Woman's Role

What do you say about the woman’s role in calling to Allah?

She is like the man. She should call to Allah, and order the good and

forbid the evil, since the texts from the Noble Qur’an and the Pure

Sunnah prove this, and the words of the scholars are clear about this.

So she should call to Allah, order the good and forbid evil in

accordance with the manners prescribed in the sharee’ah which are

required from the man.

Along with this, she should not be diverted from calling to Allah by

impatience and by lack of perseverance due to the fact that some

people belittle her or abuse her, or make fun of her. Rather, she

should bear that and patiently persevere – even if she sees something

from the people which may be counted as being mockery. She should also

take care of another matter, which is that she should be an example of

chasteness and cover herself with hijaab in front of males who are not

mahrem for her and she should avoid mixing with men. Rather her d’awah

would be done while taking care to avoid everything for which she

would be censured.

So, if she gives da’wah to men, then she does so while wearing proper

hijaab and without being alone with any one of them. And if she gives

da’wah to women, she does so with wisdom and pure manners and conduct

so that no one remonstrates with her and asks her why she does not

begin with herself.

She should also avoid clothing which will be a trial (fitnah) for the

people and she should keep far away from every cause of fitnah, such

as revealing her beauty and speaking in a sensual manner – which would

be censured. Rather she should take care to call to Allah in a manner

which will not harm her deen or her reputation. – Shaykh Abdul-Aziz

Ibn Baz

[From Majmoo’ Fataawaa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah of Ibn Baz (Vol 4. p.

240)]