Re: Bidah’s
If you don’t know what is or is not a bid’a, then why accuse people of it. You should know instantly if something is a reprehensible bid’a or not and able to explain why it is and being unfamiliar with it does not count as something reprehensible.
Female Imam leading prayers while men are behind her is not an acceptable thing and is considered a reprehensible bid’a for the reason that it directly conflicts with an instruction that was made by RasoolAllah (SAW) to a woman that she may lead the prayers … Scholars have said this was done while women were not standing in the front and to her own mahram. So the nature of what is being done and the spirit of the message and the compounded effect this has with the various other aspects such women in the back and men not seeing them from behind, etc adds weight to the idea that women should not be seen physically in postures that could be alluring to men. This will be in direct conflict with the idea of her taking the lead in prayer from the front.
The greatest woman is Maryam (AS) and her greatness was in her khalwa (seclusion) … Imam is a position inherent to men … RasoolAllah (SAW) The best example of man … is Imam al Mursaleen.
Even then I don’t spend any time wasted arguing this point … I give my reasons and move on … I don’t bring it up as a point to make towards others …