A lecture at a college that spreads many doubts about the hijab and describes it as a religious innovation (bid'ah); what is the position regarding it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says that there is a lecture at their college where many female students are spreading doubts about the hijab and women's rights. Among the things she says is that the hijab in its current form is a religious innovation (bid'ah). She says that the Muslim woman must not limit herself to prayer and these matters, but rather she must go out, work, and stand with her society. She issues rulings to the students to wear the abaya on the shoulder. What is the position regarding her?
Answer:
The position is to report her to the competent authority. It is expected that the male or female teacher limits himself or herself to explaining the curriculum to the students, and does not give them his or her opinions and ideas.
Rather, he or she explains the curriculum to them. This person may not have taught them the curriculum at all, like some teachers who do not care about the curriculum, but rather care about talking about this and that, so-and-so and so-and-so, so-and-so is correct and so-and-so is wrong, and so-and-so is such-and-such.
So this is a phenomenon among some teachers. I do not say, if Allah wills, that all teachers are good people. But some male and female teachers direct the students according to their desires. If they are from groups, they direct them to their group.
And they warn them against the other group. As for the curriculum, they do not know about it and do not know anything of it. And this is deception. You are a teacher. You are a teacher entrusted with explaining these curricula to the students well. If you were occupied with that, you would not have free time for talking. But if you are occupied with other than that, this is deception. And this must be reported about him or her to the responsible officials. That he is not teaching. Rather, he is occupied with this kind of talk that misleads the students and confuses their ideas. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says that there is a lecture at their college where many female students are spreading doubts about the hijab and women's rights. Among the things she says is that the hijab in its current form is a religious innovation (bid'ah). She says that the Muslim woman must not limit herself to prayer and these matters, but rather she must go out, work, and stand with her society. She issues rulings to the students to wear the abaya on the shoulder. What is the position regarding her?
Answer:
The position is to report her to the competent authority. It is expected that the male or female teacher limits himself or herself to explaining the curriculum to the students, and does not give them his or her opinions and ideas.
Rather, he or she explains the curriculum to them. This person may not have taught them the curriculum at all, like some teachers who do not care about the curriculum, but rather care about talking about this and that, so-and-so and so-and-so, so-and-so is correct and so-and-so is wrong, and so-and-so is such-and-such.
So this is a phenomenon among some teachers. I do not say, if Allah wills, that all teachers are good people. But some male and female teachers direct the students according to their desires. If they are from groups, they direct them to their group.
And they warn them against the other group. As for the curriculum, they do not know about it and do not know anything of it. And this is deception. You are a teacher. You are a teacher entrusted with explaining these curricula to the students well. If you were occupied with that, you would not have free time for talking. But if you are occupied with other than that, this is deception. And this must be reported about him or her to the responsible officials. That he is not teaching. Rather, he is occupied with this kind of talk that misleads the students and confuses their ideas. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [200 -1024] محاضِرة في كلية تنشر كثيرا من الشبهات حول الحجاب وتصفه بالبدعة فما الموقف منها؟ — youtube.com
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