The Ruling on a Woman Preaching to Women
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Question:
The other question is also from the sisters: Is it permissible for a woman to preach to a group of women? She is relying on books and references in doing so, despite not having sufficient knowledge. Is she sinful in doing so if her goal is enjoining good and forbidding evil, especially in places where women gather, such as universities, where we find much wrongdoing in some of these locations?
Answer:
Yes, yes, she may preach to the women, reminding them and clarifying for them what is obligatory according to her knowledge. But she must not speak about what she does not know. Did you hear in the lecture just now about the danger of speaking about Allah without knowledge? If she has knowledge from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and she gathers her sisters for that, this is a great good. Allah will benefit her sisters through it, and this is part of calling to Allah and teaching people knowledge. Yes.
The other question is also from the sisters: Is it permissible for a woman to preach to a group of women? She is relying on books and references in doing so, despite not having sufficient knowledge. Is she sinful in doing so if her goal is enjoining good and forbidding evil, especially in places where women gather, such as universities, where we find much wrongdoing in some of these locations?
Answer:
Yes, yes, she may preach to the women, reminding them and clarifying for them what is obligatory according to her knowledge. But she must not speak about what she does not know. Did you hear in the lecture just now about the danger of speaking about Allah without knowledge? If she has knowledge from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and she gathers her sisters for that, this is a great good. Allah will benefit her sisters through it, and this is part of calling to Allah and teaching people knowledge. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، [يُنشر لأول مرة] هل يحق لمرأة أن تخطب في مجموعة نساء معتمدةً في ذلك على كتب ومراجع ... للشيخ ابن باز — youtube.com (0:12)
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