shameless women higher (than pious women) in those days; and is the number of pious women higher (than sinners) today? Or were there no spiritual blessings in those generations but there are now, or were there lesser blessings back then but a lot more now? Definitely not. In fact, the truth is the total opposite of this. Today, if there is one pious woman, then in those days, there were a thousand, if there was one sinner in that generation, then today, there are a thousand, today, if there is only one part of blessings, then in those days there were a thousand parts.
The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘لَا يَأۡتِيۡ عَامٌ اِلَّا وَالَّذِيۡ بَعۡدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنۡهُ’ Every following year will be worse than the previous one.
In fact, Imām Akmaluddīn Bābartī stated in his book ‘Ināyaĥ: Amīr-ul-Mu`minīn Sayyidunā Fārūq-e-A’ẓam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ prohibited women from entering the Masjid, so they complained to Umm-ul-Mu`minīn Sayyidatunā ‘Āishaĥ Ṣiddīqaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا, but she رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا supported his opinion and replied, ‘If these were the (turbulent) circumstances in the Beloved Prophet’s time then he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would not also permit women to attend the Masjid.’ (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ referenced, vol. 9, pp. 549)
Women who wish to offer congregational Ṣalāĥ in a Masjid or wish to perform ‘Umraĥ and Nafl Hajj should think carefully about the foregoing Fatwā by my master A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. Due to changes in social conditions, women were forbidden to enter such a safe place as a Masjid to perform such a great religious deed as the Farḍ Ṣalāĥ with non-Maḥram men despite wearing the full veil. This verdict is centuries old; these days, things are worsening day by day. The entire concept of the Shar’ī veil is becoming extinct. In fact, I would exaggeratedly say that in these extremely delicate times even if a woman is concealed behind 1000 veils, this is still not enough.