The Role of the Muslim Woman in Current Circumstances

Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questions are very, very, very numerous, and we ask for your forgiveness, brothers, for those who sent a message or a question, due to the limited time. Therefore, we will take, as His Eminence said, the most important first, then the next most important. The first question says: What is the role of the Muslim woman in these circumstances?

Answer:
She has her role, just as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: Light . She has her role in education, medicine, nursing, and other fields. The teacher has her role in guiding students, directing female students, directing them toward good and knowledge, and advising them of what is obligatory upon them. The student, along with her classmates, must learn and understand, and must turn to knowledge, and cooperate in righteousness and piety. The woman must also guide her daughters and sisters to the truth and help them in it, from the sincerity of worship to Allah, to performing the prayer at its times with humility and tranquility, to other aspects of good. If she is a doctor, she must fulfill her duty and discharge the trust in her medical practice, and avoid what harms her from mixing with men, exposing herself, and not wearing the hijab. The nurse must likewise commit to nursing in matters related to women, fear Allah in discharging the trust, and be committed to the hijab if she passes by men or interacts with men. She must be at the peak of modesty, uprightness, and distance from the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Likewise, the principal and the dean have their duty in caring for the teachers, the female teachers, and the students, guiding them to matters of religion that may be hidden from them, helping them in good, and preventing them from what harms the students or causes evil to society. This is the duty of everyone, just as it is for the man.