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| Women and the Iqaamah/Adhaan |
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| Kathy |
| 12/19/02 at 12:40:18 |
| [slm] There is a discusion started in another thread about this: Here is what i found in Islam Q&A: [code]Question: Please can you tell me if it is obligatory for women to call the iqamaah before they pray alone or in congretion with other sisters. Answer: Praise be to Allaah. The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked: Is it prescribed in sharee’ah that a woman should say the iqaamah when she is leading other women in prayer? They replied: It is not prescribed for women to say the iqaamah for prayer, whether they are praying individually or one woman leads the others in prayer, just as it is not prescribed for them to say the adhaan. Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 6/84 Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it permissible for a woman to do the adhaan and iqaamah for prayer or not? The shaykh replied: It is not prescribed for women to pronounce the adhaan or iqaamah for prayer, rather that is for men. Neither the adhaan nor the iqaamah is prescribed for women, rather they should pray without the adhaan or the iqaamah. Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah, 10/356. And Allaah knows best. Islam Q&A (www.islam-qa.com) [/code] and [code]Question: Do women have to recite the iqaamah for prayer and give the adhaan if they are praying alone at home or in a gathering of women? Answer: Praise be to Allaah. That is not obligatory for them and it is not prescribed for them, according to the correct scholarly view, because that was not required of women at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), so women did not do that at that time or at the time of the Rightly-Guided khaleefahs (may Allaah be pleased with them). And Allaah is the Source of strength. See: Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Iftaa’, 6/82, 83. (www.islam-qa.com) [/code] If you find anyother fatwas in difference to this feel free tp post- and make sure you include the source! |
| Re: Women and the Iqaamah/Adhaan |
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| se7en |
| 12/21/02 at 02:49:35 |
| as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatAllah, this is a post from the old message board by br. Hisham, a student of 'ilm. [color=black] Alhamdulilllah wa salat wa salam a'la rusulillah ammma bad, What is the Islamic ruling regarding women leading other women in salat? This question was asked by a sister who teaches at an all girls Islamic school. When it comes time for salat they all pray individually rather than in a jamaah. After looking through quite a few fiqh books, especially those dealing specifically with fiqh for women and consulting with sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Fawzan, one of the best and most detailed answers I found for this topic was from the book Ahkaam ibadat'il mara' fee shareeyyatu' l islamiyyah (The rulings on women's' worship in the Islamic shariah) written by Dr. Sua'd Ibraheeem wherein it says; The ruling on women leading salat The scholars of fiqh are unanimous that a woman cannot lead men in salat, however they differ as to whether or not it is permissible for her to lead other women. Imam Abu Hanifah, imam As-Shaafiee and imam Ahmad said it is permissible and imam said it is immpermissable. Abu Thawr and At Tabari took very strange opinion by say that a woman can lead salat unconditionally - for both men and women. The details from madhaahib for this issue are as follows: The Hanafi madhab: It is permissible for a woman to lead other women in salat, but she should be in the middle of them when leading, and this is from the narration of A'ishah that she used to lead the women in asr salat and she used to stand in the middle of them. (Bidayil' mujtahid vol. 1 pg.145) The Shaafi'ee madhab: The Shaafiyyah are of the opinion that it is mustahab (highly recommended) for a woman to lead other women in salat. As Shaikh Al Ghazali said "every congregational salat that is mustahab for men then it it is also mustahab for women, optional prayers (nafilah) or obligatory" and he used as a proof the hadeeth of umm Waraqah that the rasulallah (saw) used to say "lets go visit the shaheedah (martyr)" and he permitted her to call the adhan and to lead the people of her house for the five salawat and she had memorized the quran. (Asad Al Gaabah vol.7 pg.2408) The Maaliki madhab: The malikiyyah have two conditions for leading salat; islam and being a male, and since a women does not fulfill thses two conditions then salat behind her (for man or woman) is impermissible.( As sharh As sagheer vol.1 pg.433) The Hanbali madhab: They are also of the opinion that it is mustahab for a woman to lead other women in salat, using as a proof the hadeeth of umm Waraqah.(Al Mughni vol. 7 pg.35) Summary The majority of the scholars see it as mustahab for a woman to lead other women in salat and this is what we (the scholars) see as the stronger opinion from the general evidences reported on this issue. Also Sheikh Al Fawzan said that it is also better for them to pray together (than individually) because this is a way of increasing khushoo and it brings the hearts closer. Where does the woman stands when leading other women in jammah? Whenever a woman leads other women in salah she stands with them in the middle of the row, and the proofs for this are many, from amongst them the hadeeth that has been narrated in the Mussanaf of ibn Abi Shaybah and Bayhaqi with authentic chain (isnad saheeh) from umm Al Hasan that she saw umm Salamah wife of the prophet (saw) lead the women in salat and she stood in the middle of them, and it has also been narrated by Al Bayhaqi from the hadeeth of A'ishah that "she used to call the adhan, iqamah and lead the women and she used to be in the middle of them" ( Al Bayhaqi, Ad Darqutuni and Abdul Razzaq, imam Nawawi in Al majmu'a said that its' isnad is saheeh) The ruling on women calling the adhan and iqamah The adhan and the iqamah is not obligatory upon women and this is the opinion of Anas ibn Malik, Saeed ibn Musayyab, Abu Thawr and imam Maalik, Ibn Qudaamah said in the Mughni "and i know of no differences about this". However is it the sunnah for them to make the adhan and iqamah? It has been narrated from imam Ahmad that "if they do it no problem and if they don't them it is permissible", and imam As Shaafi said "if they make adhan and iqamah no problem". The hadeeth of Aishah mentioned before that "she used to make the adhan and the iqamah" (Al Bahaqi) also supports this opinion. One thing i would like to draw your attention to here is that one may find in some books of hadeeth or fiqh like Fiqh As Sunnah by Saeed Sabiq rahimuallah, a narration from ibn Umar that "there is no adhan or iqamah for women" but as Shaikh Al Albani had pointed out that in Tamam Am Minnah (the authentification of the hadeeth in Fiqh As Sunnah) pg.153, that this is not Abdullah ibn umar Al Khattab but rather Abdullah ibn umar ibn Naafi' al umari al mukkabir and he is weak therefore the hadeeth is weak, and it also goes against an authentic narration from Al musannaf (vol.1 pg.223) that ibn Umar himself when he was asked "should women make the adhan"? so he got angry and said "am i going to prevent them from the remembrance of Allah?" and imam Ahmad used this as a proof for the permissibility of women making the adhan. Finally as Shaikh Al Albani has "in general all these narrations are okay to work by, especially there are strengthen by the generality of the hadeeth "innmaa an nisa' shaqaa'iq ar rijal - indeed women are the sisters of men" the meaning of which applies to the one of general rules of fiqh and that is "whatever rulings applies to men applies to women except if there is a dalel to prove otherwise". wallahu' a'lam [/color] also: moiz amjad, student of islamic studies & philosophy: http://www.understanding-islam.com/related/text.asp?type=question&qid=698 from the risala of al-qayrawani [of the maliki school] http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ABewley/Page27.html wasalaamu alaykum :-) |
| 12/21/02 at 03:02:53 |
| se7en |
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