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The prayer that a woman performs in ''Islam'' to draw close to [[God in Islam|God]] is considered equal to the prayer a man |
The prayer that a woman performs in ''Islam'' to draw close to [[God in Islam|God]] is considered equal to the prayer a man performs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wI2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT0|title=أحكام النساء للألباني|isbn=9789776600737|last1=محمد|first1=محمد حامد|date=17 September 2017|publisher=دار المحرر الأدبي }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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==Voice== |
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[[File:Clapping hand.jpg|thumb|[[Clapping]]]] |
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A woman's voice is not a shame (''[[awrah]]'') because the ''[[Quran]]'' permitted talking to the [[Muhammad's wives]] from behind a veil (''hijab''), despite the emphasis on the necessity of piety (''[[taqwa]]'') while talking to women.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_VHDwAAQBAJ|title=مسائل شرعية في قضايا المرأة (سلسة بحوث فقهية في قضايا معاصرة -1-)|date=January 2012|isbn=9782745172624|via=books.google.dz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Wh7DwAAQBAJ|title=حاشية الجمل على شرح المنهج 1-8 ج2|date=January 2013|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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Some of the jurists who prevent women from speaking out during the prayers (''{{illm|loud prayer|ar|صلاة جهرية}}'') quoted the [[hadith]] of [[Abu Hurairah]] as evidence:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5217DwAAQBAJ|title=شرح صحيح البخاري المسمى فتح الباري 1-5 ج5|date=January 2006|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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| text = {{lang-en|« [[Tasbih]] be for men and [[clapping]] fit for women. »}} |
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So these scholars used this hadith as evidence for the prohibition or dislike for a woman to raise her voice so that men can hear her.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dM5aDwAAQBAJ|title=فتاوى سلطان العلماء العز بن عبد السلام|isbn=9796500215174|via=books.google.dz|last1=الجندي|first1=خالد|date=January 2009}}</ref> |
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It seems that the ''hadith'' banning [[loudness]] is concerned with prayer alone, because the state of prayer is the state of [[Apostrophe (figure of speech)|communion]] (''munajat''), so it is not necessary for a man to think of any of the meanings of [[desire]], as Imam [[Al-Sarakhsi]] says.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysR9DwAAQBAJ|title=المجموع شرح المهذب 1-27 ج4|date=January 2011|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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The ''[[fuqaha]]'' inferred that the rite of prayer needs to empty the heart (''[[qalb]]'') of its concerns, by performing the ''{{illm|silent prayer|ar|صلاة سرية}}'' in all cases, and this is why this prohibition on women praising them if they are mistaken or frightened by something in prayer, and that is despite the fact that praise (''[[tasbih]]'') does not exceed two words (''Subhan Allah''), this is at the time when the ''Islam'' authorized women to speak to men with good words, even if the conversation lasted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgN7DwAAQBAJ|title=تفسير الطبرسي مجمع البيان في تفسير القرآن 1-10 ج2|date=January 1997|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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This means that men outside of prayer can hear a woman's voice without being embarrassed, but women are prevented from speaking out in ''[[tasbih]]'' during prayer because they are absolutely instructed to lower their voices in prayer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNcPDgAAQBAJ|title=فتح الباري في شرح صحيح البخاري الجزء السادس|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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And this is what was previously mentioned if men are in the presence of the woman who is praying, except that many women recite in silence in the ''prayer aloud'', and they avoid hearing themselves even in the absence of men, and this is contrary to the ''[[Sunnah]]'' because reciting out loud in the loud prayers is the fixed ''Sunnah'' of ''Muhammad''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uoBiDwAAQBAJ|title=كنز الراغبين شرح منهاج الطالبين للإمام النووي في فقه الإمام الشافعي 1-3 ج1|date=January 2010|isbn=9782745166784|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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As for the silent and aloud recitation, it is likewise there is no difference between a man and a woman, because the night prayers are loudly and the daytime prayers are silently for both, except that as stated above, if a woman has someone who hears her voice from among the men, then she is pleased with the recitation (''[[Tilawa (Quran)|tilawa]]'') and does not raise her voice for fear of being tempted by her, but if she is not in the presence of men, then it is okay for her to recite out loud in the night prayer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8NtDwAAQBAJ|title=الجامع لأحكام الصلاة وصفة صلاة النبي (ص) للأئمة الاعلام - لونان|date=January 2006|isbn=9782745154057|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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==Imam== |
