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Is a female soldier considered to be imitating men?

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A woman's work in the military field is not considered an imitation of men, provided she adheres to the legal hijab, avoids forbidden mixing and seclusion, does not wear men's attire, and is cautious about displaying her adornments, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance" and "And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to draw their headcovers over their chests." This is also supported by what was narrated in the Hadith: "Allah curses men who imitate women and women who imitate men."

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