A woman taking charge of a school for women
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a woman to take charge of women, such as being the principal of a school?
Answer:
This is a specific issue. Specific tasks are fine; what is prohibited are general roles, such as being the director of education, or being a princess over a country or a region, or being a queen, or being a judge. As for taking charge of a specific task, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a woman to take charge of women, such as being the principal of a school?
Answer:
This is a specific issue. Specific tasks are fine; what is prohibited are general roles, such as being the director of education, or being a princess over a country or a region, or being a queen, or being a judge. As for taking charge of a specific task, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (55:39)
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