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Title: Can woman lead men in Salaat?
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Blog Entry: Can woman lead men in Salaat ? “Establish prayers the way you have seen me.” Prophet Muhammad ( Sallallahu ‘Alaayhe wa-Salaam ) A recent lie purported my the “moderate Muslims” is the claim that woman can lead salat. This is indeed another blasphemous claim, and we will refute their weak proof. The article will not require much length, because it is a fallacious argument and can be rebuked easily. The argument they use is the hadith of Umm Waraqa, in which she leads salat in the “dar”. The word “dar” is used in the hadith. The moderates claim that in this case it means the locality or tribe. But that is false, when we look at other narrations of the hadith, the word “bayt” in the version given by Abu Dawud in his Sunan. While Dar can mean both locality and house, Bayt means ONLY house, or even room in the house. It should be no surprise to us that there is a difference in wording between these hadiths, because they both have the same meaning. This is what the Ula’maa call ikhtilaaf at-tanawu’, meaning that the wording is different but it has the same meaning, as we find often in the neglish language also. An example is as-Saarim or al-Muhannad, they both mean as-Sayf, but the wording was different. Ibn Taymiyyah, rahimahullah says of this: ‘And these two groups, that were mentioned in the different ways of interpreting the Qur’aan can be at times due to using different (tanawu) names and attributes, and at times due to mentioning the different types and their categories, like using examples, and this is what is mostly found in the interpretations of the Salaf of this Ummah, that people might think are contradictory (mukhtalaf) - See Majmoo’ al-Fatawaa , volume 13/340. And stay in your homes Sadly, its becoming the ‘norm’ to see Muslimahs out in the streets without a mahram , whether it be to shop, or just to visit friends. But we must be cautious of this. It is a sin that we as women can easily fall into, and suffer severe consequences in the end. You may think, ” I’m not going to do anything haraam. I’ll just go to the store and come back.” But end up being sidetracked and go to places that you have no business being and no benefit of being at either. In my opinion, I believe this is why women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. It’s not that they are opressing women, no. It is infact opposite. They are securing them from perverted gazes cast by men, and actually safe gaurding the women of this Ummah by perserving their Imaan. So, this brings me to post a few hadith’s and fatwas originally posted by another excellent sister. JazakAllahu Khayr to you ukhti . …oOo… Al-Imaam Abu Bakr ibn al-’arabee Rahimahullaah said: “I entered more than 1000 small towns and i didnt see better kids or more chaste women than the women of Naablous (a known city in Filasteen). I stayed in it a whole month and i didnt see a woman in the streets at daytime, except on friday when they came out to attend the Jum’ah prayer until the street was full of them. When the prayer had finshed and they returned to their homes my eye didnt see any of them until next friday.” [The Book 'ahkaam al Qur'aan' by ibn al-'arabee al-maaliki] Comment by another author:”What if the imaam Ibn al-’arabee lived in our time, and saw the roads, streets and malls filles with women and young girls day and night, what would he say?” وقرن في بيوتكن ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولى وأقمن الصلاة وآتين الزكاة وأطعن الله ورسوله إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا [33:33" And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (IqamatasSalat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification" Ibn Kathir Rahimahullah said about Faatimah bint Nasr al-'attar Rahimahallaah:" she was among the worshippers who stayed in their homes because of their chastity and modesty. It is said that she didnt leave her home except for 3 occasions. -First time, from her fathers house to her husbands. -Second time, from her husbands house to perform hajj. -And third time, from her husbands house to her grave." [From al-bidaayah wan-Nihaayah by Ibn kathir]