Hadith

Sahih al-Bukhari 900

Grade: Sahih (agreed upon, Bukhari and Muslim) (Muttafaqun alayhi)

"Do not prevent the female servants of God from going to the mosques of God." (Also recorded in Sahih Muslim 442, with a companion account of Ibn 'Umar rebuking his son Bilal for objecting: "I am narrating to you that which comes from the Messenger of God, and you say we will certainly prevent them.")

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice
A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

Sahih al-Bukhari 900

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice