Women in the Mosque
148 questions
Is it permissible to name mosques "Mosque of Sayyida Zaynab" or "Noor Allah"?
What is the ruling on a menstruating woman sitting in the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque among the worshippers during prayer, and is it permissible for her to seclude herself in a part of the courtyard to listen and say "Ameen" to the Imam's supplication?
Is it permissible to obliterate Christian symbols found in a mosque that was formerly a church, and what is the ruling on dedicating a prayer area for women to the right or left of the worshippers with a barrier?
Is it true that the Prophetic Hadith: (The best rows for men are the first, and the worst are the last; and the best rows for women are the last, and the worst are the first) applies only to women praying behind men without a barrier, and does not apply to women praying in a place isolated from men?
Is it permissible to purchase a second mosque and donate it in Florence, Italy, given that the first mosque faces administrative and methodological problems and its location is unsuitable, and what is the ruling on excommunicating whoever participated in purchasing the new mosque?
How can one perform Iʿtikāf and what is its description in light of the lockdown due to the pandemic?
How many calls to prayer are there for Fajr, and does the phrase "prayer is better than sleep" remain beneficial if Muslims are gathered in the mosque, and is there a hadith related to this matter, or is saying that considered an innovation?
What is the ruling on continuing to attend a mosque where decisions are made by a committee, some of whose members do not adhere to the Sunnah and Sharia and commit sins, and where women do not observe the correct hijab, or is it legislated to establish a new prayer hall?
What is the ruling on praying in a mosque where women are present and mix with men during ablution and the like, and where there are things that incite temptation?
Is it permissible to give money to a poor woman at the men's mosque or at the women's mosque who is soliciting support, and is there any participation in sin or encouragement of begging in that?
What is the ruling on praying in a tent designated for women and children outside the mosque, to which loudspeakers are extended?
Is it permissible for women to pray beside men in the mosque with a partition wall between them, or must they pray behind them?
Is it permissible for a woman to observe I'tikaf (spiritual retreat) in her home, and what if she needs to cook during her I'tikaf?
Why don't women pray with men in the mosque, while they worship God together in Mecca?
Is it permissible to prevent women from entering the mosque with their children during Tarawih prayers?
What is the ruling on alerting the Imam before he begins recitation in Tarawih prayer about the presence of a prostration (sajdah) in the second rak'ah?
Is it permissible for a woman to observe I'tikaf in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan?
Is it permissible for women to pray in a place lower than that of the Imam, while the sound reaches them via loudspeakers?
What will happen to Muslims in other Islamic countries—outside of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and Iraq—at the time of the emergence of the Dajjal, and is it true that the followers of the Dajjal are not Arabic speakers?
Is building walls to separate women's prayer areas from men's prayer areas in mosques, and preventing windows, considered extremism and exaggeration that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not do or command? And is he who does so more zealous than the Messenger (peace be upon him)? And how can a woman pray in congregation behind the Imam in prayer areas completely separate from the men's prayer area, with the mosque courtyard between them? And how can she follow him without seeing him?
What is the ruling on women entering mosques with children for Tarawih prayers?
Can a woman perform اعتکاف in her home?
Are the two reported narrations authentic: "Whoever prays with a river, a wall, or a road between him and the Imam, has not prayed with the Imam" attributed to Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Aisha's statement "Do not pray with the Imam's prayer, for you are behind him in a partition"? And can it be inferred from them that women are not permitted to pray in enclosed prayer areas?
Should we insist on keeping the curtain between men and women in the mosque, even if some worshippers might leave the mosque, or should we remove it, despite the presence of mixing and glances when departing?