This, then, is at variance with the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the very report they ascribe to al-Bukhari, for that hadith itself is proof that the prayer ought to be performed in the musalla rather than inside the mosque. By their own admission, no matter how spacious a mosque may be, it cannot hold both men and women.

Another argument we raise against them is their own statement: “Women—even those who were menstruating—used to go out to the musalla and pronounce the takbir along with the men.”

We therefore ask: how can you possibly uphold this sunnah if the prayer is confined to the mosques? You have no means to do so except by preventing the women from attending altogether—and that, as we have shown, contradicts his ﷺ instruction. If instead you tell them to remain outside the mosque, beyond its walls and enclosures, how will they in that case be able to join in the takbir of the congregation?

So reflect, dear Muslim brother, on what ignorance does to its possessor, and take a lesson.

Note: From the passages we have cited from those authors, it is clear that they themselves concede the lawfulness of women going out to the musalla, even if they are