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[[File:Xiaotaoyuan Mosque for Women.JPG|thumb|[[Xiaotaoyuan Mosque|Xiaotaoyuan Women's Mosque]] in [[Shanghai]], [[China]].]] |
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{{Main|Women as imams}} |
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{{See also|Women's mosques|Islam and gender segregation}} |
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''Islam'' allowed women to pray as a female [[Imam]] with women and non-adult children, and allowed her to read aloud due to the absence of men from the congregational prayer (''[[Salah al jama'ah]]'') that she leads.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2a-sDQAAQBAJ|title=دليل معلم القرآن الكريم و التربية الإسلامية|date=January 2015|isbn=9796500181486|via=books.google.dz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_dHDwAAQBAJ|title=شد الوطأة على منكر إمامة المرأة|date=January 2014|isbn=9782745176998|via=books.google.dz}}</ref> |
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This is because it is not correct for ''males'' to follow the ''female Imam'', because males follow a man only as an ''Imam,'' and for ''women'' it is correct for them to follow a man as their imam in prayer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8NtDwAAQBAJ|title=إرشاد أئمة الدين في أخطاء المصلين للأئمة الأعلام - لونان|date=January 2008|isbn=9782745155061|via=books.google.dz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTPlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95|title = الجامع في فقه النساء|date = January 2001|isbn = 9782123462309}}</ref> |
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With regard to the ''[[Sharia]]'' ruling on a woman leading a male boy, the jurisprudential saying is that it is not permissible for a woman to be a man's imam, whether he is young or old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSu38dV1WFQC|title=مجموع فتاوى ورسائل فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين - ج 15 - الفقه 5 الصلاة 4|via=books.google.dz|author1=Islamkotob}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1BTDwAAQBAJ|title=فصل الكلام في حقوق الطفل والمرأة في الإسلام|isbn=9796500040271|via=books.google.dz|last1=فريحات|first1=حكمت|date=January 2012}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Women in Islam]] |
* [[Women in Islam]] |
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* [[Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam]] |
* [[Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam]] |
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* [[Salah]] |
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* [[Thawab]] |
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* [[Menstruation in Islam]] |
* [[Menstruation in Islam]] |
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* [[Postpartum period]] |
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* [[Menstruation cycle]] |
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* [[Istihadha]] |
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* [[Hijab]] |
* [[Hijab]] |
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* [[Intimate parts in Islam]] |
* [[Intimate parts in Islam]] |
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* [[Women as imams]] |
* [[Women as imams]] |
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* [[Authentic hadith]] |
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* [[Culture and menstruation]] |
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* {{illm|Loud prayer|ar|صلاة جهرية}} |
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* {{illm|Silent prayer|ar|صلاة سرية}} |
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 3 July 2024
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| Official name | صلاة المرأة، صلاة النساء |
| Observed by | Muslims |
| Type | Islamic |
| Significance | A Muslim prayer offered to God by women. |
| Observances | Sunnah prayers, Salah times |
| Related to | Salah, Nafl prayer, Five Pillars of Islam, Islamic prayers |
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In Islam, the Woman prayer (Arabic: صلاة المرأة) represents the peculiarities, specificities and characteristics of the Islamic prayer (salat) that is performed by a woman.[1]
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The prayer that a woman performs in Islam to draw close to God is considered equal to the prayer a man performs.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ "جامع أحكام النساء - ج 1 - الطهارة والصلاة والجنائز". IslamKotob – via Google Books.
- ^ محمد, محمد حامد (17 September 2017). أحكام النساء للألباني. دار المحرر الأدبي. ISBN 9789776600737.[permanent dead link]
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