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Can women enter the mosques? That will be the topic of this article. Some uneducated and unscholarly critics/Islamaphobes make the allegation that women cannot enter the mosques. They will justify this by claiming that certain sheikhs and men at mosques don't allow women to enter mosques, therefore women cannot enter mosques in Islam. Just because certain sheikhs and men disallow women to enter mosques, that does not mean that Islam disallows women to enter mosques. Not all Muslims follow the Islamic scriptures (Quran and authentic Hadiths), so the critics have no right to analyze Islam based on followers, because followers don't always represent the religion. But you see, just because a few people may disallow women to enter mosques, critics want to use this to analyze an entire religion. Let us see what the authentic Hadiths says:
Sahih Buhari, Book 13, Number 23:
"Narrated By Ibn Umar : One of the wives of Umar (bin Al-Khattab) used to offer the Fajr and the 'Isha' prayer in congregation in the Mosque. She was asked why she had come out for the prayer as she knew that Umar disliked it, and he has great ghaira (self-respect). She replied, "What prevents him from stopping me from this act?" The other replied, "The statement of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) : 'Do not stop Allah's women-slave from going to Allah s Mosques' prevents him."
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 885:
"Abdullah b. Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: Don't prevent your women from going to the mosque when they seek your permission. Bilal b. 'Abdullah said: By Allah, we shall certainly prevent them. On this'Abdullah b. Umar turned towards him and reprimanded him to harshly as I had never heard him do before. He ('Abdullah b. Umar) said: I am narrating to you that which comes from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and you (have the audicity) to say: By Allah, we shall certainly prevent them."
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 886:
"Ibn 'Umar reported: 'The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do not prevent the maid-servants of Allah from going to the mosque."
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 887:
"lbn Umar reported: I heard the Messeinger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: When your women seek your permission for going to the mosque, you grant them (permission)."
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 888:
"Ibn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do not prevent women from going to the mosque at night. A boy said to 'Abdullah b. Umar: We would never let them go out, that they may not be caught in evil. He (the narrator) said: Ibn Umar reprimanded him and said.. I am saying that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said this, but you say: We would not allow!"
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 890:
"Ibn 'Umar reported: Grant permission to women for going to the mosque in the night. His son who was called Waqid said: Then they would make mischief. He (the narrator) said: He thumped his (son's) chest and said: I am narrating to you the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), and you say: No!"
Sahih Muslim, Book 4, Number 891:
"Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do not deprive women of their share of the mosques, when they seek permission from you. Bilal said: By Allah, we would certainly prevent them. 'Abdullah said: I say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said it and you say: We would certainly prevent them!"
Abu Dawud, Book 2, Number 565:
"Narrated Abu Hurayrah: Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from visiting the mosques of Allah, but they may go out (to the mosque) having no perfumed themselves."
As we see here, there are several Hadiths which allows females to enter the mosques, which refutes the critics who make this accusation. In addition, there is another Hadith which says:
Abu Dawud, Book 4, Number 1889:
"Narrated By Jubayr ibn Mut'im : The Prophet (pbuh) said: Do not prevent anyone from going round this House (the Ka'bah) and from praying any moment he desires by day or by night. The narrator Fadl (ibn Ya'qub) said: The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) said: Banu Abdu Munaf, do not stop anyone."
The Kaba is basically the cube-shaped building in Mecca, which the building (around it) has a huge mosque built around it. This Hadith says not to prevent ANYONE (which includes females) from going round the Kaba, and from praying whenever desired. This clearly allows women to enter the Mosque in the Masjid al-Haram. Moreover, we see that scholars even agree with this that women can indeed enter the mosques, as we read:
"But there are conditions attached to the permission for women to go to the mosque, as follows:
(1) She should wear complete hijaab.
(2) She should not go out wearing perfume.
(3) She should have the permission of her husband.
Her going out should not involve any other kind of prohibited acts, such as being alone in a car with a non-mahram driver. If a woman does something wrong like that, her husband or guardian has the right to stop her; in fact it is his duty to do so. And Allaah knows best."
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