Does praying in the wrong place invalidate prayer?
If a group of women is praying together in jamaat (an all female group), and man tries to join in praying side by side, is his prayer not valid because he was not supposed to pray amongst them?
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If a woman tries to pray amongst an all-male jamaat, praying amongst the men rather than beside them, is her prayer invalidated because she did not pray in the correct place?
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Also, what would happen to the people praying in the jammat, would their prayers be void too?
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Many time it happens in the holiest place on earth for muslim that men and women pray side by side... But it is not by choice but due to ultimate congestion. After all what can one do when few million of men and women are lined up for prayer. Once the stipulated place fills up they make lines everywhere on road, pavement , stairs coridors etc. So at the spot you will find lines of men and ladies joining Or women's lines are ahead of men.
But on the other hand I think when there is ample place available, women joining men's lines or the other way around, is terribly wrong. This should not happen. The SOP in this issue is that women should make their lines behind men or at area reserved for them in masjid
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Another thing is that if there's a jammat of men , and if a woman follows it in the next room , that is in complete privacy , then i think it is allowed (not-sure)
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^ even she does it behind them with no privacy, it would still be perfectly allowed. As women used to pray in congregation in masjid-e-nabwi, during the time of prophet and later and still do now.
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yes. thanks :)
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Since the thread title didn't limit the question to Muslims, I will give my non-Islamic answer.... God will smile upon and give many blessings to those who pray with others without regard to their sex, race, origin, creed or sexual orientation.
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due to the privacy reasons, an all-female jamaat is allowable, but whats an all-male jamaat????
u cant limit jamaat to sex, race, age, etc....
just that women's row(s) shud be behind the men's....
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Quit saying behind, women have to be segregated.
I know (sunni) mosques in Peshawar that have women sections on top, men section in the bottom. In the US I have seen women and men sections side by side, separated by a dry wall etc.