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**EsAllCams** · 04-04-2012, 05:35 PM

There is a fatwa from islamqa that say a woman shouldn't drive. http://*************/en/ref/45880 The sheik gives various reasons about why a woman shouldn't drive some making more sense than the other. However 1 reason I find to be ridiculous and a tad sexist. 7 – When women drive it leads to overcrowding in the streets, or it deprives some young men of the opportunity to drive cars when they are more deserving of that. So apparently female drivers cause all traffic jams and men deserve to drive more than females. Statements like that are why I dont really agree with this guy.

I do prefer Sunni Path because the scholar on that site seems to make better use of the English language. Islamqa is full of run on sentances and awkward grammar structures thus for me it can be extremely hard to grasp what the fatwa is saying because of how it is written. Sunni path also has a section at the top of the fatwas that tell you the exact decision: Yes such and such a thing is haram and then tells you why and it is easy to find the answer you are looking for. On islam qa you have to fish out the answer through these dense sentances and it takes a long time to get to the point of a fatwa.

Sunni Path and Islamqa seem to have completely opposite opinions on some issues. I remember I checked both sites for an opinion about going to a non Muslim relative's funeral when one of my uncles died a few months ago. Islamqa said it is completely haram to attend the relative on a non Muslim even if it is a relative while Sunni path says it is allowed for a Muslim to attend the funeral of a non Muslim if the deceased was a relative or friend or if benefit could be attained by attending the funeral. Needless to say I listened to the sunni path opinion.

That does sound somewhat misogynist, but I can easily see it being an issue of poor translation.

The shaikh may have been trying to say that, since men are required to provide their families, they are more in need of the roads than women are, the majority of whom would not be driving for essential needs.

I'm not really a fan of the website, but I'd make excuses for Sh. Munajjid in this case, as it could be interpreted in a way that isn't negative.

04-04-2012, 05:35 PM	#15
EsAllCams Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	There is a fatwa from islamqa that say a woman shouldn't drive. http://*************/en/ref/45880 The sheik gives various reasons about why a woman shouldn't drive some making more sense than the other. However 1 reason I find to be ridiculous and a tad sexist. 7 – When women drive it leads to overcrowding in the streets, or it deprives some young men of the opportunity to drive cars when they are more deserving of that. So apparently female drivers cause all traffic jams and men deserve to drive more than females. Statements like that are why I dont really agree with this guy. I do prefer Sunni Path because the scholar on that site seems to make better use of the English language. Islamqa is full of run on sentances and awkward grammar structures thus for me it can be extremely hard to grasp what the fatwa is saying because of how it is written. Sunni path also has a section at the top of the fatwas that tell you the exact decision: Yes such and such a thing is haram and then tells you why and it is easy to find the answer you are looking for. On islam qa you have to fish out the answer through these dense sentances and it takes a long time to get to the point of a fatwa. Sunni Path and Islamqa seem to have completely opposite opinions on some issues. I remember I checked both sites for an opinion about going to a non Muslim relative's funeral when one of my uncles died a few months ago. Islamqa said it is completely haram to attend the relative on a non Muslim even if it is a relative while Sunni path says it is allowed for a Muslim to attend the funeral of a non Muslim if the deceased was a relative or friend or if benefit could be attained by attending the funeral. Needless to say I listened to the sunni path opinion. That does sound somewhat misogynist, but I can easily see it being an issue of poor translation. The shaikh may have been trying to say that, since men are required to provide their families, they are more in need of the roads than women are, the majority of whom would not be driving for essential needs. I'm not really a fan of the website, but I'd make excuses for Sh. Munajjid in this case, as it could be interpreted in a way that isn't negative.
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