What is the ruling on the one who says that the reason for the Muslims' backwardness is that women do not participate with men in work?

Question:
He says: What is the ruling on the one who says that the reason for the Muslims' backwardness is that women do not participate with men in work?

Answer:
The reason for the Muslims' backwardness is women's participation with men in work; this is what made the Muslims backward. But if the Muslims had held fast to Islam and made women do the work appropriate to them in their homes, in their environment, and with other women, and men do the work specific to men, with each of the two sexes doing what is fitting for them, the Muslims would have advanced. This was the case with the righteous predecessors and the earlier generations of the Muslim community. The Muslim community did not fall behind except when women became arrogant, stepped out of their proper bounds, and responded to the call of the disbelievers for women to rebel against the rulings of the Shari'ah.