2/59. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 570 — Women’s Prayer in the Home
Severity In This Issue
Hadith About Women’s Prayer in the Private Chamber
Sunan Abi Dawud : 570
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 570
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ مُوَرِّقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ فِي بَيْتِهَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهَا فِي حُجْرَتِهَا وَصَلاَتُهَا فِي مَخْدَعِهَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا " .
‘Abd Allah Narrated from:
It is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 570In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 180English translation : Book 2, Hadith 570
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 570
This hadith about women’s prayer at home speaks about levels of excellence in place. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that a woman’s prayer in her house is more excellent than her prayer in her courtyard, and her prayer in her private chamber is more excellent than her prayer in her house. The focus of the hadith is privacy and the place of prayer for a woman. It does not discuss every case or every mosque situation in this wording. It simply compares the house, the courtyard, and the private chamber, and describes the more private place as better. This is why users often search for women prayer at home hadith or private chamber prayer hadith.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith compares different places where a woman may pray.
- Prayer in the house is described as more excellent than prayer in the courtyard.
- Prayer in the private chamber is described as more excellent than prayer in the house.
