<p>The fatwa was issued by a bench of three clerics including chief mufti Habib-ur-Rehman on March 29. But it was made public recently, Deoband sources said today.<br /><br />Clerics at the largest Sunni muslim seminary said the decree was based on the fact that the sharia prohibited proximity of men and women in the workplace.<br /><br />The fatwa was in response to a query by a person Kausar whether income of a muslim woman for a family was justified.<br /><br />They ruled that muslim women to work in any institution, government or private, with men is against sharia law.<br /><br />At the time when there is a demand for job quota for muslims and a yearning for progress in the community that sees itself neglected, the fatwa has drawn flak from other clerics and progressive personalities.</p>
<p>The fatwa was issued by a bench of three clerics including chief mufti Habib-ur-Rehman on March 29. But it was made public recently, Deoband sources said today.<br /><br />Clerics at the largest Sunni muslim seminary said the decree was based on the fact that the sharia prohibited proximity of men and women in the workplace.<br /><br />The fatwa was in response to a query by a person Kausar whether income of a muslim woman for a family was justified.<br /><br />They ruled that muslim women to work in any institution, government or private, with men is against sharia law.<br /><br />At the time when there is a demand for job quota for muslims and a yearning for progress in the community that sees itself neglected, the fatwa has drawn flak from other clerics and progressive personalities.</p>