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Are Women Welcome to Mosque? (Part 2)

Did the Prophet (PBUH) Discourage Women’s Visits to Mosque?

Dr. Jasser Auda
23 October, 2019

Mutual agreement and considering priorities is essential

Did the Prophet (PBUH) Discourage Women's Visits to Mosque? - About Islam

Women and Mosque: The Difficult Questions (In-Depth)

So, the original ruling regarding preventing women from going out to the Mosque by a husband or a guardian, for instance, is that it is forbidden, based on the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ordinance.

Yet, we infer from the Hadiths of `Umar’s wife and of Um Humayd that both spouses should consult with each other and reach an agreement about this issue according to the different familial and social conditions. For, it is improper that woman’s going out to the Mosque be at the expense of her duties towards her family, which are legally of a higher priority.

However, her husband should cooperate with her in a manner that does not have negative bearings on his legally more important duties. So, the matter requires balance and moderation. Still, it is impermissible at all to prevent a woman from going out to the Mosque, since this prevention is explicitly forbidden by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

 

Summary

A Muslim woman should frequent the Mosque again, and it is impermissible to prevent her from doing so, either individually or collectively. Rather, there should be a suitable place for women in the Mosque, and they should be encouraged to go out to it so that they, like men, can bring about desired interests and objectives behind frequenting Allah’s places of worship, especially in the present age.

 

[1] Al-Bukhari, chapter on Prayer, 6/2; Ibn Hibban, 327/1, Al-Muwatta’, 197/1, Al-Bayhaquy, 199/3, with the addition, “And they should go out without wearing adornment or perfume”; Ibn Khuzaymah, 90/3, in a similar wording, Ibn Abu Shaybah, 156/2; with the addition, “And they should not go out expect when not wearing adornment or perfumes”; Al-Mu`jam Al-Awsat, 178/1; Ibn Abu Shaybah, 156/2; with the addition, “But they should not go into it unless when not wearing adornment or perfumes”, Ma`rifat As-Sunan Wal-Athar, 237/4; Ad-Darimy, through a sound chain of narration; Abu Dawud; and Ahmad on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (405/15).

[2] Fat-h Al-Bary, 34/3.

[3] Al-Tabarany’s Al-Mu`jam Al-Kabir, 362/12 and 399/12.

[4] At-Tirmidhy, 709/1, Al-Bukhari, 305/1: Allow women to frequent the Masjids at night.

[5] Al-Bukhari, chapter on Prayer, 173/1; Muslim, chapter on Prayer, 328/1, and others.

[6] Ibn Hibban’s Sahih, 815/2, and Ibn Hajar’s Fat-h Al-Bary, 495/2, and he said: It is referenced by Ahmad, At-Tabarany, and the chain of narration referenced by Ahmad is good.

[7] Al-Mudawwanah Al-Kubra, 106/1.

[8] Fat-h Al-Bary, 495/2.

[9] Al-Muhalla, 163/3.

[10] Al-Mughny, 375/2.

[11] Tahrir Al-Mar’ah Fi `Asr Ar-Risalah [Liberating Woman in the Age of the (Divine) Mission], 36/1.

[12] Al-Bayhaquy, 190/3; At-Tabarany in Al-Mu`jam Al-Kabir, 148/25; and Al-Ahad Wal-Mathany, 150/6.

[13] Its chain of narration is weak, and Al-Hafizh Al-`Iraqi said upon referencing the Hadiths quoted in Ihya’ `Ulum Ad-Din, “reported by Al-Bazzar and Ad-Daraqutny under miscellaneous Hadith, from `Aly through a weak chain of narration.”

[14] 54/2.

 

* Translated from the Arabic original by AboutIslam.net.

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About Dr. Jasser Auda
Jasser Auda is a Professor and Al-Shatibi Chair of Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College South Africa, the Executive Director of the Maqasid Institute, a global think tank based in London, and a Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at Carleton University in Canada. He is a Founding and Board Member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, Fellow of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India, and General Secretary of Yaqazat Feker, a popular youth organization in Egypt. He has a PhD in the philosophy of Islamic law from University of Wales in the UK, and a PhD in systems analysis from University of Waterloo in Canada. Early in his life, he memorized the Quran and studied Fiqh, Usul and Hadith in the halaqas of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo. He previously worked as: Founding Director of the Maqasid Center in the Philosophy of Islamic Law in London; Founding Deputy Director of the Center for Islamic Ethics in Doha; professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Alexandria University in Egypt, Islamic University of Novi Pazar in Sanjaq, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, and the American University of Sharjah. He lectured and trained on Islam, its law, spirituality and ethics in dozens of other universities and organizations around the world. He wrote 25 books in Arabic and English, some of which were translated to 25 languages.