RE: 2 questions
"Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Apr 2004 07:57:18 -0700
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--===============1565922339== Content-Type: text/html <html><div style='background-color:'><P><BR>salam, sameer,</P> <P>first question, check bukhari v<FONT color=#000033>olume 1, Book 11, Number 671</FONT>, which clearly states that imam is a "he"... and since, the quran in 4.34 says "men are protectors and maintainers" of women, then some muslim scholars decided this means in leadership.</P> <P>according to ibn qayim, in his 'awn al-mabbud,' vol 2 p 277, a woman's prayer in her house is better than that of the mosque... (this is a hadith attributed to abdallah bin umar, the son of the famous caliph... ) it's complete opposite for men, according to the hadiths</P> <P>i'd like to point out that i completely disagree with hadiths that say anti-w omen stuff... and that my understanding of verses like above are totally different.</P> <P>afdhere<BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV><STRONG>Afdhere Jama </STRONG><BR><EM>Editorial Director </EM><BR><STRONG>HURIYAH </STRONG>Publications <BR>S A N F R A N C I S C O <BR><A href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] </A><BR><A href="http://www.huriyahmag.com">http://www.huriyahmag.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>>From: Sameer Ahmed <[email protected]> >Reply-To: Muslim community debate and discussion<[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] 2 questions >Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 04:20:55 -0700 > >Asalaam Alaikum, > >I have two questions that I have never received satisfactory answers to, and I >wanted to get a "progressive" Muslims' response to them. Can you please >respond directly to me at [email protected] > >1) Why do women have to pray behind men in Islam? The answer I usually get to >this question is that if a woman prayed in front of a man, the man would lose >concentration. But this response seems very male-centric. Why doesn't a woman >lose concentration when she is praying behind a man? Is Islam sayi ng something >about the inherent sexuality of men and women? > >2) Why can't women be Imams or Khateebs in Islam? I guess the first question >might partly answer the second part because if men must pray in front of >women, then obviously the Imam would have to be a man. But what bothers me is >that if a community has a female Islamic scholar who is much more knowledeable >than the men in her community, she does not have a religiously sanctioned >venue (the Jumah Friday prayer) to convey her knowledge to the Ummah. > >I would really appreciate responses with references to the Quran, Hadith, and >other Islamic scholarly work. > >Thanks a lot. > >Wasalam, >Sameer > > >____________________________________________________________________ > > > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing list >[email protected] >http://ganymede.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims </div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2731??PS=">MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download!</a> </html> --===============1565922339== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ProgressiveMuslims mailing list [email protected] http://ganymede.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims --===============1565922339==--