The Ruling on Women Driving Cars
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Your Eminence! I am studying at one of the universities of the Kingdom in the graduate studies in the field of... The Shaykh: The correct way to say it is: "one of," because it is feminine.
The questioner: In the field of... I hope for Allah's benefit in serving Islam and Muslims, and I have been afflicted with some professors, as others are afflicted, who raise doubts,For example: about women driving,And they say: that it is better than a driver, and this is to prevent the occurrence of zina and the dangers they talk about. Some discussion and argument have taken place between me and some of them, and some of my zealous brothers have advised me not to argue with these people until I obtain my master's degree and what follows it, if Allah wills. So what is your opinion on remaining silent about them and not arguing with them, even though arguing with them on my part is a defense and preservation of the ideas of my fellow students? May Allah reward you with good?
I direct you that if these professors are raising these doubts without a question from the students, then report them to the administration or the dean so that they are brought in and asked to refrain from these things.And I say from this place: It is not permissible for them to raise doubts about students who are below them in knowledge and mislead them from the truth. And I warn them against being characterized by the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Imran: 7] And I tell them: It is incumbent upon them to study only the subject matter entrusted to them.
As for if the raising of these doubts is from the students; then it is obligatory to look at this student who raises the doubt with a serious look and advise him,And he is told: saying, "Do not do this thing." If he stops, then that is what is required. If he continues to raise such doubts; then it is obligatory to report him to the dean. As for women driving cars, we have written a comprehensive answer, if Allah wills, I do not know if it was published in the newspapers or not, but we wrote about it and clarified the precautions and harms that result from it.And we do not say: Women driving cars is forbidden. I mean, her movements and driving the car and stopping it, this is not forbidden, but what results from it in bad effects is what is forbidden. If we do not protect our young men when we give them the car night and day as they please, how about women?! She cannot control it.She says: I will go to my colleague and sit with her while she goes to other matters. Then who guarantees to us that this car will one day stop on a road, the gasoline runs out, and then a man from the lower classes stops by and does not give her what she needs unless she fulfills his desire? Who can be safe from this? And there are many harms we mentioned, all of which necessitate preventing women from driving cars. This is in general matters, but if we suppose that a woman is in her walled garden and wants to drive the car from the top of the garden to the bottom to carry, for example, fodder for the animals, and the like, we do not prevent that.And we do not say: It is forbidden, except if we know that this will be taken as a pretext for the merchant's daughter to say: If you permit the farmer's daughter this, then permit me to transport my father's goods from the warehouse to the shop and the like. If this raises this objection against us, then at that time the issue is looked into.
The questioner: In the field of... I hope for Allah's benefit in serving Islam and Muslims, and I have been afflicted with some professors, as others are afflicted, who raise doubts,For example: about women driving,And they say: that it is better than a driver, and this is to prevent the occurrence of zina and the dangers they talk about. Some discussion and argument have taken place between me and some of them, and some of my zealous brothers have advised me not to argue with these people until I obtain my master's degree and what follows it, if Allah wills. So what is your opinion on remaining silent about them and not arguing with them, even though arguing with them on my part is a defense and preservation of the ideas of my fellow students? May Allah reward you with good?
I direct you that if these professors are raising these doubts without a question from the students, then report them to the administration or the dean so that they are brought in and asked to refrain from these things.And I say from this place: It is not permissible for them to raise doubts about students who are below them in knowledge and mislead them from the truth. And I warn them against being characterized by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُAs for if the raising of these doubts is from the students; then it is obligatory to look at this student who raises the doubt with a serious look and advise him,And he is told: saying, "Do not do this thing." If he stops, then that is what is required. If he continues to raise such doubts; then it is obligatory to report him to the dean. As for women driving cars, we have written a comprehensive answer, if Allah wills, I do not know if it was published in the newspapers or not, but we wrote about it and clarified the precautions and harms that result from it.And we do not say: Women driving cars is forbidden. I mean, her movements and driving the car and stopping it, this is not forbidden, but what results from it in bad effects is what is forbidden. If we do not protect our young men when we give them the car night and day as they please, how about women?! She cannot control it.She says: I will go to my colleague and sit with her while she goes to other matters. Then who guarantees to us that this car will one day stop on a road, the gasoline runs out, and then a man from the lower classes stops by and does not give her what she needs unless she fulfills his desire? Who can be safe from this? And there are many harms we mentioned, all of which necessitate preventing women from driving cars. This is in general matters, but if we suppose that a woman is in her walled garden and wants to drive the car from the top of the garden to the bottom to carry, for example, fodder for the animals, and the like, we do not prevent that.And we do not say: It is forbidden, except if we know that this will be taken as a pretext for the merchant's daughter to say: If you permit the farmer's daughter this, then permit me to transport my father's goods from the warehouse to the shop and the like. If this raises this objection against us, then at that time the issue is looked into.