Is there a Sharia basis for forbidding the recitation of Surat Yusuf to women?
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No origin has been found for the saying that Surat Yusuf should not be recited to women. It has been authentically reported that Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them both, recited it during the Fajr prayer in the presence of women. Ibn Taymiyyah denied the intention of some people to make women hear it out of a desire for indecency, and he considered this act to be a transgression.
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