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What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a woman delivering the Friday sermon from the pulpit?

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It is not obligatory for a woman to attend Friday prayer, and her prayer in her home is better. The more she is covered, the better it is for her. The hadiths indicate the superiority of a woman's prayer in her home. Therefore, it is not permissible for a woman to ascend the pulpit and deliver the sermon on Friday in front of an audience, as this violates modesty and constitutes a fitnah (temptation/strife) and a munkar (reprehensible act), even if all the worshipers are women, because it is an innovation (bid'ah) and one of the greatest causes of fitnah.

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