Fatwa #529327 March 2002Pakistan
Asalamo Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu, 1) Can a man and woman offer salat individually in one place(or in one room)?
Question
if yes then what should be the allowable distance between them. Jazakallahu Khairun
Answer
A man and woman (husband and wife or Mahrams) may recite their Salaat
individually in one room.
There is no restriction with regards to the distance between them as long as
they are not reciting the same Salaat, i.e. they are reading their own
Salaat and not following each other. However, if the man is the Imaam and
woman is following him in that Salaat, then she should stand directly behind
him.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
individually in one room.
There is no restriction with regards to the distance between them as long as
they are not reciting the same Salaat, i.e. they are reading their own
Salaat and not following each other. However, if the man is the Imaam and
woman is following him in that Salaat, then she should stand directly behind
him.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai