[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "When one of you seeks permission from his wife to go to the mosque, do not prevent her." The narrator Al-A'lawi added in his narration: "Sufyan said, 'If it is at night.'" And Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, narrating from Ali ibn Hamshath, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Ayyub, who narrated from Ali ibn Al-Madiniji, who narrated from Sufyan, who narrated from Al-Zuhri, who mentioned it in a similar way, except that he said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said..."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَتْ أَحَدَكُمُ امْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا يَمْنَعْهَا زَادَ الْعَلَوِيُّ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَيْلًا 5367 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When your wives seek permission to go to the mosque or to the mosques, grant them permission."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَكُمْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ فَأْذَنُوا لَهُنَّ  

[Machine] The prophet ﷺ said, "Do not prevent women from going to the mosques at night." So, his son said, "By Allah, we will prevent them, as they might take it as a place for mischief." Then, the prophet ﷺ raised his hand and slapped his son on the chest, saying, "I am telling you about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and you say this?" Al-Bukhari said, "Shu'ba narrated it from Al-A'mash, and Muslim narrated it from two other narrators from Al-A'mash."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَمْنَعُوا النِّسَاءَ الْمَسَاجِدَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ ابْنُهُ وَاللهِ لَنَمْنَعُهُنَّ يَتَّخِذْنَهُ دَغَلًا فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَلَطَمَهُ وَقَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَقُولُ هَذَا قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهَيْنِ آخَرِينَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ  

One of the wives of ʿUmar (bin Al-Khattab) used to offer the Fajr and the ʿIsha' prayer in congregation in the Mosque. She was asked why she had come out for the prayer as she knew that ʿUmar disliked it, and he has great ghaira (self-respect). She replied, "What prevents him from stopping me from this act?" The other replied, "The statement of Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'Do not stop Allah's women-slaves from going to Allah's Mosques' prevents him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 900)   

كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لِعُمَرَ ؓ تَشْهَدُ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ وَالْعِشَاءِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقِيلَ لَهَا لِمَ تَخْرُجِينَ وَقَدْ تَعْلَمِينَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ وَيَغَارُ؟ قَالَتْ فَمَا يَمْنَعُهُ أَنْ يَنْهَانِي؟ قَالَ يَمْنَعُهُ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تَمْنَعُوا إِمَاءَ اللهِ مَسَاجِدَ اللهِ  

[Machine] She said, "O Messenger of Allah, we love prayer, meaning praying with you, but our husbands prevent us." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Your prayer in your homes is better than your prayer in your rooms, and your prayer in your rooms is better than your prayer in the congregational mosque." Abu Zakariya said, "I asked Abu Bakr about this servant of the believers (Abdul-Mu'min), from where did he hear this?" He said, "From Waddan." And on that day, Abdul-Mu'min was a servant. The Sheikh also narrated from Ibn Lahia from Abdul-Hamid, and in it is evidence that the command not to be prevented is a recommendation and a preferred order, not an obligation and an obligation. And this is the statement of the majority of the scholars.  

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نُحِبُّ الصَّلَاةَ تَعْنِي مَعَكَ فَيَمْنَعُنَا أَزْوَاجُنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاتُكُنَّ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاتِكُنَّ فِي دُورِكُنَّ وَصَلَاتُكُنَّ فِي دُورِكُنَّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاتِكُنَّ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْجَمَاعَةِ قَالَ أَبُو زَكَرِىَّ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ هَذَا أَيْنَ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ بِوَدَّانَ وَبِهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ تَابَعَهُ أَيْضًا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ وَفِيهِ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِأَنْ لَا يُمْنَعْنَ أَمْرُ نَدْبٍ وَاسْتِحْبَابٍ لَا أَمْرُ فَرْضٍ وَإِيجَابٍ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الْعَامَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ  

[Machine] "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had witnessed what women have done after him, he would have prevented them from entering the mosque, just as the women of the Children of Israel were prevented. We asked: 'O Prophet, does this mean they were prevented from performing Umrah (pilgrimage) or just from entering the mosque?' He replied: 'Yes.'"  

لَوْ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ بَعْدَهُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَتْهُ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قُلْنَا يَا هَذِهِ تَعْنِي لِعَمْرَةَ أَوَمُنِعَتْهُ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