What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing? - II

　　• Shaykh Ibn Baaz answering the advocates of permissiveness and necessity of intermixing between the sexes: 　　In answer to the Director of San‘aa’ University, Abdul-‘Azeez Al-Muqaalih, who wrote an article in As-Siyaasah newspaper in 24/7/1404 AH, calling for intermixing between the sexes in educational institutions, arguing that both men and...

The empowerment of women, but at what price?

　　It is odd for a Muslim to see the workings of humans against their very own nature. The most evident example of this is demonstrated in the ongoing world movement to “Empower Women." The movement has been gaining momentum and is being endorsed and promoted by various international organizations, particularly...

Looking into the life of working women

　　The woman who stays at home is the woman who has a real full-time job to do. This is a fact that must not be forgotten. It should not be forgotten either that society needs some women to do certain specialized jobs, such as teaching. 　　However, I will mention three...

The duty of a cultured woman towards herself and her home

　　Our society is in need of reform and all powers should collectively cooperate in this process of reform. The desired reform can never be achieved by the state alone, the individual alone, men alone, women alone, the home alone, the school alone or the system alone. All these institutions and...

Evil consequences of intermixing between the sexes

　　Intermixing between men and women is an extremely dangerous issue and a widespread evil. The evil and harm that afflicts societies that mix freely are the best proof of this. Hence, the opinion that comes after an experience and suffering is of great significance as it is preceded by experiencing...

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy

　　After having children and experiencing the suffering of motherhood and its responsibilities, I realized how my mother suffered in raising me and my brothers and sisters. I felt that I could never fulfill her right of being dutiful and thankful to her no matter what I do. Many women repeat...

Obligation towards her Lord

　　Consciousness of Allah 　　Nothing gives a clearer idea of that consciousness and fear of Allah at all times than the following story of the young Muslim girl that was narrated by ‘Abdullaah ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, may Allah be pleased with him, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:...

What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing? - I

　　• Imam Ash-Shaafi‘i said in his book Al-Umm, "I do not like women to be buried with men in a single grave as long as there is no necessity. However, if this is necessary, then the man should be in front and the woman in the back along with a...

Western women and marriage

　　I am a psychiatrist and my job allows me to see the other face of our societies and mix with different types of people - both men and women. The nature of those who work in specializations such as mine necessitates caring for people’s problems. One of us may be...

Women's Issues between westernization and Islam

　　Woman's issues and the internationalization of values 　　Since the beginning of Amin's call, a century has passed during which the Western and Islamic worlds achieved extensive progress throughout the course of social, cultural and intellectual transformations. The interval between what was known as the call to liberate the Muslim woman...