```STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM
Outline
Woman-as vital to life as man himself
Islam gives woman rights and privileges, never grated before
Quran addresses men and women jointly
Modern woman seeks rights by force
Woman has equal share in every aspect of life
She is equal in responsibilities
She is equal in pursuit in knowledge
She is entitled to equal freedom of expression
Islam determines her share in inheritance
A misconception regarding this share & her witness to civil contact
Some advantages woman enjoys more than the man
Veil-not a hindrance rather a blessing for woman
Conclusion
The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur’an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact
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The saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in this regard, is following: “Whosoever has a daughter and he does not bury her alive, does not insult her, and does not favour his son over her, God will enter him into Paradise”.
The Holy Quran provides us a clear-cut proof that woman is equal in all respects with man before Almighty God in terms of her rights and responsibilities. The Holy Quran states: “Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds” (Quran 74:38)
In terms of religious obligations, such as offering daily prayers, fasting and pilgrimage, woman is no different from man. In some cases indeed, woman has certain advantages over man. For example woman can and did go into the mosque during the days of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and thereafter attending the Friday prayers is optional for them while it is mandatory for men. This is clearly a tender touch of the Islamic teachings because of the fact that a woman may be nursing her baby and thus may be unable to offer prayers in mosque. They also take into account the physiological and psychological changes associated with her natural female functions. The right of females to seek knowledge is not different from that of males. When Islam enjoins the seeking of knowledge upon Muslims, it makes no distinction between man and woman. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), said: “Seeking knowledge is
Women are also not allowed to touch the Quran when they are in their period. Holm describes this as the devaluation of women in contemporary religion. Also the fact that in the sacred texts, there are mainly features of male gods, prophets and there are not a lot of women in the scriptures, and if there is, it is only anti-stories about them such as the story of Adam and Eve, eve being the woman and the deceiver and the story of Mary Magdalene the prostitute. Finally religious laws and customs give women fewer rights than men for example in divorce and how many spouses that they can marry.
Throughout centuries of human existence, women have been deemed as inferior to men in multiple different cultures and religions. Men have developed a norm to be the individual who carries out duties to help maintain a stable life for himself and the family in which he is providing for. Because of this fundamentalist approach towards how society should be, women’s rights have been suppressed throughout political, social, and cultural actions. The Islamic religion in particular, is fond of abusing the rights of women and empowering the rights of men in such a way that it has created a permanent existence of conflict within countries who follow Islam. In fact, in the Quran it states that women must have lesser authority than men, therefore their
For example, if a women decided to become a doctor, this would be impossible because she wouldn’t be able to operate on her patient if she was wearing the required dress. Although the Quran states that women are equal to men, there are also man made books, called the Hadith, which put women on the same level as animals. As stated in the Hadith, “Women are naturally, morally and religiously defective.” Although this may sound odd, the more traditional Muslims prefer the Hadith, over the Quran even though it is their religious book.
Women have been oppressed in many religions such as, Catholic, Christianity, and Muslim. Women are viewed as less than men. They are not allowed to express themselves or have control over their own life. In the Catholic religion they believe women should not be allowed to have abortions. They are saying that Women should not have control over their body.
In the past, Islamic women were not granted the right to vote or join in politics, but over the years the legal status of women in Islam has relaxed and changed. Muslim women in the Middle East have the right to vote, and may join in politics. Along with this, they are permitted to have vital government jobs. (Braswell, p.155) A woman 's status , however, is not as high as a man 's is in society. They still must follow many traditional customs. An example of one custom is that women are encouraged to do is dress modestly, by wearing veils in public. (Lippman, p.38) Although Muslim men and women are not looked upon as equals in every sense, there has been a lot of improvement and many changes have been made in the women 's favor.
In Islam women are given many rights, such as owning properties, having an education, working, and
Medieval Islamic Female Education
Unfortunately, the era of men and women being equal was hasty. Briefly after Mohammed’s death Islamic society changed, so did the interpretations of the Quran to meet different circumstances. Almost simultaneously women became inferior almost being viewed as possessions and property. Having choices was no longer an option for women, whatever the man said became the law. Girls at birth could be killed by their father’s because boys carried the name of the family while girls usually were concubines, workers, or sold. Most significantly women’s roles depended largely on what the husband’s economic status was. If the husband was a farmer the wife had to help in the fields or if the husband worked in the city she had to help run the business.
In other verse brings that men have domination on women bodies as they have domination on their lands. "Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will... Qur'an (2:223)"(Yusuf Ali). So in Quran, anyway women are responsible to obey and men can use them as their lands. These mean when Islam claims that human are equal, in other verse and cases they completely reject them and there are many paradoxes in Islam and these mean Islam is not complete religion. A complete religion when mention something, it believes in it but Islam is not like that. These are the reason that Islamic countries are more violent, poor, in fight with each other and the most corrupted counties.
Like most religions the perception of women has evolved over time. Sometimes it was for the better other times it is for the worse. An example of this is exemplified in Hinduism. According to A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism by Klaus K. Klostermaier, “In Vedic times women were the equals of men in almost
Women in Islam are free and have same or equivalent rights as any other woman. As Souhelia states in her article, many women that come from Islamic upbringing are free and others are working on bringing more change into their lifestyles (Souhelia, 2006). Although the process of change does not measure up to how far Western women got, cultural differences and geographical positioning and distribution of Islam law - better known as sharia - studies have shown that education, political participation and social reforms made considerable
Women on the planet have drawn the short straw in the question of who is better biologically. The Qur’an shows that sad loss that women have been paying for since the time of creation. The religion of Islam is not the only one to have put women in a place that is lower than men most common world religions share these ideologies. Because most religious beliefs are against women that brings the world together to keep women down no matter what. The Qur’an states that a “husbands have a degree over them [women or wives]”(2:228). There is no question whether women are discriminated in the Qur’an and as a result the modern world. The relationship a woman must hold, if she chooses to be a part of the religion, is a tentative one. The outdated views of the men who wrote down these tales should be taken with a grain of salt. Religion in its form of community must be understood instead of read word for word without question. Coming from a women’s point of view she must look at the world around her and know that her place is not less than that of a man. Unlike men women cannot believe everything they read. Women need to pay attention to this relationship, because of the threat of institutionalized oppression. Religion because it’s ancient roots is taught from birth in most households which creates an environment for women to hold themselves back.
Muslim society throughout the hundreds of years has regarded ladies as peons. It's been like this since the very beginning. Ladies are dealt with in this estate for various reasons, however all driving back to the Quran. Ladies are viewed as second rate compared to men, are dealt with unreasonably in marriage, and even are abused lawfully, however all are endorsed of in the Quran. It portrays in detail how a ladies is to be dealt with and the way a ladies should treat her better half. The Quran communicates the uniformity of the genders in the accompanying. "What's more, their Lord answereth them, `I won't endure crafted by him among you that worketh, regardless of whether of male or female, to be lost. you one is the issue of the other."(Q 3:195) So while the Qur`an holds crafted by men and ladies in measure up to respect and recognizes that they are totally reliant to their exceptionally presence, They are not viewed as having meet worth as individuals.
Women's Status in Islam In Islam, women and men are equal in terms of their relationship with Allah. It can be clearly seen that Allah has created men and women differently, this is so that they may fulfil different purposes in life. It is not a question of the superiority of one gender over another, rather it is a matter of role differentiation. Islam teaches that men and women complement one another and are both equally important.
In discussing the role of women in contemporary society there are three main areas that can be addressed. The perceptions of woman within contemporary Muslim societies. The status, position and role of woman in the Qur'an and in early Islam