welcome to dur study session chapter
5 the shik talk talks about in chapter 5
rulings related to the role of women in
society he says Islam sees women as an
important part in
society Pol politically economically
educationally and socially this fact
cannot be ignored Allah said in M
Believers male and female are the pillar
of the society they are aah they are
both responsible for bringing good to
the society and preventing the evil
women are were always partner to men
building a society the first group who
became Muslim the first 10 people who
became Muslim among the prophets among
them were the prophet's wife was sua the
prophet daughters he mentions how
supportful the that Khadija was we
cannot look the other direction when it
comes to women they aren't only
important in the house or in chores they
are important in society as well we
should use the power of the sisters to
the to help out in society in every way
if we do this then the outcome will be
absolutely different the Sheik mentions
yeah and
oh mankind indeed we have created you
from male and female you pe and made you
pe um and made you people peoples and
tribes that you may know one another
indeed the most Noble of you and in the
sight of Allah is the most righteous of
you indeed Allah is all knowing Allah
and acquainted the Sheik says don't
forbid women from becoming from coming
to the masjids there was always women
who had great roles in society in the
prophet's days there were women buying
and selling women who owned their own
business there were women who
contributed in daily activities in
society He also mentioned that one of
the woman had her own carpentry business
and she made the the stand for for for
theas she made him a member from her own
carpentry business so the idea of woman
shouldn't leave the house because Allah
said stay at home stay at home means
that as Omar said that she is not always
outside she never sits at home and she
neglects her house she doesn't take take
care of her family and kids that's
another extreme we have to build a
balance approaches this issue the women
who have no shame they are never home
that's what Allah meant by stay at home
don't be like these women one of the
rights of women is
education W is W seeking knowledge is W
upon all Muslims
uh women should be educated AA was very
educated one of the things she was she
mastered in was medicine they asked her
how how do you know this how they asked
her where did you learn this medicine
she used to watch doctors diagnosed and
use medicine and she learned it from
them so in our history women were very
educated in many
areas so the Sheikh went through some
questions the first part of the
questions is there is no doubt that
there is a lot of mixing between genders
and FNA during high school and college
what is the ruling regarding this he
said you don't avoid it so you can't
avoid it you cannot avoid this so it is
acceptable but try to minimize sitting
next to them or or try to minimize your
your dealing with them number two some
subjects may contain ideologies and
ideas contradicting to Islamic theology
what is the ruling regarding entering
those fields he said study it get the
good from it benefit from it don't get
influenced by it he said try to take the
good from it he was like that's why we
have many Muslim people who studied
philosophy and that's why in many books
that there's there's proofs of what the
other side thinks or there's always
proofs written in these in um in many
Islamic books about philosophy of other
of what other people think number three
is it allowed to study medicine even
though I will be doing autopsies on men
and studying male body parts yes Hadith
of the Prophet um The Prophet's time a
woman used to go to the battlefield to
take care of them so it is permissible
to become a doctor and to become to to
take care of and treat men number four
if there are Islamic schools in my area
that I cannot afford is it permissible
to put my children in other schools yes
you are you are searching for the best
education for your for your children
just make sure you watch your your kids
and educate them and make sure you you
keep an eye on them and um in whatever
school that you put them in number five
what should I do in PE art and music
classes if it is appropriate if it is
permissible it is permissible if it is
appropriate if you're just well if
you're not if you're you're not showing
anything but you should try to get out
of music classes because the Sheik said
it's not um it's not allowed like he
doesn't agree with music number six if
any of my exams are in Ramadan is it
allowed to break my fast he said no and
let the only way you could break your
fast is that if you are
sick number seven is it allowed to
combine between prayers because of
school timings he said if this happens
once that it is permissible he said that
it just do not make it a habit he said
not recommend it at all but if if you
have to like you have no other choice
you might miss the the second prayer he
said try to not do it like he he said no
you he was aiming towards the no side
number eight I got accepted in a
university in another state can I move
there alone and and study if is it
permissible to travel without a Maham to
attend Islamic classes and
conferences if it is safe okay but not
recommended he said that if you can
study if your father's going to take you
all the way there and put you in a safe
place and pay for you to be in a safe
place it is permissible it you you are
allowed to study somewhere else that's
not next to home but he said it's
recommended for a woman to study right
next to her home so she knows she's safe
she knows she always has backup she
knows that she can always get
backup number uh uh and about going to
study over while traveling he said yes
it is permissible just as long as it is
safe if there's a group going if there's
any like any group that's going to get
together and if it's safe then it's fine
number seven no uh I went through that
one number eight I went through that one
too number nine in my school we have to
study groups of both males and females
what should I do he said the culture
Norms is accepted just be modest about
it don't just be um ju just have a
little modesty while you you're dealing
