Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Women Performing Salah (Prayer) in Front of Men or Men Performing Salah (Prayer) With Women in Front (This chapter is best explained through the fatwas) 2ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي وَالْ٠َرْأَةُ بِحِذَاهُ يَ٠ْنَةً أَوْ يَسْرَةً قَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ إِذَا كَانَتْ لاَ تُصَلِّي.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if she is not performing Salah (prayer)”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/71))