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٣٤. Men are the caretakers of women, as men have been provisioned by Allah over women and tasked with supporting them financially. And righteous women are devoutly obedient and, when alone, protective of what Allah has entrusted them with. 1 And if you sense ill-conduct from your women, advise them ˹first˺, ˹if they persist,˺ do not share ...
- Tafsir Surah An-Nisa
(Fear Allah regarding women, for they are your assistants....
- Tafsir Surah An-Nisa
Women in the Quran. The Review of Religions, February 1992. Islam confers on women all the political and social rights, which man enjoys. She is entitled to all the privileges bestowed upon man. Beside worldly matters, women are also equal to men in the spiritual sense. Allah says in the Quran:
Mar 9, 2023 · Similarly, Islam grants women the right to inheritance from their parents, husbands, and children. Thus, Islam has afforded women all types of rights. Allah the Almighty has granted women their rights in consideration of human nature. These rights have been established while being mindful of the needs of both women and men, and according to the ...
- Why Shariah Law Exists
- What Happens to Islamic Women in Marriage
- Where and Why Inequality For Women in Islam Exists
The first thing to know about Islamic rules for women is that it represents a huge step up from what came before it. Pre-Islamic Arabia was a wild and chaotic place: Female infants were routinely buried alive and the rules for marriage, and family life and commerce changed every few miles. Multiple religions and local customs made a hash of the loc...
Islamic law treats marriage as the transfer of stewardship over a woman from her father to her husband. In liberal Muslim communities, this is mostly a formality, but conservative places such as Iran take women’s dependence very seriously in the marriage contract, which is usually negotiated between a girl’s father and her prospective husband. Duri...
Wherever two groups of people are given radically different jobs, some inequality is bound to creep into the system. Islam is no exception. In the Quran, men are described as being “a grade above” women in matters such as law, religion, and society. Husbands are the instructors and – essentially – supervisors of their wives. A wife controls the hom...
In the Qur’an, the first and most important Islamic text, there are three groups of verses regarding the status of men and women. The first group is the verses that can be used to defend the equality of men and women. The Qur’an asserts that men and women have equal dignity. [3] In the Qur’anic worldview, men’s and women’s actions are ...
Dec 13, 2020 · Instead of claiming to challenge the structure of Islam from within, it would have been a greater service to Islam for these women to ask for an equal space in the mosque while maintaining the dignity of the status Islam has afforded to them. Women in Islam looked beyond gender considerations, and mostly aimed for higher purposes rather than constantly asserting men’s roles.
May 9, 2022 · How Islam Honored Women. The wooden anaza (outdoor mihrab) and fountain at the courtyard entrance to the prayer hall at Al-Karaouine University (Al-Qarawiyyin) in the city of Fes, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 CE and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers.
