Using the Hadith "Women are the Counterparts of Men" as Evidence for the Mixing of Women
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people cite the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 236 as evidence that it is permissible for a woman to work and mix with men.
The Shaykh:
The term "counterpart" is sufficient for men in terms of creation, because the woman was created from the man; He created her husband from her, she is a piece cut from the man, derived from the man. As for mixing, there is a difference between the man and the woman in the rulings of the Shari'ah, for the male is not like the female. Yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
These people want to Westernize the woman, to make her like the Western woman. This will not happen, if Allah wills, as long as there is life among the Muslims, it will not happen by the permission of Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people cite the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Woman are counterpart of men.
إنما النساء شقائق الرجالThe Shaykh:
The term "counterpart" is sufficient for men in terms of creation, because the woman was created from the man; He created her husband from her, she is a piece cut from the man, derived from the man. As for mixing, there is a difference between the man and the woman in the rulings of the Shari'ah, for the male is not like the female. Yes.
The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
These people want to Westernize the woman, to make her like the Western woman. This will not happen, if Allah wills, as long as there is life among the Muslims, it will not happen by the permission of Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب موجبات الغسل — islamhouse.com (1:10:37)
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