[JudyR]

I have a large number of web addresses about Islam, but nothing specifically giving info about everything in Islam from a woman's perspective.

I would like to know things like: do women in a mosque pray exactly like the men do? what if you're an arthritic old woman who can hardly bend her knees etc etc

[ThUnDa4rOmDoWnUnDa]

There is no such thing as 'islam from a womens or mens perspective'

the arthritic old woman will pray the exactly same way as an arthric old man would pray...by either sitting down or lying down.

www.themodernreligion.com is a good website.

This post has been edited by ThUnDa4rOmDoWnUnDa: 24 November 2004 - 05:18 PM

[Astral]

thundadownunda i agree there is no 'women's islam' and 'men's islam'. BUT i think what judyR was asking was websites dedicated for Muslim woman.. either by men or women.. so long as its islamic...

JudyR women don't pray the same as men.
In fact, men don't pray the same as each other sometimes. It's actually a matter of fiqh (jurisprudence). The followers of the shafii school of thought pray similar to the way women in the hanafi school of thought pray. But there are some general principles in prayer (such as the standing, the bending, the sitting - qiyam, ruku sajdah etc) that apply to both women and men.

[Astral]

by the way..

try www.jannah.org

its a good source/portal for many good islamic sites.. check out the MamaList

[ThUnDa4rOmDoWnUnDa]

salamz

Thank you for clearing that up Astral.

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But there are some general principles in prayer (such as the standing, the bending, the sitting - qiyam, ruku sajdah etc) that apply to both women and men.

very true. These acts are the backbone of Sallah. They are the fardh(compulsary) requirements of Sallah and they are the same with women and men. The only differences are in some sunnah acts of sallah such as some place their hands on their chest when standing while others place their hands below their belly button based on the school of thought they follow.

[Aqua]

another good site is www.islamway.com

they also have a sisters section there sisters.islamway.com

it is very very helpful

take care

[Bok]

At the risk of shameless self promotion:

http://www.maryams.net
and http://www.maryams.net/org.shtml has a list of Muslim women's organisations.

It's in need of updating, but thought I'd put it out there into cyberspace anyway.
wasalam
Bok

Edited to plug:
Sunni Sister: http://www.modernmuslima.com/
Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Pages at: http://www.muhajabah.com/

are both very good resources too.

This post has been edited by Bok: 24 November 2004 - 09:47 PM

[islaam_is_a_way_of_life]

Assalamu alaikum

As much as I love Islamway, I'd stay away from the sisters' forum there. It has gone downhill

[JudyR]

THANK YOU for taking the time to answer my query, and thanks for the websites and the advice.

[abyr]

i cannot go past this site too

salamz