Men and Women in Mosque: How Islam Dealt with Violations

2. `Abdul Rahman reported on the authority of Malik from Nafi` from Ibn `Umar that he said, “They (male and female Companions) would perform ablution together”.

`Abdul Rahman said, I asked Malik, “(You mean) men and women?”

He replied, “Yes”.

I further asked, “(Was it) during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?”

“Yes,” he affirmed.[2]

3. Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the following incident:

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand on a tree trunk when her delivered his sermons. So, a woman from the Ansar said to him,

“O Messenger of Allah! I have a slave carpenter, shall I get him construct a pulpit for you?”

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) responded, “Yes”.

So, the Prophet started using the pulpit, and one Friday, while he was delivering a sermon standing on it, the tree trunk issued a groaning sound like that of a child. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commented, “Indeed, this (trunk) wept due to what it missed of Dhikr?”[3]

4. Lady `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said,

“How good the women of Al-Ansar are! Their bashfulness did not stop them from inquiring about religion and acquiring understanding of it”.[4]

5. `Abdullah ibn Mas`ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:

(Once) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the Mosque accompanied by some women of Al-Ansar; he admonished and exhorted them, and said, “Anyone of you loses three children will surely enter Paradise“.

A woman – who was one of the most venerated among them – stood up and said, “O Messenger of Allah, and (what about) the woman who loses two (children)?”

The Prophet said, “And the woman who loses two (children shall enter Paradise too)”.[5]