Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

I just want to know is there any restriction in Islam for employing the women in different field and also any restriction for going women for higher study.

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Answer:

Can woman work and study

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 27 Surah Noor verses 30-31:

30 Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and scrupulously guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.

31 And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and scrupulously guard their modesty.

Respected brother, in principle, as long as the believers, men or women, do not violate any of the tenets of Shariah, there is absolutely no harm in them to seek lawful work in any field which is deemed lawful in Shariah, or them undertaking higher studies in any subjects they please and will.

What is of paramount importance is that the believers, men and women, should fear Allah at all times, scrupulously guard their modesty, and abstain from working, facilitating, or indulging in any work which has been declared as ‘haraam’ or unlawful by Allah and His Messenger (saws). As long as none of the tenets of Shariah are violated, the believers, men and women alike, may seek work in any lawful field of their choice, or undertake higher studies in any subject they will and please.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan