Working Women in Islam-I

Recently I came across the news dat some Muslim cleric have issued the Fatwa which forbidsMuslim women to work I mean 2 go 2 office n all I sometimes do wonder from where these clerics get these ideas 2 gain cheap publicitiesat a time when the imperialistic people are simply involved to prove that Islam does not give equal rights to women remember what happened in France ? Burqa has been banned n these stupid statements of the clerics simply attracts media.In Islam, a woman can practice any occupation that she chooses, as long as that occupation is lawfully permitted for men and women to engage in. There is no restriction placed upon her in this.From the dawn of Islam, women engaged in many occupations such as commerce, agriculture, and manufacturing.A woman came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and said to him: “I am a woman who engages in buying and selling.” She then asked him for the legal rulings pertaining to some of the commercial transactions that she used to engage in.Another woman came to him complaining that one of the men forbade her from working on her farm. Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “Go work your date palms; for perhaps you might give some charity or do acts of righteousness.”
Allah says:Men have a share of what they earn and women have a share of what they earn.There is nothing in the Quran to suggest that certain offices are prohibited to women; consequently, they may rise to the position of president, caliph, judge, imam or muezzin (caller to prayer). Everything is permitted unless explicitly prohibited by the Quran.Freedom is the principle while prohibition is an exception; moreover if there are any exceptions, they are explicitly stated in the verses of the Quran.Thus, there are no obstacles for women who desire to attain the above positions.