Ruling on marrying a woman who works with men and does not observe hijab
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Question:
He says: I want to marry a girl, but that girl is busy working as an employee in an administration, and despite that, she does not observe hijab. What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding marrying her? Is it possible, or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she is a good Muslim woman who affirms the oneness of Allah, worships Allah alone, does not worship the people of the graves, and prays, then it is permissible to marry her. She should be taught hijab, and it should be said to her: "Observe hijab," because it is not permissible for a woman to uncover herself before non-mahram men. For Allah the Exalted says in His great Book:[An-Nur 24:31] The husbands: the spouses [Surat al-Nur: 31], the verse from Surat al-Nur. And He the Exalted says in Surat al-Ahzab: [Surat al-Ahzab: 53].
So know that it is obligatory for her to observe hijab, and she should not be employed with men. She should be employed in women's work, not in men's work; because her work with men is a trial, one of the causes of evil and the occurrence of lewd acts. But she can be in women's work, a nurse... a doctor for women, a principal of a women's school... a dean, there is no harm, with women exclusively, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says: I want to marry a girl, but that girl is busy working as an employee in an administration, and despite that, she does not observe hijab. What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding marrying her? Is it possible, or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she is a good Muslim woman who affirms the oneness of Allah, worships Allah alone, does not worship the people of the graves, and prays, then it is permissible to marry her. She should be taught hijab, and it should be said to her: "Observe hijab," because it is not permissible for a woman to uncover herself before non-mahram men. For Allah the Exalted says in His great Book:
not expose their adornment except to their husbands
وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّexcept to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons
إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ ..And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
وَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعًا فَاسْأَلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ ذَلِكُمْ أَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّSo know that it is obligatory for her to observe hijab, and she should not be employed with men. She should be employed in women's work, not in men's work; because her work with men is a trial, one of the causes of evil and the occurrence of lewd acts. But she can be in women's work, a nurse... a doctor for women, a principal of a women's school... a dean, there is no harm, with women exclusively, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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