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was once asked by Ibrahim b. 'Aqaba about visiting the graves of Imam Husayn (AS), Imam al-Kazim (AS) and Imam al-Jawad (AS), to which he replied, '[Visiting] Imam Husayn (AS) takes precedence, and this [visiting of the two Imams] has the greatest and most complete of reward.?

Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi [as]

al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 583, no. 3

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Question : #128

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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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