Can a Hijabi Muslim Lady be a Pilot in Islam?
C.J Ahmed-13.06.2023
A Muslim girl or woman can definitely work as a pilot. There is a huge misunderstanding and bias towards woman where woman are discouraged or even banned from driving or piloting. Even the female companions of the prophet (sal) used to ride camels which were regarded as a valuable vehicle back then by the Arabs.
Narrated Abu Hurayra:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "The best women among the camel riders, are the women of Quraish." (Bukhari)
Men and Women Mixing is Not Haram
The scholars who have given the fatwa that mixing of sexes is haram have made a mistake as human beings and it is a duty of every Muslim to learn Islam based on evidence and this will help the Muslim differentiate what are facts, half-truths, lies, hypothesis, theories are. Amr bin al Aas (rali) narrated the prophet (sal) saying,
“If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is correct, he will have two rewards. If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, he will have one reward.”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
Allah says in the Quran
"For anything you want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs"
(Al-Quran-33:53)
the above verse is been given by some to prove that men and women mixing is haram. When we look at the above verse it is very clear that the verse was sent down by Allah (swt) specifically to the wives of the prophet (sal) and not all the women in general. Allah says
the reason for the above verse been revealed was mentioned in the below hadith,
Anas bin Malik said: "The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh with (a wedding feast of) meat and bread. I sent someone to invite people to the feast, and some people came and ate, then left. Then another group came and ate, and left. I invited people until there was no one left to invite. I said, `O Messenger of Allah, I cannot find anyone else to invite.' He said, ‘Take away the food’. There were three people left who were talking in the house. The Prophet went out until he came to the apartment of `A’ishah, May Allah is pleased with her, and he said,
May peace be upon you, members of the household, and the mercy and blessings of Allah’? She said, `And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. How did you find your (new) wife, O Messenger of Allah May Allah bless you.' He went round to the apartments of all his wives, and spoke with them as he had spoken with `A’ishah and they spoke as `A’ishah had spoken. Then the Prophet came back, and those three people were still talking in the house. The Prophet was extremely shy, so he went out and headed towards `A'ishah's apartment. I do not know whether I told him or someone else told him when the people had left, so he came back, and when he was standing with one foot over the threshold and the other foot outside, he placed the curtain between me and him, and the Ayah of Hijab was revealed.''
"For anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs..."
(Bukhari)
Using the above verse proves nothing at all to say that men and women mixing is haram. This verse was only revealed to the wives of the prophet (sal) and not others.
Abu Asid al-Sa'di invited the Prophet and his Companions to his wedding and it was Abu Asid's wife who prepared the food and served it to them herself"
(Recorded in the Sahih of Imam Bukhari and the Sahih of Imam Muslim. Bukhari included the hadith in a chapter entitled "A woman Serving Food to Men at Weddings").
The above hadith clearly proves that men and women mixing is not haram. If it was haram then the companion Abu Asid's wife would have been prevented from serving the male guests by the prophet (sal). The above hadith is clear proof for those who who use their intellect and seek the truth through evidence and not from the wrong fatwas of scholars who are themselves human that men and women mixing is not at all haram in Islam.
A Muslim girl or woman can definitely work as a pilot. There is a huge misunderstanding and bias towards woman where woman are discouraged or even banned from driving or piloting. Even the female companions of the prophet (sal) used to ride camels which were regarded as a valuable vehicle back then by the Arabs.
Narrated Abu Hurayra:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "The best women among the camel riders, are the women of Quraish." (Bukhari)
Men and Women Mixing is Not Haram
The scholars who have given the fatwa that mixing of sexes is haram have made a mistake as human beings and it is a duty of every Muslim to learn Islam based on evidence and this will help the Muslim differentiate what are facts, half-truths, lies, hypothesis, theories are. Amr bin al Aas (rali) narrated the prophet (sal) saying,
“If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is correct, he will have two rewards. If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, he will have one reward.”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
Allah says in the Quran
"For anything you want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs"
(Al-Quran-33:53)
the above verse is been given by some to prove that men and women mixing is haram. When we look at the above verse it is very clear that the verse was sent down by Allah (swt) specifically to the wives of the prophet (sal) and not all the women in general. Allah says
the reason for the above verse been revealed was mentioned in the below hadith,
Anas bin Malik said: "The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh with (a wedding feast of) meat and bread. I sent someone to invite people to the feast, and some people came and ate, then left. Then another group came and ate, and left. I invited people until there was no one left to invite. I said, `O Messenger of Allah, I cannot find anyone else to invite.' He said, ‘Take away the food’. There were three people left who were talking in the house. The Prophet went out until he came to the apartment of `A’ishah, May Allah is pleased with her, and he said,
May peace be upon you, members of the household, and the mercy and blessings of Allah’? She said, `And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. How did you find your (new) wife, O Messenger of Allah May Allah bless you.' He went round to the apartments of all his wives, and spoke with them as he had spoken with `A’ishah and they spoke as `A’ishah had spoken. Then the Prophet came back, and those three people were still talking in the house. The Prophet was extremely shy, so he went out and headed towards `A'ishah's apartment. I do not know whether I told him or someone else told him when the people had left, so he came back, and when he was standing with one foot over the threshold and the other foot outside, he placed the curtain between me and him, and the Ayah of Hijab was revealed.''
"For anything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs..."
(Bukhari)
Using the above verse proves nothing at all to say that men and women mixing is haram. This verse was only revealed to the wives of the prophet (sal) and not others.
Abu Asid al-Sa'di invited the Prophet and his Companions to his wedding and it was Abu Asid's wife who prepared the food and served it to them herself"
(Recorded in the Sahih of Imam Bukhari and the Sahih of Imam Muslim. Bukhari included the hadith in a chapter entitled "A woman Serving Food to Men at Weddings").
The above hadith clearly proves that men and women mixing is not haram. If it was haram then the companion Abu Asid's wife would have been prevented from serving the male guests by the prophet (sal). The above hadith is clear proof for those who who use their intellect and seek the truth through evidence and not from the wrong fatwas of scholars who are themselves human that men and women mixing is not at all haram in Islam.