What is your opinion regarding remaining silent about professors who raise doubts among students in the classroom, such as women driving cars and that they are better than male drivers?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh. I am studying at one of the universities in the Kingdom in the graduate program in the field of accounting.
The Shaykh : The correct way to say it is: "one of," because it is feminine.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Yes, in the field of accounting, I rely on Allah to benefit Islam and Muslims. I have been afflicted with some professors, as others are, who raise some doubts, such as women driving, and they say that it is better than a male driver, and this is to prevent the occurrence of zina and the dangers they talk about.
Some discussion and debate has taken place between me and some of them, and some of my zealous brothers have advised me not to debate these people until I obtain my master's degree and what comes after it, if Allah wills.
So what is your opinion regarding remaining silent about them and not debating them, even though my debating them is a defense and preservation of the ideas of my fellow students? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : I direct you to this: if these professors are raising these doubts without any question from the students, then report them to the administration or the dean so that they are brought in and asked to stop 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, thereby misleading them from the truth. I warn them against being characterized by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:7] And I tell them: it is obligatory for them to study only the subject matter entrusted to them. However, if the raising of these doubts comes from the students, then it is obligatory to look at this student who raises the doubt with a serious look, advise him, and say to him: 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.
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The Shaykh : The correct way to say it is: "one of," because it is feminine.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Yes, in the field of accounting, I rely on Allah to benefit Islam and Muslims. I have been afflicted with some professors, as others are, who raise some doubts, such as women driving, and they say that it is better than a male driver, and this is to prevent the occurrence of zina and the dangers they talk about.
Some discussion and debate has taken place between me and some of them, and some of my zealous brothers have advised me not to debate these people until I obtain my master's degree and what comes after it, if Allah wills.
So what is your opinion regarding remaining silent about them and not debating them, even though my debating them is a defense and preservation of the ideas of my fellow students? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : I direct you to this: if these professors are raising these doubts without any question from the students, then report them to the administration or the dean so that they are brought in and asked to stop 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, thereby misleading them from the truth. I warn them against being characterized by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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The Shaykh : Yes.
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