Q. Do Muslim women have to stay at home or can they work? A. There is no Qur’anic text or hadith (prophetic saying) which states that women cannot work outside their homes. Indeed, the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife was a wealthy merchant as well as his employer, an important fact since Muslims see his life as the model Muslim life. While some Muslim couples choose that the wife stays home and takes care of the children, particularly when they are young, increasingly large numbers of Muslim women throughout the world are employed in multiple and high level professions, including those that are male dominated, such as medicine and engineering. This is even true in countries known to have a conservative understanding of Islam, such as Saudi Arabia. According to a multi-year survey of the Muslim world by the Gallup World Poll, majorities of men in virtually every country surveyed, including 62% in Saudi Arabia, 73% in Iran, and 81% in Indonesia also agree that women should be allowed to work at any job for which they are qualified.
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 07:20:56 +0000
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