An Urgent Message to My Muslim Sisters in Ramadhaan-II

Women and Taraaweeh Prayer:

Ramadhaan is distinguished over other months by the Taraaweeh prayer. Praise be to Allaah The Almighty, many women and girls are keen to perform Taraaweeh prayer
in the mosques. However, dear sister, if you want to have your full
reward, you should observe the following points and advise your
daughters and sisters to observe them:
1- Girls and women should abide by the Sharee‘ah-approved Hijaab and
Islamic dress code when they go out to pray. They should not wear
trousers, tight or short dresses, or fashionable apparel. They should
wear a wide and clean dress for prayers.
2- The cloak should be thick, not transparent, not brocaded, not colored and not likely to attract attention.
3- The head cover should be large, long, not transparent and free from all forms of embroidery that attracts attention.
4- They
should not wear any perfume or incense. Unfortunately, this action is
widespread among women who perform prayers in mosques to the extent that
their fragrance can be smelt from a long distance. In an authentic Hadeeth, the Prophet, , said:"Any
woman who wears perfume and passes by men so that they smell her
perfume, she is an adulteress and every eye that looks at her is an
adulterous eye."The Prophet, , also said: “Any woman who applies incense should not witness the ‘Ishaa' prayer with us.” [Abu Daawood] Ibn Nufayl said that this refers to the late ‘Ishaa'.
This does not mean, however, that women should not care about their
personal hygiene or change their clothes everyday to avoid having a foul
odor which may cause offense.
5- They
should not move a lot from one place to another, or pass in front of
those who are praying or make a fuss. They should not laugh in the
mosque like some girls do, stirring and disturbing the women who are
praying. They should not discuss worldly matters or things pertaining to
the market while the Imaam is talking or in the intervals between the prayers.
6- They
should not carry pagers or mobile phones during the prayer, for angels
hate music, and it distracts people and preventsKhushoo‘ (submission)
in prayer, especially with those strange mobile ring tones. Knowing
that it is prohibited to listen to musical instruments in people's
houses, what would the ruling be on listening to them in the House of
Allaah?
7- They
should not crowd around the mosque door when they are leaving to avoid
intermixing with men. They should wait a little until the place is quiet
and temptation no longer exists. They should not speak loudly with one
another when they leave the mosque; rather, they should remain calm.
8- Some
mothers go out to perform prayers and leave their young children in the
house alone. These children might do dangerous things. We advise our
sisters and mothers not to leave children alone in the house, so that
the mother would not be shocked when she returns. We address every woman
who seeks the reward of Allaah The Almighty that, in principle, it is
preferable for women to perform prayer in their houses and that the
reward for praying in the house is greater than the reward of praying in
the mosque. It was narrated that the wife of Abu Humayd As-Saa‘idi came to the Prophet, , and said, “O Messenger of Allaah! I love to perform prayer with you.” He, replied:“I
know that you love performing prayer with me, but performing prayer in
your bedroom is better than performing it in your room; performing
prayer in your room is better than performing it in [any other part of]
your house; performing prayer in your house is better than performing it
in the mosque of your people; performing prayer in the mosque of your
people is better than performing it in my mosque.” Thereupon, she
ordered for a prayer area to be made in the remotest and darkest place
in her house where she remained performing prayer until she died. [Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah]
9- Some of our girls, may Allaah guide them, go out for the purpose of performing Taraaweeh prayer
in the mosque, but after the prayer is over they go off with some of
their friends to the markets or other evil place where their parents do
not expect them to go. The mother should take care of her adolescent
girls and be sure that they are actually leaving to perform prayer and
nothing else.

Finally,
I would like to say that devils from mankind - while the devils from
the Jinn are chained - will not leave you to enjoy the month ofRamadhaan.
Rather, they will try to fill the gap that their brothers have left to
ruin that month with television series, movies, video clips, quizzes,
cheap songs and worthless programs. Thus, watch out for yourself and
your house and do not let that month pass without benefiting from it,
and be careful not to squander its reward. In Ramadhaan, there is no time for such nonsense because it is too precious to be wasted. We ask Allaah The Almighty to make Ramadhaan a good and blessed month for us and for all the Muslims. I wish for you all that is good in Ramadhaan.

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