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موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Malik (Qasim)
Miscellaneous Issues of Prayer
Women are allowed to pray in the mosque
Hadith 194
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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!
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication:
[وأخرجه البخاري 869، من حديث مالك به]
Jurisprudential Explanation:
➊ If women do not observe the proper Islamic regulations in the mosques, it is permissible for the caliph to prohibit such women from entering the mosques as a form of admonition.
➋ It is permissible for women to perform prayers in the mosques.
➌ During the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), women used to perform prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque.
➍ It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: «إذا استأذنکم نساؤکم باللیل إلی المساجد فأذنوا لھن۔» When your wives seek your permission to go to the mosque at night, then grant them permission. [صحيح بخاري : 865، صحيح مسلم : 442، دارالسلام : 989]
● On one occasion, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If only we would leave this door for women (i.e., designate it specifically for them)... After that, (Sayyiduna) Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) never entered through that door until his death. [سنن ابي داود : 571 وسنده صحيح]
● On one occasion, the son of Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said: We will certainly prevent women from going to the mosque, otherwise they will use it as a pretext (for mischief). Upon hearing this, Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhuma) rebuked and struck him, and said: I narrate to you the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and you say, “No!” [صحيح مسلم : 442، دارالسلام : 992۔ 994]
[وأخرجه البخاري 869، من حديث مالك به]
Jurisprudential Explanation:
➊ If women do not observe the proper Islamic regulations in the mosques, it is permissible for the caliph to prohibit such women from entering the mosques as a form of admonition.
➋ It is permissible for women to perform prayers in the mosques.
➌ During the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), women used to perform prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque.
➍ It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: «إذا استأذنکم نساؤکم باللیل إلی المساجد فأذنوا لھن۔» When your wives seek your permission to go to the mosque at night, then grant them permission. [صحيح بخاري : 865، صحيح مسلم : 442، دارالسلام : 989]
● On one occasion, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If only we would leave this door for women (i.e., designate it specifically for them)... After that, (Sayyiduna) Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) never entered through that door until his death. [سنن ابي داود : 571 وسنده صحيح]
● On one occasion, the son of Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said: We will certainly prevent women from going to the mosque, otherwise they will use it as a pretext (for mischief). Upon hearing this, Ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhuma) rebuked and struck him, and said: I narrate to you the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and you say, “No!” [صحيح مسلم : 442، دارالسلام : 992۔ 994]
Source: Muwatta Imam Malik (Narration of Ibn al-Qasim): Commentary by Zubair Ali Zai, Page: 496
