You permitted a man to teach Islamic sciences to women under certain conditions; what is the evidence for this?
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The questioner : Our teacher, it is reported that you permitted a man to directly teach Islamic sciences to girls, on the condition that he is married and pious, without a barrier between them. We ask you to provide evidence for this from the Book and the Sunnah, if such evidence exists, and did any of our Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) do this?
The Shaykh : Our Salaf is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who set aside a specific day for women to teach them the matters of their religion. We have no other evidence beyond that. For this reason, we stipulated that this teacher must be married, religious, pious, and scrupulous. I do not know if it has reached you that I stipulated another condition, I do not know if it was mentioned in the question or not, that he should also, meaning he should not be a young man, even if he is married, but rather that he be an old man. It is sufficient for you to hear the word "old man" with the connotation of being elderly. It is enough that he be an old man, meaning an elderly person. The purpose of this is very clear, which is to place barriers and block the means (sadd al-dhara'i') between this teacher who is tested by teaching women, and his being tempted by them, or his being tempted by them. This is it, and we have nothing more than this.
The Shaykh : Our Salaf is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who set aside a specific day for women to teach them the matters of their religion. We have no other evidence beyond that. For this reason, we stipulated that this teacher must be married, religious, pious, and scrupulous. I do not know if it has reached you that I stipulated another condition, I do not know if it was mentioned in the question or not, that he should also, meaning he should not be a young man, even if he is married, but rather that he be an old man. It is sufficient for you to hear the word "old man" with the connotation of being elderly. It is enough that he be an old man, meaning an elderly person. The purpose of this is very clear, which is to place barriers and block the means (sadd al-dhara'i') between this teacher who is tested by teaching women, and his being tempted by them, or his being tempted by them. This is it, and we have nothing more than this.
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