Can women gather in the house of one of their number to offer Taraweeh prayer?
Question

                We live in a village in which there are no women who go to the mosque, and there is no space for women in the mosque. Is it permissible for women to gather in one house to pray Taraweeh in congregation? If that is permissible, should the prayer be recited quietly or what? How can they pray in congregation if the prayer is to be recited aloud like Fajr or ‘Isha’ and one of them leads the others – should she recite out loud or not?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Firstly: 

    It is permissible for women to gather to pray Taraweeh in the 
    house of one of them, subject to the condition that there is no wanton 
    display of adornments (tabarruj) involved in their going out, and that there 
    is no danger of fitnah. 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

    There is nothing wrong with women attending Taraweeh prayers 
    so long as there is no danger of fitnah, subject to the condition that they 
    go out in a decorous manner, not making a wanton display of their adornments 
    or wearing perfume. End quote. 

    Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 
    14, question no. 808. 
But it is better for 
    each of them to pray on her own in her house, and in an inner part of the 
    house. The Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said 
    that it is better for women to offer obligatory prayers in their houses than 
    to pray in the mosque, so it is more apt that this should also apply to 
    naafil prayers. 

    It was narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allaah be pleased with 
    her) that the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 
    “The best mosques for women are the innermost parts of their houses.” 
    Narrated by Ahmad, 26002; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh 
    al-Targheeb, 341. 

    Indeed it is better for a woman to pray in her home than to 
    pray in congregation in al-Masjid al-Haraam (in Makkah) or in the Prophet’s 
    Mosque behind the Prophet himself  (peace and blessings of Allaah be 
    upon him). 

    It was narrated from Umm Humayd, the wife of Abu Humayd 
    al-Saa’idi (may Allaah be pleased with them both) that she came to the 
    Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: “O 
    Messenger of Allaah, I love to pray with you.” He said: “I know that you 
    love to pray with me, but your praying in your room is better for you than 
    your praying in your house, and your praying in your house is better for you 
    than your praying in your courtyard, and your praying in your courtyard is 
    better for you than your praying in the mosque of your people, and your 
    praying in the mosque of your people is better for you than your praying in 
    my mosque.” So she gave orders that a ‘mosque’ be built for her in the 
    innermost and darkest part of her house, and she used to pray there until 
    she met Allaah (i.e., died). 

    Narrated by Ahmad, 26550; classed as saheeh by Ibn Khuzaymah, 
    1689; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 340. 

    Imam Ibn Khuzaymah included this hadeeth in a chapter 
    entitled: It is preferable for a woman to pray in her house rather than in 
    her courtyard, and in the mosque of her people rather than in the Mosque of 
    the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), even though 
    one prayer offered in the Mosque of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of 
    Allaah be upon him) is equivalent to one thousand prayers offered in any 
    other mosque. This is the evidence that the words of the Prophet  (peace 
    and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “One prayer in this mosque of mine is 
    better than a thousand prayers in any other mosque” refer only to men and 
    not women.  

    Al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeem Abaadi (may Allaah have mercy on 
    him)said: 
It is better for women 
    to pray in their houses because then there is no danger of fitnah. This 
    ruling is even more emphatic because of the wanton display (tabarruj) and 
    adornment of women.  

    ‘Awn al-Ma’bood, 2/193 

    Secondly: 

    If women gather together in one house in accordance with the 
    conditions mentioned above, it is permissible for them to pray in 
    congregation. The one who is leading them in prayer should stand in the 
    middle of the (first) row, not out in front, and she should not lead men in 
    prayer even if they are her mahrams. She should recite our loud just as men 
    do in the prayers where reciting out loud is required, so long as no men 
    except her mahrams can hear her voice. 
It was narrated that Umm 
    Waraqah bint ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Nawfal al-Ansaariyyah asked the Prophet  
    (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) for permission to appoint a 
    muezzin in her house who would call her to prayer, and he told her to lead 
    the people of her household in prayer. 

    Narrated by Abu Dawood, 591; classed as hasan by Shaykh 
    al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 493. 

    And it was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that she would give the 
    call to prayer and lead other women in prayer, standing in the middle of the 
    row. 

    And ‘Aa’ishah led women in obligatory prayers, standing in 
    the midst of them. 

    And it was narrated that Hujayrah bint Haseen said: Umm 
    Salamaah led us in prayer standing in the midst of the women. 

    And it was narrated from Umm al-Hasan that she saw Umm 
    Salamah, the wife of the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
    him), leading women in prayer, standing with them in their row. 

    Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, after 
    narrating these reports: 

    In conclusion, these reports are sound and may be acted upon, 
    especially since they confirm the general meaning of the words of the 
    Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Women are the 
    twin halves of men…” 

    Sifat Salaat al-Nabi  (peace and blessings of Allaah 
    be upon him), p. 153-155. 

    Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 
She should recite out 
    loud in prayers where it is required to recite out loud, but if there are 
    any men present, she should not recite out loud, unless they are her 
    mahrams, in which case she may do so. 

    Al-Mughni, 2/17 

    And Allaah knows best.