Women’s Work and Riding in the Era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

The questioner:
Did women in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) ride camels alone ? And did they perform work or participate with men in work in the desert and the cities? And what are the works that it is permissible for them to perform in the present time?

The Shaykh:
Yes, you will have a substitute. He says finally the car. They ride camels, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best of the mounts of the women of Quraysh are camels.” We used to ride camels. As for horses, it is not their affair; horses are for the mujahideen (those striving in the path of Allah). But horses, uh, uh, uh, do they do something that benefits them and benefits people? They work in their homes and in their farms with their children and their families. All of this is a reality. But they do not work with the non-mahram man, and they do not mix with the non-mahram man. In some of the military expeditions, they did what benefited the sick or the wounded, such as medicines and other things, out of necessity for the men, for the men engage in fighting, and they only tended to the healing and the transfer of the wounded with modesty and distance from the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). As for today, the situation is not the same as the situation of that time. If it is announced that today there is gold and corruption and weakness of faith or of the back, we ask Allah for safety, then they do not mix with men in everything. Yes.