The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him
The suffering of women working outside the home
When Musa saw the sight of the two girls, he avoided drinking water with the people
He turned to them, wondering and astonished at what they had done
He said what's wrong with you?
Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may God have mercy on him, said
Moses said to the two women
What is the matter with you and what is your matter, defending what you have done to the people?
Do you not water it with people's livestock?
Al-Taher Ibn Ashour, may God have mercy on him, said
When Moses saw the two women preventing their cattle from drinking
He asked them what's wrong with you
It is a question about their story and their affairs
When the water came
He did not dare to water their sheep
The answer was great
Which is a lesson for every girl today who wants to work outside the home
She said: We will not water until the pastures are released
Our father is a great sheikh
Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said
That is, we do not get watering until after they have finished
Al-Alusi, may God Almighty have mercy on him, said
As if they said
Two weak women are hidden
We cannot argue with men or jockey with them
We don't have a man to do that
Our father is an old sheikh
Old age has weakened him
We must delay watering until people die or run out of water
So I explained the reason for staying away from watering
Not wanting to crowd in and mingle with men
Then she followed that up by explaining the excuse that led them to work outside the home
She said, “Our father is an old man.”
Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said
That is, this is the situation that gives us refuge in what you see
Al-Taher Ibn Ashour, may God have mercy on him, said
They said, “Our father is a great sheikh.”
As an apology for coming to watering with the men
Because they did not find a man to water for them
Because the only man they have is their father
He is a great sheikh
It cannot reach water because it is too weak to compete with
Al-Shaarawi, may God have mercy on him, said
So we have three provisions in this story
We do not water until the pasture comes out
She gave a ruling
Our father is a great sheikh
She gave a ruling
So he gave them water
She gave a third ruling
These three rulings
It regulates the issue of women's work for the Muslim community
What should we do when women are forced to work?
It is the first ruling
We know that watering livestock is the work of men
From the second ruling
We know that women do not go out to work unless necessary
It does not do the job of men
Unless the man is unable to perform this task
Our father is a great sheikh
As for the third ruling
He knows the Muslim community or even the humanitarian community
If he sees the woman has gone out to work
She must not have a man to do this job
He must help her and facilitate her mission
I remember when I traveled to Saudi Arabia
In the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
I rode with a colleague in his car
On the way, I saw him get out of his car
And he went to one of the houses
In front of him was a wooden table
Covered with a piece of cloth
So he took her and put her in the car
Then we walked
So I asked him what he was doing
And he said
It is our custom if you see such a table at the door of the house
It means that the owner of the house is not present
And the housewife had prepared the dough
And you want someone to bake it
If one of us passed by, he took it and baked it
Then he put the table back in place
And in the Almighty’s saying
We do not water until the pastures are released
An indication that if a woman has to go out to work
She had this necessity
She has to take the necessity as much as she can
Do not mix with men
And to isolate herself from crowding and contact with them
This does not mean that necessity forced women to do men's work
She became like them
She allows herself to mingle with them
The suffering that women faced in the city
When she goes out to work outside the home
It consists of two things
The first
The suffering of mingling with men
The second
Suffering from the nature of the work you went out to do
As for the first suffering
It is mingling with men
The texts of the Qur’an and Sunnah have indicated
On the prohibition of women mixing with men in business
It is this evidence
The story of these two girls
They are in need of watering
However, they did not approach the men
Go away clearly
Until this caught the attention of God’s Prophet Moses, peace and blessings be upon him
Among them is the Almighty’s saying
And live in your homes
And do not display yourselves like the display of pre-Islamic times
So God Almighty commanded the decision-making in homes
Because of the protection of women
Keeping it away from corrupt means
And because the woman who does not stay in her home
Prone to mixing with men
Because of her frequent going out
So God chose for her to stay at home
To reduce her contact with men
Therefore, the order was followed by decision-making in homes
By forbidding vanity
Because leaving the house a lot
Women's expectations of finery
Among them is the Almighty’s saying
O Prophet
Tell your husbands and daughters
And the women of believers
He draws down their cloaks upon them
That's the least they should know
So they won't hurt
God is Forgiving and Merciful
So God Almighty commanded the women of the believers
By lowering the jilbab over them
If we want to go out
The purpose of this is clear
He hid them from men
If we have blocked
From the eyes of men in clothing
How can they mix with men?
In general community activities
Which is not without its revelations
Men look at women
And falling into temptation with them
Among them is His saying, Glory be to Him
Tell the believers to lower their gazes
And protect their private parts
It's smarter for them
God is aware of what they do
And tell the believing women to be angry
From their sight
And they protect their private parts
They do not show off their adornment
Except what appears
So God commanded the believing women
What he commanded the believers to do
From lowering one's gaze and guarding one's chastity
And he started it regardless
Because it is the leading means
To preserve relief
He who lowers his gaze
He was better off guarding his chastity
And whoever releases his sight
Whoever agrees to commit immorality
No rational person doubts that the fields are mixed
No one is safe in it
From looking at the other party
It is the most important field
In which adultery occurs
This verse indicates its meaning
On the prohibition of mixing
Among them is the Almighty’s saying
And if you ask them for anything
So ask them from behind a veil
That is purer for your hearts and their hearts
Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said
That is, this is what I commanded you to do
I legitimized it for you from the veil
Purer and better
He understands from that
Mixing is not purer for the hearts of men and women
Rather, it corrupted all of their hearts
Mixed work
There is great suffering for women in many aspects
From her
Suffering in lowering her gaze
She struggles to control her emotions
She struggles to maintain the purity of her heart
And the suffering of not spoiling a man’s heart
And suffering in her commitment to the legal dress that pleases her Lord
She suffers from controlling her speech and the way she speaks
Were women able to work in men's fields?
Get over this suffering
We will continue in the next meeting, God willing
Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds
The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him