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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Prayers

If your wife asks your permission to go to the mosque, do not prevent her

Chapter: Women Going Out To The Masjid So Long As No Fitnah Results From That; and They Should Not Go Out Wearing Perfume

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 442b

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

لاَ تَمْنَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْمَسَاجِدَ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ بِلاَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَنَمْنَعُهُنَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَسَبَّهُ سَبًّا سَيِّئًا مَا سَمِعْتُهُ سَبَّهُ مِثْلَهُ قَطُّ وَقَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَتَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَنَمْنَعُهُنَّ

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ‎reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and ‎blessings be upon him) said: "If your wife asks your permission to go to the mosque, do not prevent her." Bilāl ibn ‘Abdullāh said: "By Allah! We ‎will prevent them." Ibn ‘Umar turned to him and angrily ‎insulted him in an unprecedented manner, saying: "I am telling ‎you that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and ‎blessings be upon him) said so, and you say: 'By Allah! We ‎will prevent them'!"‎ Another version reads: "Do not prevent the ‎female servants of Allah from (going to) the mosques of ‎Allah."‎

Reported by Muslim (No. 442b) and Ahmad (No. 5971).

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Explanation

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ‎reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and ‎blessings be upon him) said: "If your wife asks your permission to go to the mosque, do not prevent her." This is in order not to deprive her of the merit of ‎performing the congregational prayer in the mosque. The ‎Hadīth highlights the ruling on a woman going out to the ‎mosque for prayer, which is permissible. Bilāl, a son of ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar, was present when his ‎father was reporting this Hadīth and said: "By Allah! We ‎will prevent them." Bilāl said so without any intention to ‎object to the legislator, as his objection was just out of his ‎jealousy and desire to protect the women, whose behavior ‎differed from what was common during the Prophet's lifetime, ‎especially regarding the wide use of adornments and the like. ‎However, his father believed that his objection was out of ‎rejection of the Prophet's Sunnah. Therefore, he angrily insulted ‎him in an unprecedented manner out of his anger and ‎zeal for Allah, the Almighty, and His Messenger (‎may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "I am ‎telling you that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace ‎and blessings be upon him) said so, and you say: 'By Allah! We will prevent them'!"‎

Explanation in Arabic

رَوى ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أنَّ النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إذا استأذنت أحدكم امرأته إلى المسجد فلا يمنعها؛ لئلا يحرمها فضيلة الجماعة في المسجد، وفيه بيان حكم خروج المرأة إلى المسجد للصلاة، وأنه جائز،

وكان أحد أبناء عبد الله بن عمر حاضرا حين حدث بهذا الحديث، وكان قد رأى الزمان قد تغير عن زمن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بتوسُّع النساء في الزينة، فحملته الغيرة على صون النساء، على أن قال- من غير قصد الاعتراض على المشرِّع-: والله لنمنعهن، ففَهِم أبُوه من كلامه أنه يعترض- برده هذا- على سنَّة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فحمله الغضب لله ورسوله، على أن سبَّه سبًّا شديدًا. وقال: أخبرك عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وتقول: والله لنمنعهن؟

  • استحباب الإذن للمرأة بالصلاة في المسجد إذا طلبت ذلك، مع عدم الزينة والأمن من الفتنة، كما صحَّت بذلك الأحاديث.
  • جواز منع الرجل للمرأة من الخروج لغير المسجد.
  • شِدَّة الإنكار على من اعترض على سنة النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم-.
  • غيرة عبد الله بن عمر -رضي الله عنهما- على السنَّة، وشِدَّة تعظيمه للنبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم-.
  • تأديب الرجل ابنه وإن كان كبيرا.
  • تأديب العالم المتعلم إذا تكلم بما لا ينبغي.
  • ينبغي لمن أراد أن يوجه كلام الشارع إلى معنى يراه، أن يكون ذلك بأدب واحترام، وحسن توجيه.
  • ثبوت ولاية الرجل على المرأة ورعايته لها.

Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْد اللَّه فَسَبَّهُ سَبًّا سَيِّئًا ) وَفِي رِوَايَة : ( فَزَبَرَهُ ) وَفِي رِوَايَة : ( فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْره ). فِيهِ تَعْزِيز الْمُعْتَرِض عَلَى السُّنَّة , وَالْمُعَارِض لَهَا بِرَأْيِهِ , وَفِيهِ تَعْزِيز الْوَالِد وَلَده وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبِيرًا.…

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  • المحلى بالآثار لابن حزم (425)لَا تَمْنَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْمَسَاجِدَ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهَا
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  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (851)لا تَمْنَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْمَسَاجِدَ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهَا
  • صحيح ابن خزيمة (1589)لا تَمْنَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْمَسَاجِدَ بِاللَّيْلِ
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Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from (going to) the mosques of Allah, but let them go out without perfume and unadorned

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 442h

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not deprive women of their share of the mosques, when they seek permission from you. Bilal said: By Allah, we would certainly prevent them. 'Abdullah said: I say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said it and you say: We would certainly prevent them!

لاَ تَمْنَعُوا النِّسَاءَ حُظُوظَهُنَّ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنُوكُمْ

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