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I would like to know in the light of Quraan n sunnah that wether one talk during Namaz.or one should keep silence.i am talking about who dont murmur the words as it is asked us to do.whether a woman can sit in masjid ( in women portin) in bare head state.though there are other women too.

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Volume in prayer

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: i would like to know in the light of Quraan n sunnah that wether one talk during Namaz.or one should keep silence. Your Question: i am talking about who dont murmur the words as it is asked us to do.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa verse 110:

110 Say: "Call upon Allah or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud nor speak it in a low tone but seek a middle course between."

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 1327 Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri

The Messenger of Allah (saws) retired to the mosque. He (saws) heard them (the people) reciting the Qur'an in a loud voice. He (saws) removed the curtain and said: ‘Verily, each of you is in a private conversation with his Lord, so you should not disturb each other. and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other.’

Ibn 'Umar relates that the Prophet (saws) entered upon some people while they were praying and they were raising their voices in the Qur'anic recital. The Prophet (saws) said: "One who is praying is in a private conversation with his Lord so he should be mindful of whom he is conversing with. And you should not raise your voices against each other in [the recital of] the Qur'an."

Related by Ahmad.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 1328 Narrated by Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani

The Prophet (saws) said: ‘One who recites the Qur'an in a loud voice is like one who gives alms openly; and one who recites the Qur'an quietly is one who gives alms secretly.’

When one is the state of prayer by themselves, neither should one say their prayers in a very loud voice as if one is screaming, nor should one say it so silently that even he himself cannot hear the words….but the best way is take the middle course between the two…and offer his prayers in a manner and tone whereby he can at least hear himself.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verse 204:

204 When the Qur'an is recited, listen to it with attention and hold your peace (in absolute silence); that ye may receive Mercy.

But if one is praying in congregation or in a gathering when the Quran is being recited aloud, one should remain absolutely silent and listen attentively to the recitation of the Glorious Quran.

Your Question: whether a woman can sit in masjid ( in women portin) in bare head state.though there are other women too.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah Noor verse 31:

31 And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together towards Allah that ye may attain Bliss.

The believing women are obligated by the Command of their Lord to observe their ‘hijaab’ when they are in the presence of non-mehram men, or when they are in the actual state of prayer.

If a believing woman is sitting in the ladies portion of the masjid, and that portion is completely cordoned off whereby no man can enter or see into the ladies portion….there is absolutely no harm if the sister wishes to remove her head-cover or hijaab when in the presence of other women. But if the sister wishes to offer her prayers, she must adorn the ‘hijaab’ for Allah does not accept the prayer of a woman unless she is completely covered.

Ibn 'Abbas, Ibn 'Umar and 'Aishah report that the Prophet (saws) said, "Allah does not accept the prayer of an adult woman unless she is wearing a ‘jilbaab’ (outer garment, khimar, hijab, head-cover)."

Related by Bukhari and Muslim.

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Burhan