible for the women to go out so that they can pray with the men, they may pray in their homes individually or in groups, and there is no blame in that. They have a great reward for doing so.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.