Article 98

Anyone who carries citizenship, and is competent, whether male or female, Muslim or non-Muslim, can be appointed as a manager for an administration, a department, or a division, and to be a civil servant in it.

This has been taken from the rules regarding employment, since it is permitted to employ any employee, irrespective of being Muslim or non-Muslim, due to the generality of the evidences of employment; Allah (swt) said

﴿فَإِنْ أَرَضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَكَاتُوهُنَّ أَجْوَرَهُنَّ﴾

“And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment.” (TMQ 65:6) which is general, and it is reported in Al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger ﷺ said

﴿قَالَ اللَّهُ: ثَلَاثَةٌ أَنَا خَصْمُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ... وَرَجُلٌ اسْتَأْجَرَ أَجِيرًا فَاسْتَوْفَى مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ أَجْرَهُ﴾

“Allah said: I am against three on the Day of Judgement...and a man who employed a worker and gets the

*full work out of him, but does not pay him his wage.*” which is general and not specific to the wage of Muslims. The Messenger ﷺ employed a man from *Bani Al-Dayl* who was upon the religion of his people, which indicates the permissibility of employing a non-Muslim in the same way as a Muslim. And in the same manner it is permitted to employ a woman in the same way that it is permitted to employ a man due to the generality of the evidences as well. Accordingly, it is permitted for a woman to be the manager of a department in a state department, and to be a civil servant in them, and it is permitted for a non-Muslim to be a manager of a department from the state departments as well as to be a civil servant, since they are employees, and the evidences for employment are general.

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