Women-Led Friday Prayer

Dear Brother Rami has indeed answered the questions in most comprehensive and logical manner. These should suffice for those who believe that Islam was completed the day Prophet Muhammad delivered his last sermon. Regarding the authenticity of Hadith of Um-a-Maqtoom is concerned, here in Pakistan it is considered as authentic. All school of thoughts Sunni, Hanfi etc agree that this permission was granted to Um-e-Warqa as a one time measure to teach the ladies how to pray in congerration. But no where she was told to lead men or to become an Imama of ladied.

Prof Hamid-ullah khan who lived in Paris for most of his life, misinterperated the Hadith by assuming that the Sahabi who used to give Adan (call) for prayers used to be in the congergation behind Um-a-Warqa. This assumption was rejected by all other school of thoughts. However Shia scholars don't accept this Hadith.

As a man can't become wife or a women can't become father similarly women can't lead men in prayers. The role of man and women in a society has been clearly defined in Islam. This doesn't mean that women is inferior but her role does not conform to this. Once a women lead the prayers, a weak man will concentrate more on women rather than on Allah which is un-desirable.

Sura Baqra (2) verse 4-13 says, " 

4.  And who believe in that which has been revealed to you and that which was revealed before you and they are sure of the hereafter.
5.  These are on a right course from their Lord and these it is that shall be successful.
6.  Surely those who disbelieve, it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them, will not believe. 8.  And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the last day; and they are not at all believers.
9.  They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive.

10. There is a disease in their hearts, so Allah added to their disease and they shall have a painful chastisement because they
11. And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they say: We are but peace-makers.
12. Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not perceive.
13. And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say: Shall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are the fools, but they do not know."

See for ourselves where we stand and is it not aFitna which has been raised after 1400 years.

Shams Zaman  Pakistan

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Edited by farithrezza - 29 April 2009 at 8:05pm

Bi ismillahir rahmanir raheem

assalamu alaikum

Just wanna attach something that shows women are equal to men.

Posting somthing like this in this discussion implies that this is in some way evidence for women leading men in prayer, This is not evidence for anything related to the discussion and no one in this discussion has argued that women are not equal to men.

if the above was not your intention in posting it, which is more likely i think, then please stay within the topic of the post, the infomation has no relavence what so ever to the discussion.

Alhamdulillah women are equal to men.


Edited by rami

farithrezza wrote: Assalamualaikum. I'm sorry for what I did, which I tought would be only a good reading pleasure for everyone, but I guess it wouldn't be appropriate to post it in here. Sorry again, I wasn't meant to post something out-of-topic or maybe stuff which is not proven by any islamic institute, but it was forwarded to my e-mail from my other muslim friend, so I decided to post it in here. Again, I'm sorry. Thanx.

Dear Sister,

As I told you, beware of email scams like these, especially if they also ask you to spread them. Their only purpose is to mystify Quran through numbers etc. Its better for us to understand Quran through its meanings and then realize its importance through its implementation on our daily lives rather than praising Quran merely on such numeral bases (one can not use word "mathematically" even in such cases) which has no significance at all. Hope you would now spread this idea in the reverse direction of the chain of emails that finally got through you. Rest Allah knows the best.