Mentioning the issue of equality between men and women in rights, including leadership and judging.

The Shaykh : For example, if a person claims to have knowledge of jurisprudence and understanding, while on the other hand he aims to bring about what they claim is the equalization of men's rights and women's rights—this massive movement today that has diverted many Muslims from Islamic creed and Islamic rulings—they say, for instance, that the woman is the equal of the man, and that distinguishing between the woman and the man is rigidity and regression, so we must treat the woman as we treat the man. And they may not lack some texts that support them in this direction. For example, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in Sahih Muslim: . And often a gathering is held in a house in a family, and it happens that a woman among these people is the most knowledgeable and the best reciter. So is it permissible for a jurist who wants this equalization between women and men to say: "My brother, the Messenger said: ; so who is the best reciter among us? Fatimah. Get up, O Fatimah, and lead us in prayer as imam!"
This is a proof that you laugh at, and you have the right to do so, but if you notice that their argument based on the generality is correct, it is correct. However, the answer to refute this so-called valid call is: Did the practice of the righteous predecessors proceed on the basis of arguing with this hadith in its generality such that the woman is brought forward for her jurisprudence to lead the men? The answer is no. Likewise, for example, in judgment and issuing fatwas, do we appoint a woman to issue fatwas to the people, to judge between the people, while she is a jurist and a judge, and has been given qualities that may not be found in many men? The answer is no. Why? Because it contradicts the life of the predecessors: the Companions and those after them. There were many female jurists and many female hadith narrators among them, and yet the distinction in rulings and transactions between men and women remained as it is known today among the majority of Muslims.
And the examples of this are many, and very many indeed.