Praise be to Allaah.

Every call for women to appear and come out of the home is one of the calls for the spread of corruption, and it is a cause of the spread of immorality. Allaah has warned of the punishment for that, as He said (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, those who like that (the crime of) illegal sexual intercourse should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allaah knows and you know not”

[al-Noor 24:19]

Allaah has warned them of this painful punishment. It is known that people’s looks and devilish desires are focused on women, and that if the corrupt evildoers see them, and especially if they hear them speaking, when they may speak in soft voices or some part of their adornments may become visible, such as their jewellery or something that catches the eye, those who see or hear such a woman may get the impression that she is not chaste and that she is a “soft touch” who will not refuse the approaches of the wanton evildoer. So they start chasing her and they may write down or memorize her phone number, and this is a means of increasing corruption and spreading evil. These are the type of people who call for women to be employed in selling their products by giving a woman some kinds of medicine and telling her to go to this patient or this doctor or this clinic, and promote and show the product, so that she goes from place to place, entering these markets and gatherings. This is all a call for women to come out and therefore to abandon her hijaab. This kind of advertising and promotion may be done easily by men who are better suited to do that and to enter the marketplaces and to do this kind of work. But with regard to those who call for the promotion of immorality and haraam things, we have to beware of them and refuse their calls. We must also warn the Muslim women against listening to them or accepting their offers (of employment), and against co-operating with them in any way at all. And Allaah is the Provider, the Owner of great strength.