Is it permissible to pray in congregation at the workplace while some women are sitting at their desks in front of part of the first row?
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There is no impediment to part of a row in prayer being behind a seated or reclining woman. Indeed, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray while Aisha was lying across between him and the . It is obligatory for a man to lower his gaze from non- women, even during prayer, while noting the warnings against intermingling.
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