Why are men and women separated during prayer?

Answer 1

They can pray together but in separate lines behind men to avoid distractions during praying.
It is easy for men to become distracted if there is a woman praying in front of them, especially during bowing and prostration. To prevent this, women pray behind men.

Answer 2

The reason why men and women go to the mosque is to worship Allah subhana wa'tala. If men and women are intermixed, then temptations amongst them will rise to the surface i.e men staring at women with lust and vice versa, socialising and having lustful imaginations, as this is one of Iblis (Shaitan) traps. Therefore men and women will be distracted from their main objective of going to the mosque, which is to solely worship Allah subhana wa'tala with constant remembrance. For that reason, Islam strictly forbids both sexes intermixing and introduces this law to prevent these circumstances from ever occuring.

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Answer 3

That is because Islam does not believe in the intermingling of the sexes. There are some postures in offering the Salaah (prayer ) like bowing down etc, which may disturb the opposite sex and may divert concentration when he/she is behind her/him respectively. Therefore there are mosques kept separately for the Ladies ,which is usually built nearby.

Answer 4

so men do not get disracted and get over excited and suddenly get a boner while praying

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Praying (or Salat) in Islam includes bowing on knees as well as bowing to the ground. So, separation of women and men in mosques is established to avoid distraction of men and women during praying different movements.

Answer 5

because men and woman are supposed to be seperated. woman are not supposed to be seen by the men.

Answer 6

Generally, the separation of men and women in prayer is to avoid sexual distraction. Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and in times past even Quakers separated the sexes during worship.