Expert: Ahmer - 11/1/2009

Question
assalamwaliakum brother i m a female about 17.....i am keen on becoming a social worker when i reach the professional age....i would like be to interactive and a little outgoing in that....not exactly an etrovert as such but yes a little....would u please tell me as a female can i pursue this profession....islam does not allow mixing of sexes....i m really very keen on helping people and all...but u know thats not quite possible if i just sit at home...i want to earn my own money and spend it on helping people....so tell me if i can do that....thankyou may allah bless u

Answer
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim (In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful)

Assalmalaikum

Dear Sister,

Every muslim is a social worker by default. You do not need to interact to the opposite sex at all. Work amongst women only. Simple as that.

[Quran 90:12]And what will explain to you the path that is steep?
[Quran 90:13](It is:) freeing the bondman/neck/slave.
[Quran 90:14]Or the giving of food in a day of privation .
[Quran 90:15]To the orphan with claims of relationship.
[Quran 90:16]Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
[Quran 90:17]Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
[Quran 90:18]Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

[Quran 23:1] Successful indeed are the believers.
[Quran 23:2] Those who offer their Salât (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.
[Quran 23:3] And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).
[Quran 23:4] And those who pay the Zakât .
[Quran 23:5] And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts)
[Quran 23:6] Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;
[Quran 23:7] But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;
[Quran 23:8] Those who are faithfully true to their Amanât (all the duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts etc.)[] and to their covenants;
[Quran 23:9] And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawât (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours)
[Quran 23:10] These are indeed the inheritors.
[Quran 23:11] Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever.
[Quran 23:57] Verily! Those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;
[Quran 23:58] And those who believe in the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord.

[Quran 23:59] And those who join not anyone (in worship) as partners with their Lord;
[Quran 23:60] And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also do other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear (whether their alms and charities, etc., have been accepted or not)[], because they are sure to return to their Lord (for reckoning).

[Quran 23:61] It is these who race for the good deeds, and they are foremost in them [e.g. offering the compulsory Salât (prayers) in their (early) stated, fixed times and so on].

[Quran 8:4] It is they who are the believers in truth. For them are grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness and a generous provision (Paradise).

rg
Ahmer

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