Women Praying in an Open Space
Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. I'm a Muslim woman regularly attends the musalla [Arabic for: Prayer hall] for salah on my campus. Recently, the barrier separating our musalla from the rest of the mosque was opened to provide an open space for the sisters to pray. Some brothers have objected to the sisters performing Sunnah prayers in that open space, saying it is not right for a sister to pray Sunnah without a barrier. Is this true? Do I have no right to pray sunnah in a barrier-free zone? Jazakum Allahu khayran.