🧵 | Women learning the sacred knowledge in mosques or institutions is a contemporary phenomenon
In the past, it was the man's role and duty to learn and convey to his wife or household what they want to learn, but this has changed in our time
In the past, it was the man's role and duty to learn and convey to his wife or household what they want to learn, but this has changed in our time
Shaykh Sāmir al-Nass jokingly commented that such an idea no longer satisfies women. They want to have that mosque atmosphere
Speaking from personal experience, such a culture had a huge net positive in a country getting increasingly secularized (Syria, back then)
Speaking from personal experience, such a culture had a huge net positive in a country getting increasingly secularized (Syria, back then)
Mosques had an important role in bringing religion back into the household through the women
The amount of women who became practicing because of those circles was so immense that it threatened those adamant on secularism
The amount of women who became practicing because of those circles was so immense that it threatened those adamant on secularism
I heard myself from a relative how her husband (back then) warned her not to be influenced by them and start wearing Hijāb. She remarked: Don't worry, that's just when I go to lessons!
Not only did they become practicing but their children are Huffādh and religious teachers
Not only did they become practicing but their children are Huffādh and religious teachers
And scholars recognized its importance, which is why they insisted on teaching them
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Syria's recent female scholars, like Munīra al-Qubaysī, Samīra al-Zāyid..., studied and were tutored by scholars
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Syria's recent female scholars, like Munīra al-Qubaysī, Samīra al-Zāyid..., studied and were tutored by scholars
Now the point of contention is, what's the required etiquette when teaching women (and vice versa)?
Segregation is and necessary, and scholars were always extremely cautious in interactions with women
Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Kurdī only taught them from behind a curtain
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Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Kurdī only taught them from behind a curtain
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I've witnessed extreme caution from Shuyūkh in this
A woman came up to Shaykh ‘Abdullāh al-Rahhāl asking him to sign on her book
Without looking upwards, he told her to place the book on the table. He walked over to the table, signed it, and left
A woman came up to Shaykh ‘Abdullāh al-Rahhāl asking him to sign on her book
Without looking upwards, he told her to place the book on the table. He walked over to the table, signed it, and left
Segregation is being forgotten in many places. Just look at the disasters we see coming from supposedly Islāmic universities in the west
But, should the scholars who didn't take the complete precautions in teaching be censured and insulted?
But, should the scholars who didn't take the complete precautions in teaching be censured and insulted?
My great-aunt studied the Hāshiya, among other things, with the Muftī of Damascus, Shaykh Abu al-Yusr ‘Abidīn
She was in the elite batch of his students who he prophesized would bring a lot of good (which they did)
She was in the elite batch of his students who he prophesized would bring a lot of good (which they did)
When I asked her how they studied with him, she said he sat behind his desk and they in the room across from him. Without a curtain
Am I advocating for this? No. Caution is not just better but necessary
But it is impermissible to insult and censure scholars that did otherwise
Am I advocating for this? No. Caution is not just better but necessary
But it is impermissible to insult and censure scholars that did otherwise
Karīmah al-Marwaziyyah (d. 463) taught thousands in Makkah, without a curtain
Their circumstances were different and that's understandable. Both are valid and neither are sinful, but one is undoubtedly unrestrictedly better and required in our age
Their circumstances were different and that's understandable. Both are valid and neither are sinful, but one is undoubtedly unrestrictedly better and required in our age
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