Muslim women may only work in industries that are traditionally for women e.g. nursing, teaching, social work etc. Muslim women may only work in jobs that have separate sectors for women and men: "And covet not the thing in which Allah hath made some of you excel others. Unto men a fortune from that which they have earned, and unto women a fortune that which they have earned. (Envy not one another) but ask Allah of His bounty.Lo! Allah is the ever Knower of all things." (Qur"an 4:32). In addition, Muslim women must not allow their jobs to interfere with their duties and responsibilities to their husband and children because that is their most holy role in society. .
Islam allows Muslim women to control and manage their own business contracts and finances, which indicates that women are equal to men in this regard: "And wish not for the things in which Allah has made some of you excel the others. For men there is reward for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward for what they have earned, and ask Allah of His Bounty. Surely, Allah is Ever All-Knower of everything" (Qur"an 4:32). If a Muslim woman works that income is hers and hers alone, meaning Muslim women have full control of their own finances. Muslim women have no financial responsibilities at all; all the financial responsibilities of the family are the husbands" responsibility. According to Islam, the man is the stronger person and is physically more apt to work, as they are not restricted by menses, pregnancy, nursing and childbirth. "Men are protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend to support them from their means" (Qur"an 4:34). .
Islamic law also states that women have the right to inheritance. "Unto men (of the family) belongs a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it a little or much- a determinate share" (Qur"an 4:7).
