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In reference to every they must adhere to these
Muslim man and Muslim rulings whether they are
woman, the Prophet suggests working or staying at home.
that “he [or she] does some If the work performed by the
work, and thus he benefits woman demands that she gets
himself and can give away in out of her house, she must get
charity”. The daughter of the the permission of her husband
prophet Hadrat Zahra also in case she is married.
used to work at home. According to the religious
(Kulaini, 1987, Vol. 5:86) opinion of Imam Khomeini:
So for a woman, work is a “Her getting out of the
privilege, not a duty. She house must be permitted
may undertake it whenever by her husband.” (Ref:
her circumstances allow. It is Ma'arif Books, 2005)
man’s duty to take full care Values and Norms Governing
of her, looking after all her the Employment of Married
needs for her living, even Women
though she may be rich.
(Khayat, 2003) Being a woman, she can be at
At the same time, it is true the same time a servant of
that in Islam women are God, a wife and a mother so
permitted to work and have she must not neglect her
an employment but it must be duties. She is permitted to
in accordance with the Islamic work as long as it is not a
rulings. Islam provides rules hindrance to all of her
for women’s safety, security primary duties as a servant of
and for her well being and God, a wife and a mother.
Human beings are not created
