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Alsalam Alaikaum Wr Wb Im an american Egyptian girl Currently moved to Egypt with my family. AFter finishing high school i decided i wanted to become a teacher, Its really my dream, I wanna be an islamic studies teacher, My parents have no Problem alhamduduallah, but one Problem is i cant travel to The states with out a mahram and there isnt any colleges where i am that teach Education, Now my dad suggested online college...Phoenix University, honestly It has a great reputation and its Amazing, even its online classes, ITs PERfecTT!! i can actually learn what i want, at home, ,and have enough time to do what i want, which inshallah its to study islam, now my dad agress how ever my mom doesnt, she wants to be able to attend classes, So i dont kno what to do, she told me its my life and to do what i want, i tried convincing her, telling her that id be Social still as in Volonuteer in my fathers school, and do stuff, Im askin you guys to help me, to give advice in what to do, I wanna make her happy, But she Agreed iin a way, not satisfied but she agreed, Please Help me And Make duaa that my mother Agrees, Also if you think about it,Its better for me, I read that a women shouldnt leave her house much, am i right? so i'll be learning and also not leavin my house, Thankyou Very much Alsalalm Alaikaum!
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
First of all, we ask Allaah to reward you for being keen to please your mother, and we ask Him to increase your zeal for doing good and refraining from doing evil.
In principle, a woman should stay in her home and she should not go out except for a necessity. Moreover, she should not go out frequently and this is something religiously established as Allaah Says with regards to women (what means): {And stay in your houses.}[Quran 33:33].
Therefore, it is not permissible for a woman to travel for studies without her husband or a Mahram (i.e. a person whom one is permanently prohibited from marrying due to suckling, marital, or blood relations) for more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 83795 and 81210.
If the matter is as you mentioned in the question that studying in this university requires one to travel there, and you have no Mahram to accompany you, then it is not permissible for you to obey your mother in travelling, as there is no obedience to a creature in disobeying the Creator [Allaah]. However, you should endeavour to please your mother and convince her to give up her opinion about you travelling to study there. You should earnestly supplicate Allaah so that He might make her pleased with you. Furthermore, it should be mentioned that residing in a non-Muslim country involves many disadvantages for a person's religion and worldly affairs. Therefore, a Muslim should not resort to travel there except for a necessity or a dire need.
For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 81642 and 81142.
As regards studying online in this university [
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