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RULING ON WORKING IN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE
RULING ON WORKING IN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE WOMEN – SHAIKH IBN UL-UTHAYMEEN
Question: If a man is in a land in which it is difficult for him to work in a place where their is no women, since many women work in this land. So what is the ruling of this work because the fields which the women are in are most departments? Should I leave it?
Answer: “If it is possible for him to work in a place where their is no women, then let him leave this place which has women and work there. If it is not possible for him and he needs work, then he works and is eager in staying away from women and lowers his gaze.
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
So keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can [64:16]
If we are in, for example, a land where women go out showing their bodies and are adorned, can we say: Do not go out for prayer because the market is full of these women? No. Do we say: Do not go out to get the needs of the house? No. If you need to work in this place in which there is women and you can not find other than it and you are in need of money, then work and be eager is staying away from women and lower your gaze”.
[Taken from: http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-7687/page-2311#page-3766 ]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
Young brother seeking Allah’s forgiveness, Q:
Q: I am a twenty-one-year old student. Since Allah has blessed me with the gift of Iman (faith), I have decided to expiate for my previous sins and lead an ascetic life seeking Allah’s forgiveness. What is the best course of action you can suggest for me to adopt? May Allah reward you best!
Answer (Shaikh Ibn Baaz):
We advise you to perform Tawbah (repentance) to Allah from all your previous sins, to regret having committed those sins, to remain steadfast in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and determine not to return to sin again. We also advise you to recite the Qur’an regularly, reflect on its meanings, and to memorize as many Hadiths as you can. In this respect, you may refer to such useful books as Bulugh Al-Maram written by Ibn Hajar, `Umdat Al-Hadith written by Al-Hafiz `Abdul-Ghany Al-Maqdisy, Al-Arba`in Al-Nawawiyah and its supplement by Ibn Rajab. You may also refer to other books such as Al-Tawhid written by Sheikh Muhammad Ibn `Abdul-Wahhab, Al-`Aqidah Al-Wasitiyyah by Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Kashf Al-Shubuhat by Sheikh Muhammad Ibn `Abdul-Wahhab (may Allah be merciful to him).
We also advise you to refer to the greatly beneficial book entitled Zad Al-Ma`ad Fi Hady Khayr Al-`Ibad by Ibn Al-Qayyim and the book Fath Al-Majid Sharh Kitab Al-Tawhid by Sheikh `Abdul-Rahman Ibn Hasan.
RAISING ONE’S VOICE TO HIS/HER PARENTS
RULING ON RAISING ONE’S VOICE TO HIS/HER PARENTS – SHAIKH IBN UL-UTHAYMEEN
Question: While I am working or there comes limited time and my father comes requesting something I did for him and I raise my voice to him. Is this haram?
Answer: “There is no doubt this is caused by anger and shortness of breath. What is necessary for a person is to control himself when angry because :
لأن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سأله رجل فقال: أوصني، قال: لا تغضب، فردد مراراً قال: لا تغضب
The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam was asked by a man: Advise me. He said: Do not be angry. So he repeated the question a number of times and he said: Do not be angry.
So it is necessary for a person to control himself when angry and seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan, the accursed if he/she senses him until he leaves. If she does so, she can control herself from raising her voice to them. It is not allowed for her to raise her voice to them due to Allah’s statement:
إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلاهُمَا فَلا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour
[17:23]
From what is known, is that if the parents reach old age they will always occur from them what will restrict a person, embarrass him, and anger him. Along with that, Allah the exalted says:
لا تَقُلْ لَهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمً
say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour
[17:23]
So it is obligatory upon her to be courteous with her parents and control herself when angry “.
[Taken from: http://audio.islamweb.net/audio/index.php?page=FullContent&audioid=309211#327052 ]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
Boarding a bus which contains freemixing…
Ash-Shaykh Saalih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked on the ruling of a person boarding a bus which contains of
free-mixing between men and women?
A: “It is compulsory upon the person to keep far from touching women, I
mean from crowding them, whereas his body becomes connected to her body even if (that were to occur) behind a screen, for indeed this calls to fitnah. The human being is not safe (from everything); he might see himself that he is cautious of this matter and that he will not become affected by it however ash-Shaytaan flows in the blood stream of the son of Adam, so perhaps a (slight) movement from him may corrupt him. So if it is a must for the person to do so (to aboard on a free-mixing bus) while him striving not to become affected then I hope there is no harm in it however my opinion is that it is not
possible to be a must for him to do so, due to it being possible for
him to seek a place where he will not be connected to a woman even if he has to stand (throughout the ride) and by this he frees himself
from this affair that which necessitates fitnah, trail and it is upon the person to fear Allah according to his capability and not to see these affairs to be minor. Likewise as we hope from those who are in charge of these means of transportation; whether it be any means of transportation to make a place specifically for women whereas they are
not connected to the men.”
Reference: Fataawaa Islaamiyyah (3/119).
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