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[quote][font=Comic Sans MS]Asa wb everyone

I'm surprised to hear that a woman leading a mixed congregation actually happens.

I dont think there is anything wrong with a woman leading a congregation of females but for a woman to lead a congregation of men?  Im not sure but it just doesnt sound right.

As long as the shariah is quiet about a woman leading women, then i think its good to do it because there are no logical reasons behind why she can't.  Since she is leading women, she doesnt have to worry about her voice being a fitnah, her body being a fitnah or anything else.  Whereas regards to her leading men there is that risk.  Some men may get distracted by her and cant help it.

But i do see that if a woman was completely covered up and kept her voice to a more neutral level then whats the prob.  The only reason i can come up with is that unfortuantely men (not all men but i guess the vast majority) have become weaker in controlling their thoughts these days and cannot help but be distracted by a female because of all the evils that are going on in this world and that are being instilled into their lives.

A man comes to the mosque to pray, to clear his thoughts and only think of Allah Swt, to some extent he will feel uncomfortabble having a female infront of him which will effect his prayers.  So its just best for a woman not to lead men in prayer (shes not just doing herself a favour but the men a favour as well), unless shes leading her own family which i dont think is a prob.

Regarding the hadiths that say a man should lead in prayer, are then any hadiths that specifically say that a man should lead [b]both men and women [/b] or does it just say that [b]a man should lead men[/b]?

What i am trying to get at here is that as we know the Holy Qu'ran has a lot of verses that talk to the male gender when we know these verses apply to both men and women (where you simply need to replace the masculine gender with the female gender).  So im assuming the same applies to hadiths too, where some hadiths that only mention the male gender apply to females too, where all u need to do is replace the masculine gender with the female.  So for e.g.

[red]A man leads men in congregation [/red]

therefore for women we should change it to:

[red]A woman leads women in congregation[/red]

This is just a idea.

But regarding hadiths which show a man can lead men and women in prayer, i do not agree that this can be changed around where a woman can lead men and women in prayer.  This is because of other hadiths i read.  [/font=Comic Sans MS]

Edited by: mikai on Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:58 PM[/quote]

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