Re: Women leading Friday mixed gender gathering prayer… Some “Rooh Parwar” highlights..
Taken from Chapter 20 of “Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle” : Namaaz in Jamat.
It is written in the marginal notes of the explanation of Nur-ul-izah: “Being an imam requires fulfilling six conditions.” The namaz is not performed behind an imam who is known not to have one of these conditions:
1 - To be a Muslim. He who disbelieves the fact that Abu Bakr Siddiq and 'Umar Faruq were Khalifas or who does not believe in the Miraj or the torment in the grave cannot be an imam unless he has an explanation.
2 - To be at the age of puberty.
3 - To be discreet. A drunk or senile person cannot be an imam.
4 - To be a man. A woman cannot be an imam for men.
5 - To be able to recite at least the Fatiha-i Sharifa and one more ayat correctly. A person who has not memorized one ayat or who cannot recite with tajwid the ayats he has memorized or who recites the ayats melodiously cannot be an imam. 6 - To be without an excuse. A person who has an excuse cannot be the imam for those who do not have an excuse. Excuses are: continuous bleeding at some part of the body, wind-breaking or urination, repeated pronunciation of the letters “te” and “fe”, lisping, that is, pronouncing the letter “sin” as “se” (a letter which is pronounced with “th” sound) and the letter “ra” as “ghayn” (that is, voiced velar fricative instead of post-alveolar frictionless continuant), being without an ablution or being smeared with najasat in excess of one dirham, and being with bare awrat parts. A person who has an eye sore becomes a person with an excuse if he cannot control his tears. Any liquid coming out of the ears, navel, nose, nipples because of some pain is an excuse if it issues continuously. The same is the case with blood, filth, yellow liquid produced by the above-named parts or by a cut or sore even without pain. Those who share the same excuses can be the imam for each other, and a person who has one excuse can be the imam for a person who has two. In the Shafi’i and Maliki Madhhab, a person who has an excuse can be the imam for those who do not have an excuse. [A person who makes a masah on the ointment of a wound or on a bandage, or who has crowned or filled his teeth and therefore imitates the Shafi’i or Maliki Madhhab, is not considered to have an excuse]
There’s your proof. Approved and all. :k: