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Can women pray in masjid
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:
….whether Islam permits women to Mosque to offer namaz..?
Although the believing women are not prevented or
prohibited in the least in Shariah if they wish to offer their prayers in the
mosques in congregation, the Messenger of Allah (saws) guided that the prayers
of the believing women in their homes are better and more meritorious in the
Sight of Allah than their prayer in the mosques.
Abu Hurairah relates
that the Prophet (saws) said: "Do not keep the slave girls of Allah
(believing women) from going to the mosques of Allah. And they are to go out unperfumed."
Umm Humaid
as-Sa'diyah came to the Messenger of Allah(saws) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I love
to pray with you." The
Prophet(saws) said: "I am aware of
that, but your ‘salah’ in your residence is better for you than your ‘salah’ in
your people's mosque. And your ‘salah’
in your people's mosque is better than your ‘salah’ in the [larger]
congregational Mosque."
Related by Ahmad
and at-Tabarani
Ibn 'Umar reports
that the Prophet (saws) said: "Do
not prevent the women from going to the mosques, although their houses are
better for them."
Related by Ahmad
and Abu Dawud.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister