Mu'jam al-Saghir

Explanation:
1:
Jihad is not obligatory upon women,
but due to the benefits and necessities mentioned in the hadith, it is permissible for them to participate in jihad.
An accepted Hajj (hajj mabrur) is the most virtuous form of jihad for them.
In jihad, a person has to endure the hardships of travel,
difficulties,
and sufferings,
and must spend wealth.
In Hajj and Umrah, one also faces all these hardships,
therefore, women receive the reward of jihad for Hajj and Umrah.
On this basis, Hajj and Umrah have been declared as jihad for women, as if the reward of jihad is granted to them upon performing Hajj and Umrah.

Benefits and Issues:
➊ In jihad, women may be employed for services to the mujahideen.
➋ These tasks can be performed while observing hijab.
➌ Therefore, for these services, it is also necessary to provide women with education, training, and practice.
➍ In light of the Shari’ah teachings, absolutely no permission can be given for unrelated men and women to mix openly and without hijab.
➎ Some people derive a general rule and principle from a few isolated incidents of this kind from the era of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam),
➏ that there should be no distinction or difference between men and women in any matter,
➐ and that women should participate side by side with men in every field of life.
➑ But it is obvious that this claim of such people is entirely incorrect,
➒ and their reasoning is baseless. How can the Western concept of equality between men and women, and participation side by side in every matter, be established merely from taking a few elderly women along for minor services such as dressing the wounds of the injured and giving them water?