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Is the work of a married woman as an elementary school teacher—with her commitment to the legal hijab, her non-mixing with men, and her lack of financial need for the work—considered unlawful or does it involve any suspicion of unlawfulness?

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There is no harm for you in continuing this work as long as you adhere to good conduct and morals. A woman must observe hijab from an adolescent boy just as she observes it from an adult, due to Al-Nawawi's statement: "An adolescent is like an adult," and because an adolescent "can discern a woman's nakedness," meaning he is capable of describing what he sees of women. This is unlike a child who cannot discern a woman's nakedness, as stated in the verse: "Or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women."

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