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Can women perform their taraweeh in the masjid, behind an imam?

Published as Women performing Taraweeh in the Musjid

· 12 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Can women perform their taraweeh in the masjid, behind an imam?

Answer

Women should perform their namaaz at home.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّـهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّـهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا ﴿الأحزاب: ٣٣﴾

عن عمرة بنت عبد الرحمن أنها سمعت عائشة زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم تقول لو أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى ما أحدث النساء لمنعهن المسجد كما منعت نساء بني إسرائيل قال فقلت لعمرة أنساء بني إسرائيل منعهن المسجد قالت نعم (صحيح لمسلم 1/183)

عن عبد الله عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال صلاة المرأة فى بيتها أفضل من صلاتها فى حجرتها وصلاتها فى مخدعها أفضل من صلاتها فى بيتها (ابو داود باب التشديد فى ذلك 1/84)

( ويكره حضورهن الجماعة ) ولو لجمعة وعيد ووعظ ( مطلقا ) ولو عجوزا ليلا ( على المذهب ) المفتى به لفساد الزمان (الدر المحتار 1/566)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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