why are women in Pakistan not allowed to go to the Mosque (Masjid)?!?

Question

I mean dont women have the right to pray in that country or something? Thats just a put down women, all the pakistanis say that they treat women and men equally, but it is not really true.

Answer 1

Excuse me??? LOL, I've been to Pakistan multiple times. My ex husband was from there. The only places this happens are the tribal areas which are very few and far between. In the cities like Faisalabad, Multan, Lahore, Quetta, and other areas I've been in, no women were barred. Women drive and work there too. It's like here, just different clothing.

Answer 2

Well, you clearly don't understand Islam very well, but that's OK. Women are granted more rewards by God to pray in their homes as many times the woman is the "boss of the house" or may have children or other things within the home to take care of. Instead of burdening the woman by saying that she should go to the mosque 5 times a day, that burden is placed on men, and women can relax and pray in their own homes while reaping the same rewards.

Many women still choose to go to the masjid for prayer, and their prayer is still valid of course. If Pakistan culturally doesn't allow women to go to the mosque, that's their problem, but it's not something from Islam.

Women who are on their period or experiencing post-partum bleeding should not go to the mosque however.

Answer 3

This is concession from Allah and his Rasool, That woman are allowed to pray in their homes, and will get the full returns of pray like man in mosque.

Answer 4

Oh man, this is like shooting fish in a barrel: because we are "dirty" and we bleed on a regular basis. Same reason we aren't allowed the priesthood in Catholicism; same reason women had to cover their heads in the houses of God. The list goes on and on.

Most institutionalized religions loathe women. Islam is but one of them. Show me a place where men and women are treated equally and I'll show you a talking duck.

As for the woman who claims men and women are treated "equally under Islam"--uh, really? Is that why men stay genitally intact and women are victims of genital mutiliation (at age 6-12) without anesthetic in many Islamic countries? I don't see your god asking for men's testes or penises to keep them "clean". Nor do I see your god saying that mens' bodies should be covered.

The saddest slave of all is the slave who believes he is free.

Answer 5

First of all Islam DOESNT loathe women read hadiths n quran 2 know how equal we r with men!
EDIT- as i said woman READ! open ur senses dun shut it off in arrogance n ignorance ! n btw "Why is it that so many women who have been born and brought up in the so-called 'civilized' societies of Canada, USA, and Europe are willing to reject their liberty, and independence, to embrace a religion that SUPPOSEDLY oppresses them and is widely assumed to be prejudicial to them?"


The visits of the women to the mosques for regular prayers is Makrooh(undesirable) in the eyes of Hanafi scholars, so in those countries or regions where Hanafis are in majority there are no separate sections for the prayer of women.

In Prophet’s time and later in Abu Bak’r era, a number of women prayed in the mosques five times a day. However the majority of them prayed in their houses except for Friday prayer and the two Idds. A majority prayed in their homes because the Prophet (Pbuh) preferred it for them. Narrated Umme Salma that the Prophet (Pbuh) said: The best mosque for the women is the most secluded room of their houses. (Musnad-e-Ahmad)

Later when many evils crept in the society, the ladies visits to the mosques became still less advisable for fear of evil teasers especially for Fajr(dawn prayer) and Isha(night prayer). It is well known that Hazrat Umar did not like his wife Aatika’s visit to the mosques. Aatika knew it but continued praying in the mosque saying, If you want to keep me from going to the mosque I shall forsake it only if you forbid in clear cut words. Hazrat Umar never forbade her as the Prophet (Pbuh) had said: Do not bar the bondswomen of Allah from visiting the mosques (for prayers) though their homes are better for them. (Abu Dawood, Ahmad)

If your women ask your permission to come to mosques at night (for Maghrib and Isha), then let them come. (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmizi, Nasai)

Later when the evils grew still more, Hanafi scholars ruled that the visits of women to the mosque (for prayers) became Makrooh. (Fatawa Aalamgiri)

The times and needs have changed since then. At the time of the above ruling of Hanafi scholars, women had no compulsion to pray in the mosques. Though the evils are more widespread today, the social needs have compelled women to come out of their homes for other needs, like shopping, education and jobs. If a lady is in her college, place of work or a public place at the time of a prayer, she has no alternative other than praying in a lawn before the eyes of a large number of men or skip the Salat at its appointed hour. Both of the above are undesirable. Her praying in a mosque in a separate section secluded for women would have been much better than in any other place where she becomes a singular source of attraction. Not praying at the time of prayer is also not permitted by Quran. It declares: Salat at appointed hours has been enjoined on the believers. (4:103)

The best course today is to provide a women’s section in all the mosques, which could be closed, for Fajr and Isha prayers, the two being in the dark hours. The women who are out of their homes for different needs should be permitted to pray at the appointed time of a Salat in the mosques at Zohar, Asr and Maghrib. The information that women’s Salat is preferred in their houses may be displayed in their section to educate and inform those women who might wish to visit the mosques though they could have easily prayed at their homes. If such women still come to the mosque for some prayers from their houses, they may not be barred in the light of Hadiths of the Prophet (pbuh). It is time that the Hanafi scholars reconsider their earlier fatwa.

Answer 6

U from India? Otherwise u wouldn't have been that concerned about this petty and minor thing.

Answer 7

islamic women are property not humans!