موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Miscellaneous Issues of Prayer
Women are allowed to pray in the mosque
Hadith 194
496- وبه: أن عائشة قالت: لو أدرك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما أحدث النساء، لمنعهن المسجد كما منعه نساء بني إسرائيل. قال يحيى: فقلت لعمرة: أو منع نساء بني إسرائيل المسجد؟ قال: فقالت عمرة: نعم.
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the things women have invented nowadays, if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had seen them, he would have forbidden them from (going to) the mosque, just as the women of Bani Israel were forbidden. Yahya (ibn Sa'id al-Ansari, the narrator) asked Umrah (bint Abd al-Rahman, may Allah have mercy on them): Were the women of Bani Israel forbidden? She replied: Yes!
