Skip to main content

Questions on the Masājid: Women Seeing the Lines of the Ṣalāt and Making the Adhān Outside

Al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bukhārī

Questions on women seeing the lines of the men, and making the adhān outside of the masjid.

The muʾadhin will have the longest neck on Yawm al-Qiyyamah (The Day of Judgement), and the trees and rocks supplicate and bear witness on the day of reckoning for the caller to prayer.

Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bukhārī

[Q1]: In our masjid in Toronto, at the time of ṣalāt, the sisters move from their area to the brother’s area of the muṣallá. They do this in order to see the rows of men. We understand that some of the ‘ulamāʾ are of this opinion. However, they still place barriers between themselves and us (dividers), what is the correct position in this affair?

[Q2]: We live in a Non-Muslim country (Canada). However, in wishing to cling to the authentic sunnah, we make the aẓan outside, loud and clear. The kuffār have not complained and we have no problems. However, the question arises, ‘Is this necessary since the people are non-Muslims and won’t respond?’ Should we continue to make the aẓan outside?

View/Download | 2 pages

Published: July 28, 2004
Edited: July 28, 2022

Most Popular: Last 30 Days

wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sujud_related_rulings-scaled.jpg
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿ…
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/card_Clinging-to-Evidences-Not-Men-intro-scaled.jpg
Imām Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/card_Advice-to-the-Pseudo-Intellectual-intro-scaled.jpg
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿ…
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/card_theprestigeousroleofthemother-intro-scaled.jpg
Al-ʿAllāmah Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá…
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/card_everyoneshaytan-intro-scaled.jpg
Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdu…
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/card_dontbeabeggar-intro-scaled.jpg
Imām Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn a…
wp-content/uploads/2025/10/patience_gratitude-scaled.jpg
Shaykh al-Islām Muḥammad ibn…
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿ…
Imām Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿ…