Alƙur'ani ya bayyana cewa duk wanda ya yi aiki nagari, namiji ko mace, yana mumini, za a ba shi rayuwa mai kyau kuma a ba shi lada. Mace tana riƙe da sunanta da dukiyarta bayan aure kuma ba a wajabta mata kashewa a gida ba: wannan aikin mijinta ne. Annabi ﷺ ya ce, 'Mafi alherinku su ne waɗanda suka fi alheri ga matansu.'
A tarihi, mata sun kasance malamai, malamai masu koyarwa, 'yan kasuwa da masu mulki: Khadija 'yar kasuwa ce, A'isha ta koyar da ɗaruruwan maza da mata, kuma Fatima al-Fihri ta kafa al-Qarawiyyin a Fez, ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin jami'o'i a duniya. A aikace, a yau, mata a wasu ƙasashen Musulmi ana hana su haƙƙoƙi ta hanyar al'ada ko doka waɗanda Musulunci ya ba su, kuma matsalar gaskiya ce. Malamai da masu fafutuka mata Musulmi suna aiki don dawo da su.