Question: The apostle of Allah (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: (They never be successful those who have a woman as their leader.) Does this Hadeeth have a general meaning? However we saw examples in the past and the present of successful leading women such as Balkees (The queen of Yemen).
The prophet (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said this Hadeeth in a certain occasion, when they told him that the Persian king died and that the Persians chose his daughter as his successor, then he (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said this Hadeeth: (They never be successful those who have a woman as their leader.) He meant that the Persians wouldn’t be successful anymore, and he was right as their kingdom vanished.
Some scholars limited themselves to the apparent verbal meaning of the Hadeeth and forbade the woman from any leading position even if she has suitable scientific qualifications or leading practical successes. Other scholars followed the Hanafy doctrine that this Hadeeth related to the highest leadership which is the presidency or the caliphate, but she can do other available jobs including judgeship which need her experience about the matters connected to women. Most modern scholars agree with this opinion, they verified this by the great successes Muslim woman achieved in all fields. Some scholars opened all leading jobs to her even presidency as in Pakistan and Bangladesh. There is not a leading position banned for a woman unless it is not suitable for her nature or her character, the prophet (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: (Women are men’s full sisters.)
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