women should not govern or be in place of authority.
Al-Bukhari reported that Abu Bakra (Nufay' ibn al-Harith) narrated that “when news reached the Prophet that the Persians had made Khosrau's (Kisra Shirawayh) daughter (Buran) their queen, he said: 'Never will such a people succeed who make a woman their ruler.
This is because positions of leadership and government require a person to join men’s gatherings, which is not allowed for women according to shari’ah because of the ayah (interpretation of the meaning): “And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance…” [al-Ahzab 33:33]. These positions also require perfect wisdom, reason and alertness, and the testimony of a man has been made equal to that of two women, the reason for which Allah has explained in the ayah (interpretation of the meaning): “… so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her…” [al-Baqarah 2:282].
Imam al-Muwaffaq Ibn Qudamah said:
“For this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his successors (khulafa) and those who came after them never appointed a woman to be a judge or a governor of a province, as far as we know. If it were permissible, it should have happened.”
Imam al-Ghazali said:
“The position of leader (imam) could never be given to a woman even if she possessed all the qualities of perfection and self-reliance. How could a woman take the position of leader when she did not have the right to be a judge or a witness under most of the historical governments?”