Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Why Do Women Pray behind Men

Bismillahir Rahmanimhin there's a question, why do women

pray behind men?

Because the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

told us

how we arrange

the roles in prayer. Right. The prophet Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam said Yusuf

that

you know

first the men stand then the children then

the women.

So we follow the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

in that and there's a practical reason, right,

that the nature of the postures of prayer

etcetera

lend themselves to

given the the modesty and dignity of women

and then

and

the reality

of that the human being has both

a

an angelic

spiritual

dimension, but also an animal

self with its desires and its lusts.

It's not dignified for,

you know, women to be be

bowed, you know, with men

standing behind them or women in prostration position.

At least some men would

be distracted

and it's unbecoming the dignity and honor of

women so they

so that's why

but we ultimately follow the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

wasallam in such matters.

Some people can appreciate the obvious dimensions of

modesty entail in it. And others we just

say we follow,

you know, a Muslim is one who believes

in Allah

and follows the messenger of Allah salallahu alayhi

salam. And this is what has been taught

to us by our messenger.