A Woman Teaching Boys in Primary School
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Question:
The same questioner asks: What is the ruling on a woman teaching young boys in the primary school stage, meaning their ages are between five and ten?
Answer:
A woman does not teach young boys; young boys are for men, and women are for women from the age of seven and above. If they were five or four years old, it would be easy. The point is that she should never be a teacher for boys; because it is a means—if she teaches them at five, it becomes a means to teaching them at eight or ten, which is opening the door. So women are for women and men are for men; this is the obligatory duty.
The same questioner asks: What is the ruling on a woman teaching young boys in the primary school stage, meaning their ages are between five and ten?
Answer:
A woman does not teach young boys; young boys are for men, and women are for women from the age of seven and above. If they were five or four years old, it would be easy. The point is that she should never be a teacher for boys; because it is a means—if she teaches them at five, it becomes a means to teaching them at eight or ten, which is opening the door. So women are for women and men are for men; this is the obligatory duty.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (53:59)
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