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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.
Asked by Litten (115 rep)
Oct 14, 2023, 09:06 AM
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