Sahih Muslim Book - 4, Hadith - 999

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بِلَالٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى مَا أَحْدَثَ النِّسَاءُ لَمَنَعَهُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا مُنِعَتْ نِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِعَمْرَةَ أَنِسَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُنِعْنَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ.

It was narrated from Yahya, that is Ibn Sa'eed, from 'Amrah bint 'Abdur-Rahman that she heard 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (s.a.w), say: "If the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had seen what women have innovated, he would have forbidden them from attending the Masjid as the woman of the Children of Israel were forbidden (from attending their places of worship)." I said to 'Amrah: "Were the women of the Children of Israel forbidden from attending their places of worship?" She said: "Yes."