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The Role of the Woman in Rectifying the Society Ash-Shaykh, Al-‘Allaamah Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-‘Uthaymeen

دور المرأة في إصلاح المجتمع لفضيلة الشيخ العلامة محمد بن صالح العثيمين

The Importance of the Woman’s Role in the Rectification of Society

After what has preceded, I think that there is no harm if we say that half of the rectification of society, if not the majority of it, is dependent on the woman and this is because of two reasons:

THE ROLE OF THE WOMAN IN RECTIFYING THE SOCIETY

The first reason is that the population of women is similar to that of men if not greater in number. Rather, they are the majority of the children of Adam. What I mean is that the majority of the children of Adam are women.

Just as the Prophetic Sunnah points to this fact. But this differs from one place to another and at one time to another. Because the women could outnumber the men in a particular place and it could be the opposite in another place. Just as the women could outnumber the men at a particular time and the opposite at another time. In any case, the woman has a major role in rectifying society.

The second reason is that the upbringing of generations firstly starts under the supervision and the guardianship of the women. This brings clarity to the importance of the role, which is obligatory upon the women in rectifying society.

Characteristics Necessary for the Woman’s Rectification of Society

In order that the importance of a woman’s role in rectifying society to be attained, it is necessary for her to possess certain prerequisites and characteristics so that she can carry out her responsibility in this affair and here are a few of these characteristics:

The First Characteristic the Uprightness of the Woman That the woman herself should be righteous/pious so that she can be a good example and a good role model for the rest of the women. But how can the woman attain (this level) of integrity?

 Every woman should realize that she will never reach this level of integrity except with knowledge. What I mean by that is legislative knowledge; that which is acquired either from books,

if she has the ability to obtain it in that manner, or directly from the mouths of the ‘ulamaa (scholars) whether these scholars be men or women.

And in our (present) time, it is very easy for the woman to obtain knowledge from the mouths of the scholars and that can be by way of cassette tapes. Because these tapes and all praise is for Allaah, they play a great role in