The Ruling on a Woman Working as a Doctor or Teacher
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Question:
We return at the beginning of this episode to the letter from our sister (A. A. al-Zawi) from Tripoli, Libya. We presented some of her questions in a previous episode, and in this episode she asks and says: What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding a woman working as a teacher, or as a women’s doctor, in a situation where men are present in the workplace, given that maternity hospitals are crowded with male doctors? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
There is no blame on a woman working as a doctor for women in the presence of men, provided that this does not lead to seclusion with any of the men, nor does she expose any part of her body; rather, she should be veiled and protect herself, because necessity may call for this, and there is no danger in it. However, if this leads to seclusion, or the exposure of any part of her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), it is not permissible. She must strive hard to have her work in a place exclusively for women, with no men present, because that is further from danger and safer for her religion and her honor.
As for when necessity calls for mixing in a manner that does not involve seclusion with a specific man, but with several, and in a manner that does not involve the exposure of any of her private parts, such as her face, chest, or head, or the like, but rather she is covered and veiled, with nothing visible of her except the eye or the two eyes, and she works in the field of women only, I hope that there is no blame in that—if Allah wills—due to the necessity that calls for it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
We return at the beginning of this episode to the letter from our sister (A. A. al-Zawi) from Tripoli, Libya. We presented some of her questions in a previous episode, and in this episode she asks and says: What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding a woman working as a teacher, or as a women’s doctor, in a situation where men are present in the workplace, given that maternity hospitals are crowded with male doctors? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
There is no blame on a woman working as a doctor for women in the presence of men, provided that this does not lead to seclusion with any of the men, nor does she expose any part of her body; rather, she should be veiled and protect herself, because necessity may call for this, and there is no danger in it. However, if this leads to seclusion, or the exposure of any part of her 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered), it is not permissible. She must strive hard to have her work in a place exclusively for women, with no men present, because that is further from danger and safer for her religion and her honor.
As for when necessity calls for mixing in a manner that does not involve seclusion with a specific man, but with several, and in a manner that does not involve the exposure of any of her private parts, such as her face, chest, or head, or the like, but rather she is covered and veiled, with nothing visible of her except the eye or the two eyes, and she works in the field of women only, I hope that there is no blame in that—if Allah wills—due to the necessity that calls for it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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