I have never heard Ulamas would ban women from going to friday prayers. Where did you hear that? Sorry, but I think it's ridiculous for an Imam to decide whether the women can or can not pray at the mosque where he's at. The women want to be closer to Allah, then let them be!
Let me quoting some explanations from ************** here;
Do you want me tell you, who is Ulama who say women are banned to going to friday prayer ?.
I can't, brother, I can't.
Okay, I am wrong if I say Ulamas ban women going to friday prayer. They just say "Friday prayer is obligatory for men".
But why I had an opinion like that ?. Because I am living in Indonesia, and in Indonesia, women usually banned to going to friday prayer.
When you going to friday prayer in Indonesian mosque, you can see some women are waiting on parking yard. They are wives of Muslims who going to friday prayer. If they must wait on parking yard, that because no section for women and mosque's Imam never allows them pray in friday prayer. Except in certain mosques.
When I was in Yogyakarta, i saw few women went to friday prayer in a mosque, only in that mosque not in other mosque. And when I told this experience to some people, the always comment "What ?, they allow women went to friday prayer ?".
In Indonesian Muslim families, if a girl ask her parent "Can I going to friday prayer ?".
The parent usually answer "Friday prayer is for male only".
But this is in Indonesia. I don't know about other countries.
And this is only for friday prayer. In Subh, Zuhr, Azhar, Maghreeb and Isha prayer, women are allowed to pray in Indonesian mosques.
Jazak Allah khair, brother mozzas.
