Women In Islam

Before the advent of Islam, woman had no position in society. They
were at the mercy and caprice of the men folk and were treated as good
and chattels. It was Islam that, for the first time, vindicated the
rights of woman and gave them a status unknown and even unthought of
this day. They are granted all the fundamental rights. Islam is the
unique religion in this respect to endow woman with equal rights and
to put her on the same level with man
An American Justice Pierre Craibites has rightly observed when he
writes:"Muhammad (PBUH), 1300 years ago assured to the mothers, wives
and daughters of Islam a rank and dignity not yet generally assured to
women by the laws of the West."
A Muslim woman enjoys equal status with men. The object of her
creation, her duty to God and her duty to fellow human beings are the
same. A wife's rights are at equal with the husband and as a parent
her status is higher then that of the father. The Holy Prophet (peace
be upon him) said that man's primary duty is to his mother and that
paradise lies at the feet of the mother.
Women owe deep gratitude and thanks to the Holy Prophet whose highly
sensitive heart felt and appreciated the miserable conditions of women
and whose infinitely gentle and kind soul was instrumental in the
revelation of laws and teachings that have made women the equal, nay
in some respects, better than men. Let us forget that this was done
more then fourteen hundred years ago and not a single woman from any
part of the world has raised a voice against her Islamic rights.
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Extract from Mrs. Dr. Muhammad Amjad Tariq's article


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