Observe how a woman is encouraged to remain at the back and keep her distance from the imam—all for the sake of staying away from the men. We ask Allah to shield us and our fellow Muslims from anything that incurs His anger or His punishment.

10/269 — ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “A poor woman came to me carrying two daughters. I gave her three dates; she handed a date to each girl and then lifted a third to her own mouth to eat it. Her two daughters asked her for that date, so she split the one she had intended for herself between them. I was impressed by what she did, and I told the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. He said, ‘Allah has assured Paradise for her because of that—or He has delivered her from the Fire because of it.’” Reported by Muslim.

11/270 — Abū Shurayḥ Khawailid ibn ʿAmr al-Khuzaʿī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “O Allah, I uḥarriju (declare inviolable) the rights of the two weak ones: the orphan and the woman.” A ḥasan (sound) hadith transmitted by al-Nasāʾī with a good chain of narration.

The verb uḥarriju means: I place anyone who neglects their rights in ḥaraj (liability to sin); it is an emphatic warning and a stern prohibition.

12/271 — Muṣʿab ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Saʿd considered himself superior to those beneath him, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Are you granted victory and provision except through …"