Question
Women perform Taraweeh in the basement of a Musjid. They follow the Imaam via the loudspeaker. What should they do when the loudspeaker system sometimes fail? There prevails confusion at such times. What is the status of their Salaat when they can't hear anything nor are they aware of the movements of the Imaam?
Answer
Such confusion is an extremely mild form of punishment for the aunts and grannies who commit the haraam act of leaving the holy precincts of their homes to be with strange men in a public venue. It is Waajib for them to perform Salaat – all Salaat – in their homes, not in the Musaajid. It is not permissible for them to congregate in the Musjids for any Salaat. As for the status of their broken-down Salaat which collapses with the collapse of the haraam loudspeaker, ask those molvi/sheikh characters who encourage the females to violate the Qur'aanic prohibition and emerge into the streets. It is not our obligation to proffer the answer for aunts and grannies who deliberately choose to disobey the Shariah.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 20 No 12
- PDF page
- 4
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