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Men,
women and children gathering together
Question:
Due to talks and lessons that are held in Islaamic centres
men, women and children gather together in the lecture room
or in the masjid,
each in their separate place. Is there any harm in this?
Response:
I cannot see any harm in it because women and children gathered
at the time of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam). The women would come with them to
the prayer. Not only that, but the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) ordered the women to leave their houses
at the time of the two 'Eed
festivals. He even ordered menstruating women and thawaat
ul-khudoor to leave their house but told the menstruating
women to avoid the place of prayer. This was in order that
they might witness this time of blessing and the prayer and
supplication of the Muslims. If, therefore, there is benefit
and blessing in the women and children attending the talks
while the women are by themselves and no-one is exposed to
temptation, then it is permitted and there is no harm in it.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
al-Aqalliyaat al-Muslimah - Page 68, Fatwa No.8
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