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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to cite Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) statement, “And that He created the male and female, indeed your efforts are diverse,” as evidence that a woman’s work differs from a man’s?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
(3) And [by] He who created the male and female, (4) Indeed, your efforts are diverse.وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ
[Al-Layl 92:3-4]
, is it possible to cite this verse as evidence that a woman’s work differs from a man’s in life, so that each has the sphere for which they were created? Did this verse, followed by “O my brother, indeed your efforts are diverse, so as for the one who…

Answer:
He gave and feared Allah and believed in the best, so We will make easy for him the easy path. And as for he who was stingy and considered himself self-sufficient and denied the best, so We will make easy for him the difficult path. He says: This is the meaning of His saying "diverse," meaning different. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [307 /641] هل يستدل بقولهﷻ "وما خلق الذكر والأنثى، إن سعيكم لشتى" بأن عمل المرأة يختلف عن عمل الرجل؟ — youtube.com

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