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What is the jurisprudential opinion regarding the conflict of evidence between the permissibility of women assuming leadership positions, inferred from the mention of "a woman of high rank" in the hadith of the seven whom Allah will shade, and the prohibition of that in the hadith: "Never will a people prosper who entrust their affairs to a woman"?

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The of the seven has no connection to the issue of women holding positions, nor is there any contradiction between it and the hadith: "Never will a people who appoint a woman to lead them succeed." This is because the "position" in the hadith does not refer to jobs, but rather to honor and wealth, as stated in Fath al-Bari by Ibn Hajar.

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