✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: تَؤُمُّ الْمَرْأَةُ النِّسَاءَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ تَقُومُ وَسَطاً مِنْهُنَّ وَ يَقُمْنَ عَنْ يَمِينِهَا وَ شِمَالِهَا تَؤُمُّهُنَّ فِي النَّافِلَةِ وَ لَا تَؤُمُّهُنَّ فِي الْمَكْتُوبَةِ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, page 268

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'A woman can lead women in prayer, and she stands in their midst, with the followers standing to her right and left. And she can lead them in a supererogatory prayer (i.e., a prayer whose congregation is supererogatory, such as the five daily prayers), but she cannot lead them in an obligatory prayer (i.e., a prayer whose congregation is obligatory, such as the Friday and Eid prayers).'

2 عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه فِي الرَّجُلِ يَؤُمُّ الْمَرْأَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ تَكُونُ خَلْفَهُ وَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَؤُمُّ النِّسَاءَ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ تَقُومُ وَسَطاً بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ لَا تَتَقَدَّمُهُنَ

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, page 31

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked about a man leading a woman in prayer. He said: 'Yes, and the woman stands behind the man.' And he was asked about a woman leading women in prayer. He said: 'Yes, and the Imam stands in their midst and does not stand in front of them.'

3 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَؤُمُّ النِّسَاءَ مَا حَدُّ رفع صَوْتِهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَ التَّكْبِيرِ فَقَالَ قَدْرُ مَا تَسْمَعُ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, page 278

Ali ibn Ja'far said: I asked Musa ibn Ja'far (peace be upon him) about a woman who leads women in prayer, how loud should her voice be for the recitation and the takbir? He said: 'As much as she can hear it.'

4 عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّه عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَؤُمُّ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, page 31

Sama'a said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a woman who leads women in prayer; he said: 'There is no problem with it.'

6 عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّه كَيْفَ تُصَلِّي النِّسَاءُ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَقُمْنَ جَمِيعاً فِي صَفٍّ وَاحِدٍ وَ لَا تَتَقَدَّمُهُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ قِيلَ فَفِي صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ أَ يَؤُمُّ بَعْضُهُنَّ بَعْضاً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ

📚 Al-Faqih, vol. 1, page 166

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked: 'How should women pray over a deceased person when there is no man with them?' He said: 'They all stand in one row, and no woman stands in front of them.' It was said: 'Should one of them lead the others in an obligatory prayer?' He said: 'Yes.'

7 عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَر قَالَ: إِذَا لَمْ يَحْضُرِ الرَّجُلُ [الميت] تَقَدَّمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ [المرأة] وَسَطَهُنَّ وَ قَامَ النِّسَاءُ عَنْ يَمِينِهَا وَ شِمَالِهَا وَ هِيَ وَسَطَهُنَّ تُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى تَفْرُغَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ

📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, page 179

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: 'When there is no man present with the deceased, a woman goes forward in their midst, and the women stand to her right and left, and she says the takbir in their midst until she finishes the prayer.'

✅ The majority of the Sunni school consider it forbidden or discouraged for a woman to lead women in obligatory prayers, and a few narrations whose apparent meaning is to prohibit a woman from leading women in obligatory prayers are in agreement with the majority of the Sunni school.

✅ In the existing narrations, it is only permissible for a woman to lead women in prayer, and there is no permission for a woman to lead men.

✅ Leading the Friday and Eid prayers, which are obligatory congregational prayers, is not permitted in the above narrations and others.

✅ As mentioned in the above narrations, women in a congregational prayer all stand in one row, and their Imam does not stand in front of them but rather stands in their midst and in the same row as them, with the followers standing to her right and left.

✅ It is obvious that the conditions that the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) have made necessary for a congregational Imam are also necessary for a woman who wants to lead women in prayer.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