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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Women have been employed to treat men and serve them in hotels, as if their religion has permitted them to do so. Perhaps you have something to add?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. Regarding the matter of women treating men and serving them, as this listener mentioned, in aviation and also serving them in hotels, as if their religion has permitted them to do so, perhaps you have something to add.

Answer:
We said that it is obligatory for Muslims to align their work with the commands of their religion. Among these, and indeed among the greatest of them, is the matter of women. They must ensure that women’s work is within the sphere of women, and that women serve women in hospitals, in any place where their work is with women, and in serving women through nursing, treatment, and other tasks that women frequent.
And men’s work should be left to men. Thus, the ruling aligns with what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has prescribed. Men have work that befits them, and women have work that befits them. Muslims must assign to each gender the work that befits them, avoiding fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), avoiding the degradation of a person, and also avoiding assigning women work that exceeds their capacity. Assigning women to men’s work is injustice and hardship for women, and it wastes many benefits that are lost when a woman is occupied outside her proper field, such as managing the home, raising children, welcoming her husband at home, and providing him with a stable residence. All of this is compromised by occupying a woman with work that does not befit her. However, she works in her home, and this is, above all else, one of her duties. If she has extra time and experience, she may work outside her home in matters that are appropriate for women and within the sphere of women. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، مرَّضت المرأة الرجال، وخدمتهم في الفنادق، وكأن دينها قد أباح لها ذلك، لعل لكم إضافة؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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