Eight Questions Answered - Women in Congregation

Women in Congregation

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Why do men and women pray together in the jama`at-khanah?

You should either show or recite that Qur'anic verse in which congregational prayers including both men and women are unlawful or prohibited or disliked. Or you should prove that during the blessed time of the Prophet, Muslim women were not going to the Mosque.
The manners and pillars (adab-u arkan) of Islam are not only for men, but apply to women also. Those who want to keep women away from the place of worship on the grounds that because of their presence carnal soul (nafs-i ammarah) becomes more arrogant, then such people should, becoming hermits, abandon society and go to some jungle. For the interruption in prayer is not due only to the presence of women, but there are so many other causes, whose overall remedy is called mujahadah-yi nafs (struggle against the carnal soul) and taqwa (fear of God). That means that one should fight against the carnal soul and choose piety and does not mean that one should expel or exclude one or more things from the world and society.