Women’s Work and Its Negative Impact on Their Personal and Marital Life

Question:
The salary of the female employee has often affected her life, Shaykh Salih. Some of them have had their salary be the reason for delaying their marriage, and some have had their salary lead them into problems like this one. Perhaps Shaykh Salih would like to say a word.

Answer:
There is no doubt that women working and taking up jobs, and their entering into employment, is a cause of problems for them, their husbands, and their children. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made the woman the guardian of her husband's home, responsible for its affairs, and made the husband responsible for his wife in terms of spending and earning. So the husband works outside the home and earns for himself, his wife, and his children, while the woman works inside the home in raising the children, organizing the household affairs, and providing rest for the husband. Through this, cooperation is achieved between the husband and wife, and the family's affairs are set right. There is no doubt that the woman's return to her original role, to what is befitting for her, and to what is in the interest of her, her husband, and her children—there is no doubt that her return to this original state is what solves the problem. However, if women go out to work like men, from morning until late in the day, and the woman neglects her home, neglects her children, and neglects the affairs of her home, then there is no doubt that this has created many problems. Also, the salaries from these jobs that women receive have caused problems between them and their husbands, and between the woman and her parents, as everyone has a desire for that money. Perhaps this has also affected her marriage and delayed it. And if she marries and the husband notices that she does not submit to his marital requirements, and that she goes to her job and her work, then this is often a cause of divorce, and an increase in divorce. This is because men want women who manage the needs of their homes and suffice them in the household needs, so that when they return to their homes, they find them prepared, and the husband finds a comfortable residence, and finds everything organized as required. Through this, the husbands find rest. So Allah made wives a place of rest for husbands. He, the Exalted, said: The man finds rest in his wife and feels at ease and secure. And He, the Exalted, said: . The wisdom in creating the wife alongside her husband is the achievement of rest, comfort, and tranquility between them. But if the woman becomes like men in work, going out of the home to work in a job here and there, and not coming to the home except at a late hour, then who will manage the affairs of the home? And there is no longer a difference between her and her husband; each of them goes out to work. So who will manage the affairs of the home? This is one of the problems, and one of the consequences of women being employed in jobs that resemble men's jobs. Yes.