What is the ruling on a woman teaching other women and her studying?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. A Shaykh said that some women now claim that teaching has become an obligatory matter for us.
The Shaykh : Yes, teaching, not studying?
The questioner : Teaching in the sense that they teach women in schools, and so on. Does this statement mean that they are obligated to do so, or is it merely a means to something else?
The Shaykh : In any case, if teaching now means teaching sciences that are appropriate for a woman, such as household affairs, the affairs of the husband, and the upbringing of children, without aspiring to other sciences that are not fitting for women but only for men—what business does a woman have with, for example, a faculty of engineering?
The student: Nothing.
The Shaykh : It is of no benefit. What does it achieve? She will then measure things in meters among men.
The questioner : They mean by that Islamic knowledge.
The Shaykh : No, I see that there is no harm in Islamic knowledge. I mean, there is no harm in establishing schools for girls in Islamic knowledge, as well as in the knowledge a woman needs in her home, and there is no harm in that. The female Companions learned from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be present to teach them. That is the end of it. Shaykh, the discussion is over; everyone is now raising their hands. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, teaching, not studying?
The questioner : Teaching in the sense that they teach women in schools, and so on. Does this statement mean that they are obligated to do so, or is it merely a means to something else?
The Shaykh : In any case, if teaching now means teaching sciences that are appropriate for a woman, such as household affairs, the affairs of the husband, and the upbringing of children, without aspiring to other sciences that are not fitting for women but only for men—what business does a woman have with, for example, a faculty of engineering?
The student: Nothing.
The Shaykh : It is of no benefit. What does it achieve? She will then measure things in meters among men.
The questioner : They mean by that Islamic knowledge.
The Shaykh : No, I see that there is no harm in Islamic knowledge. I mean, there is no harm in establishing schools for girls in Islamic knowledge, as well as in the knowledge a woman needs in her home, and there is no harm in that. The female Companions learned from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be present to teach them. That is the end of it. Shaykh, the discussion is over; everyone is now raising their hands. Yes.