Women in the Mosque
138 questions
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?
Is it valid for a woman to pray behind a man in the mosque, where she can hear his voice and she is in a designated area for women while he is in a designated area for men? And is it obligatory for the woman to call the Adhan if she intends to pray behind the man, or for the man to do so?
What is the ruling on one who prays the Sunnah of "greeting the mosque" out of embarrassment from people, and abandons the sin of looking at women in front of people; and is that considered major polytheism (shirk akbar) in both cases?
Why is a woman not permitted to go to the mosque to perform the Eid prayer?