Women Offering Two Rakʿahs Before Sitting in the Mosque
Hadith Evidence
Abū Qatādah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتين
“When any one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit until he has prayed two rakʿahs.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 444)
Ruling
This hadith establishes the Sunnah of Taḥiyyat al-Masjid — the prayer offered upon entering the mosque before sitting — and it applies to both men and women.
Therefore, if a woman enters the mosque, she should also perform these two rakʿahs before sitting, unless she enters at a prohibited time for prayer (such as sunrise or sunset), in which case she may sit without praying.
