Category: Question and answer

Wherever I meet Muslim students in universities, east or west, I am asked whether female students could be elected to the board or the presidency of their “Muslim Student Associations”!

Can women lead congregational prayers? There is no dispute that women could lead other women in congregational prayers, Al-Shafi`i, Ibn Abu Shaibah and Abdul-Razzaq, among others, reported that Um Salamah, the Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, led other women in prayers while standing among them in the same row. Muhammad Ibn Al-Husain also reported from Ibrahim An-Nakh`i that Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, used to lead women in prayer during the month of Ramadan standing among them in the same row. [1]Al-Hakim reported in his Mustadrak that the Mother of Believers `A’ishah...

Are most women “dwellers of hell” as one hadith says? There is a popular, negative and unfair misconception about women that has to be cleared. Jabir Ibn Abdullah, may Allah be please with him, reported, according to Bukhari: I attended Eid Prayer with the Messenger of Allah. He started with the prayer before the sermon, without an Adhan or an Iqamah. Then, he stood up, and while leaning on Bilal, commanded people to fear Allah and obey His commands. He started with the men and advised them, and then walked towards the women and advised them. He said: “Give...