What is the concept of equality between women and men in Islam, and does a girl working alongside a man in an environment charged with corruption fall under this concept?

The questioner : What is the concept of equality between women and men in Islam, and does a girl working alongside a man in an environment charged with corruption fall under this concept? If so, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Is this command specific to the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or is it general for all Muslim women until the Hour?

The Shaykh : Since we are discussing the question of equality, I would like to say that equality has never been commanded in the Qur'an or the Sunnah. Rather, the command in the Book and the Sunnah is for justice. Allah the Exalted said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he said: No one who understands the implications of the terms can doubt that there is a great difference between our saying "justice" and our saying "equality." For the apparent meaning of equality is making different things equal, which contradicts reason and transmitted evidence. This is unlike our saying "justice," for justice is giving every right-holder what he deserves and placing every person in his proper station. This is what conforms to reason and transmitted evidence.
Accordingly, there is no command in the Qur'an or the Sunnah for the equality of women with men, ever. Rather, they contain the command for justice, as you have heard. What I would like from our writers and intellectuals is that the expression be the word "justice" instead of the word "equality," because equality involves ambiguity, commonality, and confusion. This is unlike justice, which is a clear, distinct, and explicit word indicating that the intent is that every right-holder is given his right. If you reflect on the Qur'an, you will find that most of it negates equality: and the like of the numerous verses that negate equality rather than affirm it. I do not know of any evidence in the Book or the Sunnah that commands equality, ever. If that is the case, then justice is that the woman is given the works and characteristics that befit her, and the man is given the works and characteristics that befit him.
As for the woman sharing with the man in work that necessitates mixing, talking, and looking, and the like, there is no doubt that it is work contrary to what the Islamic Shari'ah requires in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). In the Book of Allah, Allah the Exalted says what the questioner mentioned: And He says: So if a man, even when there is a need to address a woman and speak to her, does not speak to her except from behind a screen, how much more so when there is no need? And His saying: indicates that if what contradicts this occurs, it involves defiling the heart and the removal of purity. It is known that if this is purer for the hearts of the Mothers of the Believers, then others are more deserving of purification and distance from what defiles the heart.
Accordingly, we say that the Qur'an indicates that the woman should keep her distance from the man, and if the need arises for him to speak to her, he speaks to her from behind a screen. As for the Sunnah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding prayer: All of this is so that the woman keeps her distance from the man, even in places of worship. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with the best reward.