And is it permissible to teach in these co-educational schools in order to call the male and female students to the truth?
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The questioner : By the ruling... in Algeria, the reality... a large portion of the brothers who are engaged in teaching... those who are sitting... in the mixed environment...!
The Shaykh : I do not deny this.
The questioner : ...and Allah has benefited through their hands by entering Islam... completely, so if these brothers leave teaching now in this critical time, who will take their place?
The Shaykh : And this is what I referred to earlier, my Muslim brother, one must not be a scapegoat except in the truth. I said in some answers regarding the issue of female doctors, I have a daughter and I have a sister, I do not make her a scapegoat because it is necessary for the Muslim society that there be female doctors, this is a reality that is necessary, right or not? But I do not make my sister or my daughter a scapegoat, meaning to achieve that collective obligation, I do not sacrifice my daughter or my sister by putting her in places where she may be tempted in her religion, in her honor, in... and so on. This... for a matter that someone other than my daughter and other than my sister and other than your daughter and other than your sister... is very, very broad, so why do we open the door for the righteous men and women to expose themselves in order to benefit others, while there are those who fulfill this benefit as I explained earlier, from those people who either do not call out what is forbidden and what is lawful, or those who issue deviant fatwas as I referred to earlier, or those who proceed based on fatwas as the common people say in some matters, we put it on the Shaykh's neck. Do you hear this speech? We put it on the Shaykh's neck, but we must not be like these common people.
The questioner : So, if we do not fear Allah in this matter... the teacher is sitting... in a mixed environment... is he on the path of fearing Allah?
The Shaykh : The problem, Professor, is whether he guarantees himself when he enters this tight spot that he will not be tempted in his religion.
The questioner : Is he standing...?
The Shaykh : So... the situation is the same whether you are outside of teaching or you are in teaching, this is the problem. If we assume I say to our brothers whom I sit with: By Allah, I have reached the age of seventy-four, I fear for myself from the fitnah of women, so what about those other than me who are young, the matter involves risk...
The Shaykh : I do not deny this.
The questioner : ...and Allah has benefited through their hands by entering Islam... completely, so if these brothers leave teaching now in this critical time, who will take their place?
The Shaykh : And this is what I referred to earlier, my Muslim brother, one must not be a scapegoat except in the truth. I said in some answers regarding the issue of female doctors, I have a daughter and I have a sister, I do not make her a scapegoat because it is necessary for the Muslim society that there be female doctors, this is a reality that is necessary, right or not? But I do not make my sister or my daughter a scapegoat, meaning to achieve that collective obligation, I do not sacrifice my daughter or my sister by putting her in places where she may be tempted in her religion, in her honor, in... and so on. This... for a matter that someone other than my daughter and other than my sister and other than your daughter and other than your sister... is very, very broad, so why do we open the door for the righteous men and women to expose themselves in order to benefit others, while there are those who fulfill this benefit as I explained earlier, from those people who either do not call out what is forbidden and what is lawful, or those who issue deviant fatwas as I referred to earlier, or those who proceed based on fatwas as the common people say in some matters, we put it on the Shaykh's neck. Do you hear this speech? We put it on the Shaykh's neck, but we must not be like these common people.
The questioner : So, if we do not fear Allah in this matter... the teacher is sitting... in a mixed environment... is he on the path of fearing Allah?
The Shaykh : The problem, Professor, is whether he guarantees himself when he enters this tight spot that he will not be tempted in his religion.
The questioner : Is he standing...?
The Shaykh : So... the situation is the same whether you are outside of teaching or you are in teaching, this is the problem. If we assume I say to our brothers whom I sit with: By Allah, I have reached the age of seventy-four, I fear for myself from the fitnah of women, so what about those other than me who are young, the matter involves risk...