The Etiquette of Women in Prayer
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 55
وَ سَأَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، أَخَاهُ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ لَيْسَ لَهَا إِلاَّ مِلْحَفَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ كَيْفَ تُصَلِّي قَالَ «تَلْتَفُّ فِيهَا وَ تُغَطِّي رَأْسَهَا وَ تُصَلِّي فَإِنْ خَرَجَتْ رِجْلَيْهَا وَ لَيْسَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ.
Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim عليه السلام about a woman who has only one cover (milhafa). How should She pray? Imam عليه السلام said: "She should wrap herself in it and cover her head, and then pray. If her legs are exposed and She is unable to cover them in any other way, then there is no harm."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh