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[quote][b][font=Comic Sans MS]Asa

Quote: [red]can she do it 4 both male n female?[/red]

I did a little reading around and read different opinions.  It was a bit too much (one says this another says that) so i kinda got fed up. [:0]

Firstly according to my knowledge it is [red]compulsory[/red] for men to go pray jummah in the mosque.  It is their responsibility to Allah Swt.  This is why I think hadiths talk about a male imam leading the men in prayer, because we must remember that the imam being male also has the [red]obligation[/red] to pray jummah.  So it fits together that a male imam should be leading the male congregation just like it is indicated in the [red]hadiths[/red].   They are all following in the way of [red]Muhammad pbuh[/red] and they all are [red]ordered[/red] to pray it.

So for a sister to lead men in the jummah prayer just doesn’t sound right to me because mainly it is [red]not an obligation[/red] for her to pray it where for all men it is.  Since hadiths do not show any proof of a female leading the compulsory jummah pray for men then I can understand why men would have a problem with a female leading them.  It’s a matter of looking at the [red]evidence[/red] and wanting to follow it.

If sisters would like to pray the jummah prayer as well, then as far as I have learnt they are allowed to join the men at the mosque and pray jummah with them.  But they shouldn’t interfere with the men’s prayer at the mosque since it is an obligation for the men.  Men shouldn't have to go through worry and doubt thinking there is a possibility their pray may not be accepted if a sister leads them.  Therefore sisters shouldn’t argue that a woman should be allowed to lead men.

How about we look at it another way.  What if Allah Swt ordered women to pray jummah on Friday where all the hadiths show how a female imam led them all?  Now don’t you think women would feel uncomfortable and have a problem if a man said he would lead them in the jummah prayer instead.  Wouldn’t all the women say, “Well no hadiths indicate that it is ok for you to lead us because hadiths only talk of a female leading us? ”  They could also say “well it is compulsory for us women and not for you, so it makes sense for a female imam to lead us since it is compulsory for her as well.”

So I would say no, a sister should not lead men (whether women worshippers are there or not) in jummah pray.

Edited by: mikai on Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:39 PM[/quote]

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