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Hadith 1461
Hadith #
1461
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
52
Part
The Book of Prayer
Chapter
Men Lead Salah (Prayer) for Women and Women Lead Salah (Prayer) for Women
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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2. A group has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadalah from ibn Sinan from Sulayman ibn Khalid who has said the following
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a woman’s leading other women in Salah (prayer). He (the Imam) said, ‘She can do so if they all follow her in optional Salah (prayer), but not in obligatory Salah (prayer), and she is not to lead them, instead she stands up in their middle.’”
2ـ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَؤُمُّ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كُنَّ جَمِيعاً أَمَّتْهُنَّ فِي النَّافِلَةِ فَأَمَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةُ فَلاَ وَلاَ تَقَدَّمْهُنَّ وَلَكِنْ تَقُومُ وَسَطاً مِنْهُنَّ.
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