Fariq Naik – Is it Permissible in Islam for a Woman to take up a Job

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A woman from Canada discusses her views on Islam and how it is important to not break any rules of the Sharia. She emphasizes the importance of maintaining the woman’s body and modesty while not breaking any rules of the Sharia. She also discusses the importance of giving the right tarziolli for women and children to their children.

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			assalamu Alikum May Allah bless
you with the long life. My name is
		
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			Medina from Canada, our woman
allowed to work or take up a job
		
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			in Islam.
		
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			Before I give the reply to this
question, I would like to mention
		
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			an important point.
		
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			In Islam, the man the husband is
the bread earner of the family.
		
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			Before marriage, it is the duty of
the Father and the brother to look
		
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			after the lodging, boarding
clothing and all the financial
		
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			aspects. Whereas after marriage,
it's the duty of the husband and
		
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			the son to look after the lodging,
boarding clothing and the
		
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			financial aspects. So it is the
man who's responsible for the
		
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			financial aspects. A woman need
not work. But if a woman wishes to
		
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			work, she may work but no one can
force her and whatever she earns,
		
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			she can keep it for herself. She
is not obliged to give it to
		
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			anyone.
		
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			Now coming to the question, that
can a woman do a job in Islam
		
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			or woman can do any job, but she
should see to it that it is within
		
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			the purview of the Islamic Sharia.
She does not break any rule of the
		
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			Islamic Sharia. She should
maintain her hijab and modesty.
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala says the
Glorious Quran is renewed chapter
		
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			24 was the metallic one. Coulomb
Minetti, your nominal sorry hidden
		
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			away I found the Furuya one, say
to the believing woman, that she
		
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			should lower her gaze and garden
modesty and display an auto beauty
		
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			except what is ordinary that off
and tell her to draw her wheels
		
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			over bosoms and display not a
beauty except in front of their
		
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			husbands, their fathers, their
sons. And there is a big list of
		
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			Muslims of close relatives who
cannot marry.
		
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			There are basically six criteria
for hijab that are mentioned the
		
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			Glorious Quran, and authentic
hadith of our beloved Prophet
		
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			Muhammad peace be upon him.
		
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			The first is the extent for the
man and for the woman. For the man
		
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			it's from the navel to the knee.
		
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			For the woman, it is the complete
body should be covered. The only
		
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			parts that can be seen are the
face and the hands up to the
		
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			wrist. The remaining five criteria
are same for the man and for the
		
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			woman. The second the clothes they
wear, it should be loose, it
		
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			should not be tight fitting, it's
not revealing the figure. The
		
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			third, it should not be
translucent or transparent. The
		
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			fourth, it should not be so
glamorous, that attracts opposite
		
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			*. The fifth, it should not be
that of the opposite *. And the
		
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			sixth is that it should not
resemble that of unbelievers.
		
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			These are basically six criteria
for hijab.
		
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			The woman when she's doing any
job, any work, she should see to
		
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			it that she maintains her hijab
and modesty.
		
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			A woman should not work in a place
where there's intermingling of the
		
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			opposite gender.
		
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			Wherever she works there should be
separate from ISIS for men and
		
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			separate from ISIS for a woman,
there should be proper segregation
		
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			of the opposite gender.
		
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			A woman cannot do any job that is
haram.
		
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			That is prohibited in Islam. For
example, serving alcohol, certain
		
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			haram jobs are prohibited for the
woman as well as for the man, a
		
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			woman she cannot take up a
profession or a job such as
		
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			dancing, modeling, singing etc.
Because in this
		
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			she cannot maintain her hijab and
her body is exposed.
		
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			So she should not do any job that
is haram. She should maintain her
		
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			hijab and her modesty. But there
is a very important point that
		
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			whenever she is doing any job
		
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			she should see to it that she does
not break any rules of this Sharia
		
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			as I mentioned earlier, and first
thing she should focus on her
		
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			obligations.
		
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			If she's a wife, she should focus
on her obligations as a wife.
		
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			And she should focus her
obligations as a mother. Because
		
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			the best responsibility for a
woman is the role of a wife and
		
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			the role of a mother. Regarding
the upbringing of her children.
		
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			She should give the right tarbiyah
and education to her children.
		
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			And she can take up jobs such as
teaching, counseling.
		
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			She can become a gynecologist.
		
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			Being a gynecologist is a good job
because in this situation a woman
		
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			is needed
		
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			She can teach in an Islamic
Institute in an Islamic school.
		
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			So all these jobs, they are good
for a woman.
		
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			But she should see to it that she
does not break her hijab there is
		
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			no intermingling of the opposite
gender.
		
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			And there are separate promises
for them men as well as separate
		
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			promises for the woman. If she
takes care of these things, then
		
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			inshallah the job that she does,
it is permitted and there should
		
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			not be a problem in that