Entry Of Women Into Mosques For Namaz Permitted: Muslim Law Board
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday instructed the Supreme Court that the access of ladies into mosques for providing namaz interior is permitted. The board stated a Muslim lady is unfastened to go into a mosque for prayers and it’s miles her choice to workout her proper to avail such centers as to be had for prayers in a mosque. The AIMPLB stated this in a testimony filed withinside the Supreme Court that is seized of a plea regarding the access of Muslim ladies into mosque for providing namaz.
“It is submitted that the questions raised withinside the gift petition aren’t withinside the heritage of nation action. The practices of faith withinside the locations of worship (which withinside the gift count are mosques) are in basic terms non-public our bodies regulated via way of means of ‘Muttawalis’ of the mosques,” the affidavit, filed via propose M R Shamshad, stated.
One Farha Anwar Hussain Shaikh has filed a petition withinside the pinnacle courtroom docket in 2020 and has sought a path that the alleged practices of prohibition of access of Muslim ladies into mosques in India are unlawful and unconstitutional. The plea is in all likelihood to be heard via way of means of the pinnacle courtroom docket in March.
The affidavit stated the AIMPLB, being a frame of professionals with none nation powers, can simplest difficulty advisory opinion primarily based totally on Islamic principles. It stated the AIMPLB and the pinnacle courtroom docket, for that count, can not input into the area of special preparations of a spiritual area, that is absolutely privately controlled entity for spiritual practices of believers in faith.
“Considering the stated spiritual texts, doctrines, and spiritual ideals of the fans of Islam, it’s miles submitted that access of ladies into mosques for providing namaz interior mosques is permitted,” it stated. “Thus, a Muslim lady is unfastened to go into right into a masjid (mosque) for prayers. It is her choice to workout her proper to avail such centers as to be had for prayers in a masjid,” the affidavit stated.
It stated the AIMPLB does now no longer need to touch upon any opposite spiritual opinion to this effect. The affidavit stated that Islam has now no longer made it compulsory on Muslim ladies to enroll in day by day 5 instances prayers in congregation neither is it compulsory for lady to provide weekly Friday ‘Namaz’ in congregation, aleven though it’s so on Muslim guys.
“The Muslim lady is in another way positioned because, as in step with doctrines of Islam, she is entitled to the equal spiritual reward (sawab) for praying as in step with her option, both in masjid or at home,” it stated. The affidavit stated there may be no spiritual textual content authorising “unfastened intermingling” of genders in any masjid.
“It is submitted that the Masjid An-Nabawi in Medina has separate areas/chambers for women and men in the mosque. In the place surrounding the Masjid An-Nabawi, special and separate areas are to be had for women and men worshippers with transient barricades in area demarcating them,” it stated.
The affidavit stated in relation to appearing namaz across the Kaaba in Mecca, there are transient preparations via way of means of placing barricades to offer separation among women and men worshippers at some stage in the prayer.
“The etiquettes of prayer, mainly no unfastened inter-blending of each sexes, are adhered to willingly, strictly, and simply via way of means of all worshippers whether or not guys or ladies,” it stated.
