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Brother Abu Bakr from Minnesota emails asking that

He says that he works at a factory job and he has long hours and sometimes he cannot take off

Extended period of times for Jumwa and in fact he is saying sometimes he cannot even take a shower before going to the Jumwa

So he is asking what is the minimum amount that he needs to do for Jumwa in

order for it to be counted as Jumwa and that he does not get into a lapse or a sin

And he wants to know what is the bare minimum and he also asks what are the some of the Sunnah and etiquettes if he has time to do this

Added to this as well sister Abida from location unknown

emails saying that why isn't Jumwa obligatory for women? Why is it only obligatory for men?

So I'm going to begin with the second question because I actually found it a breath of fresh air that a lot of times some of our sisters are always asking about you know certain

quote-unquote privileges that men they believe have been given and they don't have it why can't we why can't we sister Abida saying no

I want to also do more and I want to be required for Jumwa

Just like the men are required and that is something that is a breath of fresh air because frankly many times in this modern

You know as we know this this movement of feminism when people are renegotiating the rights and the roles and whatnot too often some

People involved in this trend they concentrate on what they deem to be privileges as I have given a whole talk before this

They are not necessarily privileges. It is that Allah has given each what is suited to them

But very few of them want to be given the responsibilities and so sister Abida wants to be given extra responsibilities as well

Well, we respond to this by stating and beginning with sister Abida will move to brother Abu Bakr in a while

We begin to this by stating that there are textual reasons why Jumwa is not obligatory upon women

And there's also wisdoms and so remember

Excuse me. Remember

That our Shariah is based upon textual rulings from the Quran and Sunnah

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