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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Women as imams | | | |  Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Ordination of women - BuddhismThis ordination of women is currently and historically practised in some Buddhist regions and not in others.
The tradition of the ordained monastic community (sangha) began with Buddha, who established orders of Bhikkhu (monks) and later, after an initial reluctance, of Bhikkuni (nuns). The stories, sayings and deeds of some of the distinguished Bhikkhuni of early Buddhism are recorded in many places in the Pali Canon, most notably in the Therigatha. However, not only did the Buddha lay down more rules of discipline for the bhikkhuni (311 compared to the bhikkhu's 227), he also ...
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Ordination of women - Islam Although Muslims do not formally ordain religious leaders, the imam serves as a spiritual leader and religious authority. There is a current controversy among Muslims on the circumstances in which women may act as imams — that is, lead a congregation in salat (prayer). Three of the four Sunni schools, as well as many Shia, agree that a woman may lead a congregation consisting of women alone in prayer, although the Maliki school does not allow this. According to all currently existing traditional schools of Islam, a woman cannot lead a mixe ...
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Ordination of women - Judaism Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it has been the longstanding practice that only men become rabbis. This practice continues to this day within the Orthodox community but has been revised within non-Orthodox organizations. Reform Judaism created its first woman rabbi in 1972, Reconstructionist Judaism in 1974, and Conservative ...
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Right to work Islam does not prohibit women from working, though, it does emphasize the primary duty, applied to both parents, is of caring for the family and the household.
Many Muslims believe that a woman should work only if she can work without defying Islamic teachings. Often, this means that she must not do work that offends her modesty (Hijab) and chastity. In many interpretations it also means she must not work ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Right to work |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Marriage Islam does require a type of dowry but it is different from anthropological notions of brideprice. Islam requires that a husband make a gift, or settle money upon the bride. This is called mahr, mehr, or meher. The gift can be intangible or negligible, or it can be a valuable gift of real property or investments. The mahr may also be divided into portions, one to be given the bride at marriage, the other to be given the wife if she is widowed or divorced. The mahr can be a wo ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Marriage |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Clothing The Qur'an requires believers, both male and female, to dress modestly.
"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not to display their adornment except that which ordinarily appears thereof and to draw their headcovers over their chests and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands fathers, their sons." (24:31).
All those in whose presence a woman is not obliged to c ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Clothing |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Legal status In Islamic law the legal status of women is similar to that of men, but in certain cases men have advantages. It is mentioned in the Qur'an:
"... And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise." Sura 2:228[7]
Women are entitled the right of inheritance:
"From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property be small ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Legal status |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Right to vote Until recently most Muslim nations (and indeed most nations) were non-democratic. Today a minority of Islamists view democracy as against Islam. This view is espoused by groups such as Al-Muhajiroun, whereas more mainstream Muslims disagree, and believe it to be an evolution of the Islamic concept of Shura.
Many Muslim nations today allow their citizens to have some level of voting and control over their local government; with a few exceptions in Arabia — Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; and Lebanon which requires proof of education for women to vote — all such nations allow women to vote.
In 2005 Kuwait passed ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Right to vote |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - As national leaders There is a disputed Sunni hadith reported by Bukhari (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 709) which reports that Muhammad said that a people with a female ruler will never be successful. Many traditional Muslim societies have been unwilling to allow women to rule for this reason[citation needed].
Some interpretations of Islamic law hold that women should not lead men, and thus are forbidden from working in the government. This has been a wides ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - As national leaders |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Divorce The rules for Talaq (divorce) vary among the major Islamic schools. Most importantly Shi'a and Sunni Muslims have different rules to engage a Talaq. In both the Sunni and Shia traditions the right of divorce is preserved primarily for men, unless otherwise specified in the marriage contract, so that women can only seek divorce through court proceedings by convincing a Qadi to grant a divorce. Shi'as believe that a wife has the right to divorce but only after talking with a religious scholar and convincing him that her problem is serio ...
See also:Women in Islam, Women in Islam - Right to work, Women in Islam - Marriage, Women in Islam - Divorce, Women in Islam - Women as clergy and religious scholars, Women in Islam - As national leaders, Women in Islam - Right to vote, Women in Islam - Clothing, Women in Islam - Domestic violence, Women in Islam - How severe a beating?, Women in Islam - Domestic violence among Muslims, Women in Islam - Legal status, Women in Islam - Honor killings, Women in Islam - Women as prisoners of war or as slaves, Women in Islam - The effect of Islamism, Women in Islam - Taliban, Women in Islam - The effect of feminism on Islam Read more here: » Women in Islam: Encyclopedia II - Women in Islam - Divorce |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Nafil Prayers "Nafl" (supererogatory) prayers are numerous which one can offer, as many as he likes, any time except for odious timings .
Salah - Tahajjud.
Tahajjud salah is performed at night, after one has woken from sleep (one cannot stay up to perform Tahajjud). It thus falls between the waqts of Isha'a and Fajr, from after mid night till dawn. Includes 2 to 12 rakaats .
It's reported about the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) that he said: "Adhere to night prayer, for it i ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Nafil Prayers |
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| | | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Five daily fard prayers Muslims are commanded to perform salah fives times a day; these prayers are Fard (obligatory) on every Muslim above the age of puberty, with the exception being those who are mentally ill. Sunnis believe in other extra prayers in addition to the fard prayer (as listed below) while Shi'as pray just the fard, or obligatory, prayer. The waqt for each of the five prayers is listed below:
Fajr(فجر): From dawn (the time at which the faintest hint of the new day starts) to sunrise. The Fajr pray consist of 2 ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Five daily fard prayers |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Wajib prayers
Salah - Witr.
Witr salah is performed after the salah of Isha'a. It may contain any odd number of raka'at from one to eleven according to the different madha'ib.
Salah - Eid Salah.
Eid Salah is performed on the morning of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha. It is Wajib upon males to perform it. It consists of two raka'at, with the addition of extra Takbeers at the start of each raka'at. An integral part of Eid salah is listening to the khutb ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Wajib prayers |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Sunnah prayers Sunnah, unlike Fard, are voluntary prayers performed by musalleehs for extra reward. The Sunnah salah (as with all other Sunnahs) originated from the practice of the Prophet who used to perform more prayers than the obligatory amount.
While general Sunnah salaah may be performed at any time of the day (with certain exceptions, see below), certain Sunnahs have prescribed waqts associated with them.
Salah - Sunnah Associ ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Sunnah prayers |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Ritual ablution Prayer can only be conducted after a Muslim has performed wudu (ritual ablution). In wudu, Sunni Muslims wash their hands, teeth, faces, noses, arms, hair, ears and feet three times in a particular order. Shi'a Muslims first wash their faces, then their arms, and then wipe their heads and feet with the moisture on their hands.
When no water is available, sand may be used. (If the cleansing was done using water, the Muslim is considered to have cleansed him or herself from the physical manifestations of sin in a lasting fashion ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Ritual ablution |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - The prayer session The prayer starts with the intention to pray (Niyyah), and by reciting the first surah of the Qur'an (Al-Fatiha, "the Opening"), followed by a few short verses. Then, the Muslim bows and says something and stands upright again, only to reach the prayer mat and sit on his legs. He places his hands and face on the mat and sits up, repeating this once more before standing up and repeating the entire sequence. Each such action is called a raka'ah; there are two in Fajr, four for Zuhr and Asr, three for Maghrib, and again four for 'Isha'a ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - The prayer session |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Prayer in a congregation Muslims are suggested to perform the compulsory Salah in congregation (jama'ah), behind an Imam. Jama'ah prayer is considered better and has more social and spiritual benefit than individual prayer. When the performers consist of men and women, one man is chosen as imam. In this situation, women are forbidden from being an imam. This point, though unanimously agreed on by the major schools of Islam, is disputed by some groups, based partly on a hadith whose interpretation is controversial; see Women as imams. When the performers are a ...
See also:Salah, Salah - Five daily fard prayers, Salah - Qada, Salah - Qasr and Jama, Salah - Wajib prayers, Salah - Witr, Salah - Eid Salah, Salah - Sunnah prayers, Salah - Sunnah Associated with the Five Daily Prayers, Salah - Taraweeh, Salah - Nafil Prayers, Salah - Tahajjud, Salah - Ishraq, Salah - DuhaChasht, Salah - Awabeen, Salah - Tahiyatul Masjid, Salah - Tahiyatul wudu, Salah - Salat ut tasbih, Salah - Salat ul istasqa, Salah - Salaatul Haajat, Salah - Journey prayer, Salah - Guidence prayer Istikhara, Salah - Ritual ablution, Salah - The prayer session, Salah - Prayer in a congregation, Salah - External link Read more here: » Salah: Encyclopedia II - Salah - Prayer in a congregation |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alone: three of the four Sunni madhhabs—Shafi'is, Hanafis, and Hanbalis—allow this, while Malikis do not. In such a case, the woman stands among the congregation in the front row, instead of alone in front of the congregation. In 2000, six marjas among Iran's Shia leadership declared that they too allowed women to lea ...
See also:Women as imams, Women as imams - Canonical position, Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations, Women as imams - Women as imams of mixed-gender congregations, Women as imams - Traditionally, Women as imams - People's Republic of China, Women as imams - South Africa 1994 to date, Women as imams - North American Queer Muslim community 1999 to date, Women as imams - Canada Mainstream Mosques, Women as imams - Bahrain, Women as imams - USA, Women as imams - Spain Read more here: » Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Canonical position The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to Muhammad. The only hadith that unequivocally states that women may not lead mixed congregations is Ibn Majah (Kitab iqamat is-salat was-sunnati fiha) #1134, narrated through Jabir ibn Abdullah: "A woman may not lead a man in Prayer, nor may a Bedouin lead a believer of the Muhajirun or a corrupt person lead a committed Muslim in Prayer." However, Qatar-based scholar, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, [1] st ...
See also:Women as imams, Women as imams - Canonical position, Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations, Women as imams - Women as imams of mixed congregations, Women as imams - Traditionally, Women as imams - People's Republic of China, Women as imams - South Africa 1994 to date, Women as imams - North American Queer Muslim community 1999 to date, Women as imams - Toronto Canada mainstream mosque; 2004, Women as imams - Bahrain attempt in disguise; 2004, Women as imams - USA March 18 2005, Women as imams - Canada Read more here: » Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Canonical position |
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| | | | | Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alone: three of the four Sunni madhhabs—Shafi'is, Hanafis, and Hanbalis—allow this, while Malikis do not. In such a case, the woman stands among the congregation in the front row, instead of alone in front of the congregation. In 2000, six marjas among Iran's Shia leadership declared that they too allowed women to lea ...
See also:Women as imams, Women as imams - Canonical position, Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations, Women as imams - Women as imams of mixed congregations, Women as imams - Traditionally, Women as imams - People's Republic of China, Women as imams - South Africa 1994 to date, Women as imams - North American Queer Muslim community 1999 to date, Women as imams - Toronto Canada mainstream mosque; 2004, Women as imams - Bahrain attempt in disguise; 2004, Women as imams - USA March 18 2005, Women as imams - Canada Read more here: » Women as imams: Encyclopedia II - Women as imams - Women imams in women-only congregations |
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