Darussalam · Volume 1
(2) The Book OfThe PrayerSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 669 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 220
Source no. 669 · Volume 2 · Page 241
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٥٧) ، صحيح أبي داود (٤٤٩) ، حجاب المرأة ص (٣٠ / ٤) ، الثمر المستطاب
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669. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The believing women used to perform the Subh[1] prayer with the Prophet ﷺ, then they would go back to their families and no one would recognize them," meaning because of the darkness. (Sahih)
669 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «كُنَّ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، يُصَلِّينَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِنَّ، فَلَا يَعْرِفُهُنَّ أَحَدٌ» ، تَعْنِي مِنَ الْغَلَسِ
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[1] The obligatory Fajr prayer.
Women also used to join the prayers along with their male counterparts. The reason for this was that, when the Prophet ﷺ delivered his discourses or the people asked him questions, even the women would listen to it and gain knowledge about their religion. Being able to listen to longer recitations of the Qur'ân and still finish it early means that the congregation assembled quite early, and the prayer was performed in its earliest prescribed hour. The women did not stay back after the prayer for purposes of doing other devotional recitals, but left the mosque immediately after the prayer. As for men they, as becomes clear from other Ahâdîth, waited until all the women had left the mosque.