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lucky4ever

United Arab Emirates

November 8, 2007

STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM 

Women have a very important place in Islamic society. Unlike a number of other religions, Islam holds women in high esteem. Her importance as a mother and a wife has been clearly stated by Islam.

The Prophet Muhammad said, "Paradise lies at the feet of your mothers." Once a person asked the Prophet, "Who deserves the best care from me?" The Prophet replied, "Your mother (he repeated this three times), then your father and then your nearest relatives."

And In his farewell speech he said: "O people, your wives have certain rights over you and you have certain rights over them. Treat them well and be kind to them, for they are your partners and committed helpers."

The Prophet also said, "The best among you is the one who is the best towards his wife."These sayings clearly prove the important position given to women in Islam but there are still people, who have misgivings about the status of women in Islam.

To these people, the Muslim women is seen as 'A prisoner in the four walls of the house', a non-person', and 'someone who has no rights and is living always under the domination of a man '. These notions are totally wrong and are based on ignorance rather than knowledge of Islam.

In order to Judge these false ideas held by this people, it would be useful to survey the attitudes to women in different societies in the past.In the past in some societies a woman was regarded as a slave. Or considered her a commodity to be bought and sold.


Some societies regarded women as temptresses, responsible for the fall of Adam.


Some societies considered their women worse then death, pests, serpents or even Hell. A wife's life ended with the death of her husband. a widow had to jump into the flames of her husband's funeral pyre.
Some societies considered a woman is a cause for grief and unhappiness and baby girls were sometimes buried alive after birth.
In 587 CE, a meeting was held to study the status of women and to determine whether a woman could truly be considered a human being or not!
Some societies before 1850, were not counted women as citizens and women had no personal rights until 1882'.
Some societies treated women as second-class citizens.
In some country Male and female students were not given the same rights until 1964.

If we keep this picture in mind and look into the position of the women in Islam, we must conclude that Islam liberated women from the Dark Age of obscurity fourteen hundred years ago!Islam is a religion of common sense and is in line with human nature.

It recognises the realities of life. This does not mean it has recognized equality of man and woman in every respect. Rather, it has defined their duties in keeping with their different biological make-up.

God has not made man and woman identical, so it would be against nature to try to have total equality between a man and a woman.That would destroy the social balance.

Society would not prosper but would instead have insoluble problems such as broken marriages, illegitimate children and the break-up of family life.

These problems are already rife in some society. Schoolgirl pregnancies, an increase in abortions, divorce and many other problems have cropped up because of a permissive outlook and the so-called freedom of women.
 

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02:58 AM Jan 12 2008

lucky4ever

lucky4ever
United Arab Emirates

This is 2008 Innocent 

See how the woman respected in the modern world

05:42 AM Jan 09 2008

lucky4ever

lucky4ever
United Arab Emirates

We are in 2008Wink.

i hope that the modern world will not start a new war in this year Innocent.

 

11:14 AM Dec 05 2007

Mapleleaf Man
Canada

You wrote, or someone did : 

"

This does not mean it has recognized equality of man and woman in every respect. Rather, it has defined their duties in keeping with their different biological make-up.

God has not made man and woman identical, so it would be against nature to try to have total equality between a man and a woman.That would destroy the social balance.

Society would not prosper but would instead have insoluble problems such as broken marriages, illegitimate children and the break-up of family life.

These problems are already rife in some society. Schoolgirl pregnancies, an increase in abortions, divorce and many other problems have cropped up because of a permissive outlook and the so-called freedom of women."

___________________________ 

This is 2007! Who are you to question God and decide that men and women should not be equal? You mention pregnancies and divorce and abortions as if women get pregnant on their own and marry each other and have babies all by themselves. Your holy posture is extremely chauvinistic and makes your religion look ridiculous, which it isn't. Those who interpret Islam for their own purposes destroy what is an excellent and fulfilling religion. Men and women are equal, perhaps women more equal than men. More than half the people born are women, and everyone is a woman at the moment of conception. Hormones take care of the rest. Once people stop interpreting religion for the rest of us, and let us live our lives as we choose and make women equal with men, the world will be a much better place. 

 

07:15 AM Nov 11 2007

lucky4ever

lucky4ever
United Arab Emirates

 thanks my friend

06:43 PM Nov 10 2007

lily zeng

lily zeng
China

I think everybody should have the same rights wherever they are .

05:55 PM Nov 10 2007

wselj
China

 Women should have the equal rights! I agree !

02:17 PM Nov 10 2007

cambita_tefy
Bolivia

 Undecided

10:51 AM Nov 10 2007

rere2007
Jordan

thank you for your article

you are right and i am with you in each word

09:30 AM Nov 10 2007

Kown

Kown
France

 The best is to have One wife!but many wives it s ...The Man isn't superior to the women,but different in the eye of God.Hair of the women are like a scarf, her hair are a grace of God,it s Natural.

08:05 AM Nov 10 2007

Vagabond7

Vagabond7
Poland

 Everyone should have the same right but the question is, whether they realy have?

07:26 AM Nov 10 2007

rosese

rosese
China

everyone in the world have the same rights。inspite women or men and rich or poor

05:50 AM Nov 10 2007

Vagabond7

Vagabond7
Poland

This is an extremely interesting article but I also have a question.

If a Muslim female-doctor, after several years of hard medical studies, want to treat people will she allow to treat  women as well as men?

05:10 AM Nov 10 2007

Behrooz

Behrooz
Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Thank you for this article, I have one question from the writer:
From Islamic point of view : If a married woman makes an affair with a non married man should have the same punishment as if a married man makes an affair with a single woman?
Thank you in advance 

08:43 PM Nov 09 2007

abulaiz
India

 Dear, Mr. I am abulaiz from Kerala Calicut Dst I would like to contact you and I would like to know where do you belong.

08:08 PM Nov 09 2007

lucky4ever

lucky4ever
United Arab Emirates

Your answer is in this link: answer

 

10:39 PM Nov 08 2007

abulaiz
India

 Why can't a relationship between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man exist? I am a non-Muslimm and I have just split up from a relationship with a Muslim woman, because of the future. Both of us could see us being together for a long time, and we were falling in love with each other. However, the relationship had to end, due to the fact that a non-Muslim man cannot mary a Muslim woman. I would have to convert, and I can never see myself doing that, which effectively ended the relationship. Is there no way around this rule without me converting to Islam, or her renouncing her faith? Meaning no disrespect to Islam, don't you think this rule is absurd, especially when a Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman?