Is it permissible for a woman to work, given that the female Companions used to treat the male Companions?
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The questioner : Regarding the issue of women working.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But some people say that it is permissible for a woman to do a job, for example, as a doctor or a teacher, and they cite as evidence that the female Companions used to treat the wounded in battle.
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this question does not depart from what has been said before, and it may require some detail. There is no doubt that society needs female doctors, but medicine today is not like the old Arab medicine. You are quoting from them that the Muslim women used to treat the wounded; this is true, and it is something we take pride in. But where did they learn the science of surgery? In mixed environments? Of course not. And as for those who argue that women used to treat the wounded, do you see whether they lived with men as they say in our region in Syria, "mixed up," or did they keep away from the men and always stay in the rear? Do you know what the rear is? The back. No, these people do not think in terms of this Islamic system. Therefore, we say that we need female doctors, without a doubt, but what is the way for Muslim women who are secluded in their homes and their houses? What is the way for them to learn medicine so that they can fulfill this obligation? The discussion returns to what was said before. Is it through this forbidden means today, where the doctor is next to the girl, and perhaps his breath is with her breath during examination under the microscope and the like? Is this Islam? ... So, I imagine the matter as follows: whoever wants to discuss this with us in terms of Islam, we say to him: provide the Islamic environment for women to learn the medicine they need, so that they save us from having to take our women to male doctors.
Provide the environment so that they do not fall into corruption. Otherwise, we are waiting for them to burn themselves by violating the Shari'ah, and they produce female doctors, some of whom are afflicted with the university plague, and some escape by a miracle. Then it is the turn of the chaste women to learn from these women whose guardians did not care about their chastity or their protection. Then we return to saying the previous words: it is not obligatory for all women to be doctors, but only some of them. And this "some" is the scapegoat. Let your women and daughters be the scapegoat, while we hold fast to their chastity and protection. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The questioner : If our Shaykh ...
The Shaykh : We are not talking about that now, my brother. We said earlier: provide us with the environment. Every incident has its own story. But if we want to go into the details of how we secure this issue you mentioned earlier, that they need to examine certain types of germs in the blood, and the doctor is next to what? The student. This general lesson, which is not practical, can be ... easily. But the issue is not limited to just this detail and so on.
The questioner : I believe most of them ...
The Shaykh: All right.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But some people say that it is permissible for a woman to do a job, for example, as a doctor or a teacher, and they cite as evidence that the female Companions used to treat the wounded in battle.
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this question does not depart from what has been said before, and it may require some detail. There is no doubt that society needs female doctors, but medicine today is not like the old Arab medicine. You are quoting from them that the Muslim women used to treat the wounded; this is true, and it is something we take pride in. But where did they learn the science of surgery? In mixed environments? Of course not. And as for those who argue that women used to treat the wounded, do you see whether they lived with men as they say in our region in Syria, "mixed up," or did they keep away from the men and always stay in the rear? Do you know what the rear is? The back. No, these people do not think in terms of this Islamic system. Therefore, we say that we need female doctors, without a doubt, but what is the way for Muslim women who are secluded in their homes and their houses? What is the way for them to learn medicine so that they can fulfill this obligation? The discussion returns to what was said before. Is it through this forbidden means today, where the doctor is next to the girl, and perhaps his breath is with her breath during examination under the microscope and the like? Is this Islam? ... So, I imagine the matter as follows: whoever wants to discuss this with us in terms of Islam, we say to him: provide the Islamic environment for women to learn the medicine they need, so that they save us from having to take our women to male doctors.
Provide the environment so that they do not fall into corruption. Otherwise, we are waiting for them to burn themselves by violating the Shari'ah, and they produce female doctors, some of whom are afflicted with the university plague, and some escape by a miracle. Then it is the turn of the chaste women to learn from these women whose guardians did not care about their chastity or their protection. Then we return to saying the previous words: it is not obligatory for all women to be doctors, but only some of them. And this "some" is the scapegoat. Let your women and daughters be the scapegoat, while we hold fast to their chastity and protection. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The questioner : If our Shaykh ...
The Shaykh : We are not talking about that now, my brother. We said earlier: provide us with the environment. Every incident has its own story. But if we want to go into the details of how we secure this issue you mentioned earlier, that they need to examine certain types of germs in the blood, and the doctor is next to what? The student. This general lesson, which is not practical, can be ... easily. But the issue is not limited to just this detail and so on.
The questioner : I believe most of them ...
The Shaykh: All right.
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