[IslamCity] Woman leads US Muslims to prayer
Woman leads US Muslims to prayer http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4361931.stm A professor in the US is thought to have become one of the first Muslim women to lead mixed Friday prayers. More than 100 men and women attended the service and sermon given by Amina Wadud, professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. The location was moved to an Anglican Church building in New York after mosques refused to host the event. The service has been criticised by a number of Muslim leaders, who say it goes against Islamic doctrine. === It's not proper for [men] to look at the woman whose body is in front of them Sayed Tantawi sheikh of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque === The issue of gender equality is a very important one in Islam, and Muslims have unfortunately used highly restrictive interpretations of history to move backward, Ms Wadud said before the service started. With this prayer service we are moving forward. This single act is symbolic of the possibilities within Islam. Those who attended were said to be evenly divided between men and women. Most women wore the traditional Muslim headscarf and robes. Some 15 protesters gathered outside the Synod House of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, where the prayers took place. One carried a placard calling for Allah's curse to be upon one of the event's organisers. She is tarnishing the whole Islamic faith. If this was an Islamic state, this woman would be hanged, one man, Nussrah, told the Associated Press. The BBC Middle East correspondent says the controversy has meant Ms Wadud is getting prominent coverage on Arabic television networks. 'Second class' The service was organised by a group of activists, journalists and scholars who hoped to encourage discussion about the centuries-old tradition of separating men and women during congregational prayer, and reserving the role of prayer leader, or imam, for men. One organiser, Asra Q Nomani, said they would challenge the second- class status of women in Muslim spiritual life. Mosques reportedly refused to host Amina Wadud We are taking actions that no-one else would have dared to think about before, she told The New York Times. Nobody cared that we didn't have a place in the faith. However, the sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque, one of the world's top Islamic institutions, said Islam did not allow for women to preach to men. When she leads men in prayer... it's not proper for them to look at the woman whose body is in front of them, Sayed Tantawi wrote in a column for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram. In New York, Aisha al-Adawiya, head of Women in Islam, said she feared a backlash. The prayer service was moved after it was rejected by three mosques and an art gallery venue received a bomb threat, the AP reported. = Can Women Lead People in Friday Prayer? In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. There is a consensus among Muslim jurists that a woman is not allowed to lead men in a Mosque or congregation. Also, she is not allowed to lead people in a Friday Prayer or to deliver the Friday khutbah. She is, however, allowed to lead a congregation consisting only of women. Responding to the question, Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdullah states the following: 1. Islamic teachings are based on two things: belief and submission. When it comes to `ibadat (acts of worship), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us to follow his example and not someone else's. Salah (ritual Prayer) is unanimously agreed to be an act of `ibadah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said Pray as you see me praying. So the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions and the generations that came after them have to be followed. 2. The rules of salah should be known from scholars because they know how to interpret the sayings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Among those great scholars are `A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Among the rules of salah are the requirements and prerequisites for how to perform it, who can lead the people in salah, and so on. 3. Scholars have put certain conditions for someone to be qualified to lead the people in Prayer. The imam must be a Muslim, sane, adolescent, male, and pure, i.e., have wudu' (ablution). Women leading men in Prayer is wrong, whether in fard (obligatory) or nafl (supererogatory) Prayers. But if the followers are only women, it is allowed for a woman to lead the Prayer. According to Shafi`is and Hanbalis, a woman can lead other women in Prayer while standing in the middle of the line. According to Malikis, women cannot lead other women in Prayer at all, while the Hanafis say it is makruh or blameworthy. 4. According to the hadith of Umm Waraqah reported in the Sunan of Abu Dawud, the Prophet (peace
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