A Woman's Pursuit of Religious Knowledge
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Question:
The sister asking says: Shaykh, if a woman is unable to stay with the firmly grounded scholars in knowledge to receive the Islamic knowledge, what should she do? Are tapes and the like sufficient?
Answer:
Yes, she learns from a woman, because there are women scholars and students of knowledge among the women, praise be to Allah. So she learns from a Muslim woman who is a student of knowledge. If she does not find one, she attends the men’s lessons and listens from behind a barrier, or she is secluded from the men, secluded from them, not mixing with them, but rather she is off to the side and listens to the man. There is no harm in benefiting from that, provided she observes the hijab and modesty. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The sister asking says: Shaykh, if a woman is unable to stay with the firmly grounded scholars in knowledge to receive the Islamic knowledge, what should she do? Are tapes and the like sufficient?
Answer:
Yes, she learns from a woman, because there are women scholars and students of knowledge among the women, praise be to Allah. So she learns from a Muslim woman who is a student of knowledge. If she does not find one, she attends the men’s lessons and listens from behind a barrier, or she is secluded from the men, secluded from them, not mixing with them, but rather she is off to the side and listens to the man. There is no harm in benefiting from that, provided she observes the hijab and modesty. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 06 فتاوى على الهواء - 09 / 03 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (38:32)
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