Is it permissible to teach in co-educational schools? (A collection of questions regarding mixing)
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The questioner : Well, from this perspective, for example, they say that if it is not permissible from this door for a Muslim, then it is also not permissible for him to teach... to teach as a teacher in a school, for example, where there is mixing, where there are
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : male and female teachers
The Shaykh : Of course, of course, it is not permissible, neither to learn nor to teach, because first, among the principles of Islamic jurisprudence is their saying: "Removing harm takes precedence over seeking benefit". So a Muslim does not expose his situation, he does not throw himself into harm in order to obtain a benefit. And this benefit may not be obtained, because it is possible that he studies and does not succeed, because his mind and intellect do not match the nature of this study. And this happens often; some students waste years and then do not pass. Therefore, they exhaust themselves traveling to the lands of disbelievers in order to study another field or something similar. This is one thing. Another thing is that they speak with Western logic, which does not prohibit or permit. Western logic says the end justifies the means, or they justify these means that contradict the Shari'ah to obtain the end that they imagine. And this is not permissible in Islam. Therefore, this doubt has no value, neither religiously nor rationally. Religiously, because the Shari'ah says removing harm takes precedence over seeking benefit, and because the Shari'ah fights the European rule: "The end justifies the means". Rationally, as we mentioned, it is not obligatory and it is not practically possible for every member of the people to study in the university. People must study in it... This is it.
The questioner : Well, if, for example, this teacher's level... he conducts his lesson and leaves the school.
The Shaykh : What do they want him to teach? Does he teach the mixed group or not?
The questioner : No, he is in an institution with professors and female professors, meaning he enters the institution, delivers a lesson in his department, then leaves. When his hours are over, he leaves this institution.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by institution? Do you mean the university?
The questioner : No, the school or the high school.
The Shaykh : The school. The lesson he delivers, I told you, does he deliver it to a mixed group or what?
The questioner : For example, a department with girls and boys.
The Shaykh : ... For example, I am telling you, I am asking you, so do we come... The problem is, what is the difference? I think that he mixes... in the courtyard, in the same lesson, it is also not permissible...
The questioner : And what is the solution...?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is the solution?
The Shaykh : What do you say?
The questioner : If all the schools... are co-educational and the universities
The Shaykh : The solution is to isolate yourself from all those groups.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : male and female teachers
The Shaykh : Of course, of course, it is not permissible, neither to learn nor to teach, because first, among the principles of Islamic jurisprudence is their saying: "Removing harm takes precedence over seeking benefit". So a Muslim does not expose his situation, he does not throw himself into harm in order to obtain a benefit. And this benefit may not be obtained, because it is possible that he studies and does not succeed, because his mind and intellect do not match the nature of this study. And this happens often; some students waste years and then do not pass. Therefore, they exhaust themselves traveling to the lands of disbelievers in order to study another field or something similar. This is one thing. Another thing is that they speak with Western logic, which does not prohibit or permit. Western logic says the end justifies the means, or they justify these means that contradict the Shari'ah to obtain the end that they imagine. And this is not permissible in Islam. Therefore, this doubt has no value, neither religiously nor rationally. Religiously, because the Shari'ah says removing harm takes precedence over seeking benefit, and because the Shari'ah fights the European rule: "The end justifies the means". Rationally, as we mentioned, it is not obligatory and it is not practically possible for every member of the people to study in the university. People must study in it... This is it.
The questioner : Well, if, for example, this teacher's level... he conducts his lesson and leaves the school.
The Shaykh : What do they want him to teach? Does he teach the mixed group or not?
The questioner : No, he is in an institution with professors and female professors, meaning he enters the institution, delivers a lesson in his department, then leaves. When his hours are over, he leaves this institution.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by institution? Do you mean the university?
The questioner : No, the school or the high school.
The Shaykh : The school. The lesson he delivers, I told you, does he deliver it to a mixed group or what?
The questioner : For example, a department with girls and boys.
The Shaykh : ... For example, I am telling you, I am asking you, so do we come... The problem is, what is the difference? I think that he mixes... in the courtyard, in the same lesson, it is also not permissible...
The questioner : And what is the solution...?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is the solution?
The Shaykh : What do you say?
The questioner : If all the schools... are co-educational and the universities
The Shaykh : The solution is to isolate yourself from all those groups.