Are Women Allowed to Pray in Mosque?

There are too many people in our community who make there own rules. They do what they think that is right thing without any authorization. Women are marginalized, taking out of Islamic activities. You know Islam gave equal rights to men and women so how we stop them from doing any Islamic activity. This is totally against Islamic laws. How can women learn things if they don’t go to mosque because mosque is like a school for any Muslim.

If you don’t know what women did for Islam then read this below.

• First person who accepted Islam was a woman = Hazrat Khadija (Radi allah unha)
• First person who died (shaheed) for Islam was a woman = Hazrat Summiya  (Radi allah unha)
• Second most hadith reported by any person was a woman = Hazrat Ayesha (Radi allah unha)

And you can go on and on and see what women did for Islam in earlier days and still they are doing a leading role in various parts of the world.

back to topic! Actually there is not a single verse of holy Quran or hadith which prohibit women from praying in mosque. Infect there are several hadith which speaks the opposite. You know in Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) mosque (Masjid-e-Nabawi), when prophet was in mosque, women were also in that mosque. They kindly listen what He said and implemented on them and Prophet (PBUH) never prevent them from entering the mosque. That is the authentic mosque overview.

In Sahih Bukhari Vol.1: Hadith # 832: Ch # 84, it says : When your wife ask to go to the mosque, do not prohibit them.

In Sahih Bukhari Vol.1: hadith # 824: Ch # 80, it says : When the women ask you to go to the mosque at night allow them. (you can see even in night women can go to the mosque).

In Sahih Muslim Vol.1: hadith # 881: Ch # 175, it says : The best row for men is first row and worst is the last, and best row for women is the last row and worst is the first. (indicating that men and women can pray in the mosque). There are several other hadith.

In Sahih Muslim Vol.1: hadith # 884: Ch # 177, it says : Do not prevent servant of Allah to go to the mosque.

In Sahih Muslim Vol.1: hadith # 891: Ch # 177, it says : Do not take away the shade of mosque of the women.

Guidelines For Women & Mosque Administration:

This is clear till now that women can go to mosque, can pray in mosque, can do exact prayers as men but there are few guidelines that need to take care of from both sites: From women as well as from mosque administration.

There should be an equal and separate facilities for women in the mosque. There should be no enter-beginning of sexes, that how you have in other places of worship in other religions, if that so then chances are more for other things then worshiping Allah Almighty. There should be separate entering, separate ablution facility and such other things.

In various parts of the world, women allowed to pray in mosque and there are equal facilities for them as well. It is only in few countries like India and Pakistan that women are not allowed to pray in mosque or there should be only very less facility for women to go to mosque but this trend is changing now and hopefully women will go to mosque and take part in Islam like they are doing in other countries and they did in past.

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