Umm-e-Waraqah Leading Salah Only For Her Household
@Ashehal wassalam and thanks for the reply. A couple questions: (1) From which source(s) can we establish the Prophet appointed imam’s for neighborhood’s and not houses. I feel this distinction may put the whole debate to rest if validated. (2) There’s a lot of ambiguity surrounding these 2 words. Some online resources consider bayt as her individual apartment or hujrah and Dar as the extended external structure of walls enclosing her house. Do you have sources on how the etymology of these words should be understood in this particular context? (3) I did not understand what you meant here: “Why is that? Why would he order only one woman to lead the women of her house in prayer? Which religious injunction was that? Why weren’t other knowledgeable women also ordered to lead the women of their houses in prayer?” Doesn’t this act counter to what you’re inferring? This seems like implying: surely if knowledgeable women being imams wasn’t an issue, we would know of other women and not only Umm Waraqah?
@Ashehal @faisalharoon Jazak Allah khair. These replies have helped a lot.