Difference between Ladies and Men's Salah

[pashtun boy]

There are some differences between how women and men’s way of performing Salat.
1) Men raise there hands all the way to the ear for Takbeer while women raise their hands only up to their shoulders.

2) In Qayam (the standing posture) Men place their hands below Navel while women place their hands on their chest.

3) Men grasp their wrist while women do not. They only place right hand on the top of left with fingers intact together.

4 ) In Ruku (the bowing posture) Men’s back is horizontal while women suppose to bend their back only far enough to touch their knees. Looking from far it will look like a bow arc. They won’t flatten their back.

5 ) In Sajdah men’s back portion is raised from ground and hands apart from body and fingers of feet twisted while women suppose to be gathered in a way so that all their body parts are close together and abdomen placed over her thighs.Both feet and ankles sticking out to the right. Lower portion of back touching the ground.

6 ) During Jalsa and Qaida (sitting between Sajdah and during Attahyat) men sit on their left ankle and their right foot’s fingers are twisted while women sit on floor and their both ankles and feet sticking out towards right hand side.

[Gulalai]

thankssss for sharing!

[pashtun boy]

thankssss for sharing!

U Welcome

[Haneef]

except these wahabi men pray like women..

[cyrus]

in actual fact there is no difference between how a men and women should pray. forget about wahabi, salafi, etc when it comes to Islam we take our evidence from Quran and the sunnah full stop.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Pray as you have seen me praying.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari. This is addressed to both men and women.

Women differ from men in congregational prayer in a number of ways: (1) Congregational prayer is not required of them in the same way as it is of men.
(2) The imam of a group of women stands in the middle of the (first) row.
(3) (If one woman and one man are praying), she should stand behind him, not next to him.
(4) If women are praying in rows behind men, the back rows are better for them than the front rows.


Allah knows best

[Afreen Munshi]

i do agree....
men's praying style n women's praying style is as the same....
check out these two references...
Islam Question and Answer - Differences in Prayer for Men and Women

Islam Question and Answer - Is there a difference in the way men and women prostrate?

Alhamdulillah completely authentic...

[Mujib]

when it comes to Islam we take our evidence from Quran and the sunnah full stop.

We as laymen don't take evidence from anywhere, as we are unqualified to weigh evidence. We follow the Qur'an and Sunna through the guidance of the four madhhabs. The Qur'an and Sunna are primary sources, from which rulings are deduced by the scholars of the four madhhabs, and the rulings of one of the four madhhabs are what laymen follow.

Women differ from men in congregational prayer in a number of ways:

This qualification contradicts your claim that we follow the Qur'an and Sunna full stop, because if the sunna says, “Pray as you have seen me praying,” and it applies to both men and women, and we follow that full stop, then women's congregational prayer should also be "as you have seen me praying." But it's not, and so we should understand that we can't interpret hadiths (such as "Pray as you have seen me praying") on our own.

For a guide to men and women's prayer in the Hanafi madhhab, see The Complete Hanafi Prayer at SunniPath.com.

[Badlun]

There is such a bias, prejudice and indiscrimination against women by the so called religious circles that even they differentiate women and men in worship of the God. How much gender sesitization they require !

Even here they consider women diferent or may be inferior to men. Women are not allowed to raise their hands fully and are not allowed or recommended or have been given option to go to mosque because woman is a living bomb and it may not explode while raising hands fully or going to mosque where they may become a source of secuction and will rob men of their faith, chastity and honour!

[Michin Khel]

Oshlo sahab can you imagine a woman walking with gait of man? What will be your response if walking style of a girl resemble that of a man?

[abubaker]

there is such a bias, prejudice and indiscrimination against women by the so called religious circles that even they differentiate women and men in worship of the god. How much gender sesitization they require !

Even here they consider women diferent or may be inferior to men. Women are not allowed to raise their hands fully and are not allowed or recommended or have been given option to go to mosque because woman is a living bomb and it may not explode while raising hands fully or going to mosque where they may become a source of secuction and will rob men of their faith, chastity and honour!

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[*Mahzala*]

There is such a bias, prejudice and indiscrimination against women by the so called religious circles that even they differentiate women and men in worship of the God. How much gender sesitization they require !

Even here they consider women diferent or may be inferior to men. Women are not allowed to raise their hands fully and are not allowed or recommended or have been given option to go to mosque because woman is a living bomb and it may not explode while raising hands fully or going to mosque where they may become a source of secuction and will rob men of their faith, chastity and honour!

Firstly, there is very little difference in the way men and women conduct their worship and prayer is no different. If there is a difference, it is for the convenience of the women, not because she is half-human or inferior. I would consider another point of criticism as opposed to vouching for women raising their hands to their ear lobes. I would recommend a read or two of the authentic sources of history that tell us women frequented the Masjid and areas of the world where this still continues, rather than drawing baseless conclusions and then spreading them too, only to make yourself look bad. If we, as Pashtuns don't allow our women to see the face of the Masjid save the day she visits a Janazah or maybe her own, that is a different story. That is culture clashing with religion, and has no base in Islam. I wonder why men speak so loudly, and that too Pashtuns, about the rights of women, when in our own homes, there is every sort of deprivation on the female's part. So why the constant gender debate in regards to Islam? It may be a loophole to you, or just another point of Islam you feel you need to target and attack, so when every other issue has been done and dusted, you consider this one. Islam is the only religion that gives two individuals equal rights. I pity you if you're stuck in the misconception that by not raising her hands to her earlobes, a woman is considered inferior. What a way to criticise the religion.

[Badlun]

I understand the biological and aesthetical differences between men and women.Women may have different gait, hair style, skin texture , reproductive role etc but in the matters of religion(worship). economics, politics, culture , society , knowledge etc they are the same as men.

Similarly I also understand that original Islam gives women the same rights and manners in worship as men but its our culture or wrong reinterpretaion of Islamic jurisprudence that we differentiate men and women in the modes and style of worship. Both are equal human beings and both should worship God in the same way.

I dont know any other religion makes difference in men and women in the modes of worship. Why this is only in Islam that we prescribe diferent modes for men and women!By this diference women may not be necessarily inferior to men but definitely they are presented different. I cant digest the diference in even sacred acts of worship!

[Michin Khel]

Osho it seems that you dont pray at all thats why you are making incorrect assumptions. Males and females say same content in prayer. There is slight different in postures of both, which you admit, is according to different physical make up of both genders. You must have observed that man and women sit in different styles on chair, women dont spread their legs.

[Michin Khel]

osho gula Qitaal, a section of jihad is also part of islam. Islam emphasize it for males only. tell me does it suit to females to fight hand to hand combats? What would be your response if islam had made it compulsory for females also?

[Badlun]

Qital or war is for state not for indivisuals or groups and both men and women soldiers may participate in that under a command.
I dont know anywhere Islam dierentiate men and women to be soldiers or not.
What I read in history that Hazrat Ayesha was commander in chief of the battle of Jabal against Hazrat Ali.