Questions on the Organization of Girls’ Madrasas

Question

(1) Did the salaf (the pious predecessors) establish religious madrasas for women and children? (2) In this age, when boys and girls are enrolling in schools and colleges, is it correct to establish religious madrasas [for girls]? (3) What is the ruling of the Sacred Law on residing in such a madrasa without a mahram (a close relative to whom marriage is forbidden)? (4) Should such a madrasa now be established where girls could reside and obtain an education?

Answer

(1) Among the righteous salaf it was a common practice to give children religious instruction [in the sense] that the parents or other relatives themselves taught them; there were no permanent madrasas or institutions for them [girls]. (2)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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