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Question : #128

Category: Salaat / Prayers

Subject:	women leading prayers
Question:	Why is it that women can't lead prayers normally, and are women allowed to lead when its only females?
Answer:	Salaam alaykum, Women are allowed to lead the prayers when the congregation is entirely female. The method that the infallibles (a) presented prayer is that a man is not able to pray behind a woman.

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