Hyderabad-based Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia acknowledged that congregation for the 5 compulsory prayers will not be prescribed for girls, and, in response to the Hanafi faculty, even aged girls mustn’t go to the mosque for namaz.
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Hyderabad-based Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia issued a fatwa wherein it described girls congregating for taraweeh prayer as extremely undesirable.
A fatwa is a Islamic jurisprudential opinion. It is issued when an individual asks questions on a specific topic within the gentle of the Sharia. The Darul Ifta of an Islamic seminary then issues the fatwa.
The fatwa, dated March 16, reveals that the one that sought the fatwa had requested whether or not it was permissible within the gentle of the Sharia to designate an area in a mosque for girls for taraweeh (particular night time prayers supplied throughout Ramzan).
The fatwa states that girls praying taraweeh in congregation is ‘ makruh tahrimi’. It additionally states that congregation for the 5 compulsory prayers will not be prescribed for girls, and, in response to the Hanafi faculty, even aged girls mustn’t go to the mosque for namaz.
The Hanafi faculty is believed to be adopted by most Muslims in India.
In a separate growth, in February this 12 months, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) filed an affidavit the Supreme Court in a case pertaining to the entry of girls in mosques. The AIMPLB, in an announcement issued to media, acknowledged that “there is no prohibition on Muslim women entering mosques and offering namaz or congregational prayers”.
The AIMPLB, nonetheless, did elevate concern of “free intermixing genders in the same line or common space is not in conformity with the position prescribed in Islam”. This, the AIMPLB opined, must be addressed by segregation of area inside the premises by managing committees of mosques.
