The ruling on applying the hadith “No people will succeed if they place a woman in charge of them” to bees
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What do you say about the one who claims that it is not valid for the queen bee to be female?Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2262Sahih (Darussalam)
Answer:
This is regarding the children of Adam, meaning, the bees will not succeed if a woman is in charge. This is the address of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the accountable children of Adam. And what does he know that it cannot be female? These are creatures that have characteristics specific to them, unlike the children of Adam. The hadith is only about a group of people from the children of Adam. Are bees called a “people” (qawm)? But, glory be to Allah, some of those who claim to seek knowledge commit injustice by bringing in strange statements without thinking.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What do you say about the one who claims that it is not valid for the queen bee to be female?
A people will never succeed who give their leadership to a woman
يفلح قوم ولوا أمرهم امرأةAnswer:
This is regarding the children of Adam, meaning, the bees will not succeed if a woman is in charge. This is the address of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the accountable children of Adam. And what does he know that it cannot be female? These are creatures that have characteristics specific to them, unlike the children of Adam. The hadith is only about a group of people from the children of Adam. Are bees called a “people” (qawm)? But, glory be to Allah, some of those who claim to seek knowledge commit injustice by bringing in strange statements without thinking.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 30 — archive.org (4:17)
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