Teaching Girls and Explaining the Rulings of Hayd to Non-Mahram Women

Question

(1) If a person, while observing hijab with the non-mahram women of his neighbourhood, delivers a sermon and admonition to them, explaining the rulings of hayd and nifas, prayer, fasting, purity and impurity, is this permissible or not? (2) Is it permissible to teach girls close to puberty (buluğ) in an elementary religious school or madrasa, or not? If it is not permissible, what kind of sin is it? Please write the answer with a proof from the Sacred Law and references to books.

Answer

(1) It is permissible — this is established many times over from the Noble Prophet ﷺ. However, if there is a fear of trial (fitna), then caution should be observed: in particular, the rulings of hayd and nifas should be explained to one’s own mahram women, and those women should then explain them to other women — as the Pure Wives ﵅ used to explain matters to others; or he…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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