Can Muslim women hold leadership positions in a company?
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There is a certain hadith in Bukhari that forbids women from becoming leaders.
> No people who appoint a woman as their leader will ever prosper.” (Reported by al-Bukhari, 13/53).
**My question is**, does it apply to the head of the state and judge or being leader/head in other places like office, business, etc?
From islamqa org , they say,
> As for other positions of authority, such as scholars and teachers,
> heads and executives, managers, representatives, and advisors, even at
> the highest levels, there is no Shariah prohibition to this, and women
> have equal rights to such positions, as well as being entitled to
> command equal respect and rights, including salary.
>
> Sayyidna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed Samrah bint
> Nuhaik as the chief supervisor of the marketplace, and gave her powers
> to carry out her role. It is said that ‘She would patrol the market
> while enjoining good and forbidding evil. She would discipline people
> with a whip that she had with her.’ [al Isti’ab fi Asma al Ashab]
So, we can see Umar(ra)appointed a woman in an administrative post.
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Oct 14, 2023, 09:06 AM
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