Does Islam allow woman to work outside her home without a necessity or due to a necessity but in a mixed work place although she abides by the Islamic code of dress or she does not?
A64. One foundation of Islam is that it safeguards the purity of the Islamic society and environment from all illegal sexual relationships. Thus it prohibits committing such evils and closes all doors leading to them. That is why Islam commands women to abide by the Islamic code of dress and prohibits all lonely encounters with alien men or travelling with them without the company of a husband or a close relative. Islam also orders both men and women to lower their gaze. Everything that does not lead to evil or to something prohibited is allowed in Islam. Thus it exempted old women from lowering their gaze; solitary encounter with alien men and single travel abroad, all of which apply to other women. Islam allows travel for women with a close relative. It also permits lust free gazes for a right reason like medical treatment, financial dealings, testimony, engagement for marriage and the like. Accordingly, every Muslim woman living in these countries that force them to work under condi
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