with the opposite gender number 10 I
arrived late to class and the only open
seat was next to a boy what should I
have done it's okay Lake you can sit
there but try to avoid as best as you
can like if there's any other seating or
try to like move your seat away from him
number 11 do we have to separate between
genders in Islamic school beginning from
what age um and beginning from what age
separate them in class like it's
impossible to separate them class from
like this the guy sitting in a whole
different section because it's going to
get tiring for the teachers the she said
but if you can separate them in class
have the the brothers or the GU sit in
the front and the girls sit in the back
or SE try to keep them apart in
class um number 12 can a woman teach a
man yes she can a lot of women in the in
the past taught men um it's and wom's
voice is not
out the second set of questions that he
went through is is it allowed for a
woman to give lectures to mixed
audiences he said if there is a need for
it and she can keep her then it's okay
number two can a woman participate in TV
interviews as long as she's wearing
proper hijab this um it might not it
might even be a form of Da just make
sure she knows what she's doing what
she's saying what she's wearing is
appropriate so she make sure she knows
also what she's talking about number
three is it allowed for women to
participate in da table in school or on
the street it is fine but not next to
each other do not don't mix try not to
mix but it's fine to be to participate
in da activities number four can a
female be head of an Islamic
organization generally yes but no no do
try not to mix number five can a female
be a Masjid board member yes absolutely
it's even recommended he was stressed it
that he was like there should be a
demand for more sisters to join the the
the Masjid board activities or to the
Masjid Board number six my husband
prevents me from participating in daa
activities what advice you do you have
for
us well the Sheik said first of all tell
him the great the benefit and the great
reward of doing this remind him remind
him that it is a great reward and that
he will get rewarded for letting you
participate in the daah and
sometimes they're jealous give them give
him an assurance that you'll be fine
that that you won't mix or give him just
some
assurance and the husband is more
important he said don't limit yourself
like just because you can't make da on a
certain way you can all be creative you
can always do it in another
way the the next set of questions the sh
went through if I work am I obligated to
help in with household expenses you
don't have to but you can but the extra
expenses from your work you should um
pay so he said for ex he gave the
example if you're taking the car all the
time you should pay it's not you're the
one taking the car it's not his
responsibility to pay your extra
expenses if you're working you should
like try to help out he said it's also
good if you two split the split the
costs of like
home expenses and stuff like that number
two I work as a doctor and I sometimes
must examine men what is the ruling on
this he said he we mentioned this before
is permissible number three there is a
possibility that I might fall into some
Haram at work what is the ruling
regarding that look at the majority of
time there number four is it permissible
to accept a gift from a male or coworker
from a male coworker depends on the way
the situ this the the gift was given to
you if there's a reason not like not a
good intention then no but if if there's
if it's just a gift that he gave
everyone in the company or something
like that then there's no problem
accepting it just be careful what you
but be careful what the gift is meant
like what it means that gift what it
what is the meaning behind the gift
number five is it allowed to work night
shifts there is no proof that women are
not allowed to leave the at night it's
not it's just cultural if it's not safe
it's different that's a different story
but there's no proof that women aren't
allowed to to leave at night number six
can a woman be a
judge the theab Maliki and shaf said it
is allowed for women to be um judges but
the vast majority said no it is not
allowed for women to be judges so the
vast majority
said that there
there you have to have two witnesses two
women for Shah there will be mixing into
it and and the prophet and the
companions never chose a female judge
that's their argument for it is not
allowed for Maliki and Shafer their
points for it is allowed there is no
proof to forbid her from being a judge
being a judge is not passing a a fatwa
she doesn't have to be mixing with other
people she is the judge so she's allowed
to ask if there could be female cops or
she doesn't have to make she's the one
in
charge Omar appointed a woman to be in
charge of the the man the market the
role of a judge is um not that authentic
so it's it's not that that part is not
that authentic but she is allowed to be
a judge if she wants
to the another set of the last set of
questions was can a woman be head of
state he said that head of state now it
doesn't mean what he she said that a
woman can't be khif a Khalifa but he
said that head of state now is different
from how it was many years ago he said
that it's not only her it's a whole
group behind her so not she's not going
to be the one who's giving um passing
down fetas but he said he said that um
consensus is that they cannot be the
Khalifa of the Muslims but uh but the
head of state the governor what about
other political positions he said these
are easier these are these are kind of
better than um something with a high
position number three what are the
rulings regarding female participations
in elections it is halal Morocco gave
women the right to vote before the US
and there was even a woman president
elected before the US was ever elected
so we have women have been participating
in many elections for a very long time
number four is it permissible for a
woman to be in a leadership position
over males yes he said there's nothing
wrong with that and that end chapter 5
he went through it quickly so in the in
the session
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