In a Friday Khutba delivered at the New York Islamic Center (USA), Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al-Y’aqoubi discussed the role of women in Islam. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Role of Women in Islam - Shaykh Yaqoubi ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Almighty Allah said in the Quran: O people! We created you from a male and a female, and (divided) you into (large) peoples and tribes, so that you might recognize one another. Surely the most honourable among you in the sight of Allah is he who fears Allah most. Certainly Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. ►[Chapter 49, Surah Hujurat : Verse 13] and in another verse : .. ‘Certainly I do not waste wages of any labourer whether man or woman; you all are from one another..►{ Chapter 3, Surah Aale Imran ; Verse 195 } The best amongst you in front of Allah is not a certain race, is not a specific gender, it is not a specific human being, it is not male over female, or female over male, it is not that males are the best in society nor are females the worst in society, it is not a certain people, tribe, certain country or certain area in the world, it is the most righteous before Allah. And righteousness does not stem from a void , it comes from difference. The divine laws are the only rules for mankind, for humanity to follow and seek righteousness and survival in this life and the other. So in order to know who is the best and most righteous we need to refer to a certain verdict. It is not man made law, it is not a ideology, it is not a philosophy, it is not a declaration of human rights, constitution of a certain state, nor a book that any human being has ever written, there is no reference to humanity in other than the word of Allah, the word of God, that is the supply, reference and the supreme power over all texts and all laws on earth. We find that Allah put certain laws to limit the freedom of certain people in certain times. We believe that man and women are equal before Allah. Equality is one principle that Allah stated in Qur’an. And the conjunction here, does not give preference to one gender over other, because the particular used here is used for both male and female, So no one is mentioned specific over the other. Yet equality nowadays means something different, man and women are equal indeed before Allah, in responsibility and in rights. Yet they are not identical, not even two people are created identical in the world, they have similar rights, equal rights, yet they do not have identical rights, not two human beings could ever be identical on earth. Not in way of behavior, thinking, intellectual or any other social way of behavior. What modern societies are seeking is not equality between men and women, but giving women identical rights, exactly like the rights of men, which is completely wrong, because it’s against the very nature of human being, against the very nature of man and women together. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Islam elevated women, while modern societies exploit women ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The woman that carries human beings, in her womb, for 9 months, and offers human beings, offers man care love and tender, should not be his shoe shiner. Islam does not say so. A woman that carries man 9 months in her womb, and cares for him for 2 years, nursing him, should not be a dish washer in a restaurant. A woman that raises up the man and makes of a man something to be mentioned on earth, should not be in these societies a truck driver. Looking at these societies now, see the change of functions, between a mother that is a queen in her monarchy, with a job that has been given to her, to raise up generations, to take care of her babies, to educate them, to cultivate their character, look at how Islam did not ask mothers to be dish washers as home, Islam does not ask wife’s to be house maids, Islam does not ask wife’s to do housework for the man, she does not have to do this work, she does not have to serve and cook for the man, she does not have to clean the kitchen and make up the bed, she does not even have to change the kids diaper, she does not even have to nurse the babies, if the husband is able to provide someone else. If the wife tells that she is not going to nurse her baby, then the father has to provide a milk mother for the baby, if he is able to. The man has to bring someone to do the housework if he is able to, his wife is not his servant, his wife is his life partner. And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought. ►[Chapter 30 Surah Rum :Verse 21] This verse does not talk about a specific gender, it denotes both male and female. The female and male, both were created to comfort each other, the man to comfort his wife, and the wife to comfort her husband. The love that Allah has put in the hearts between mates is different from the love that modern cultures speak about. Allah did not use the word Love, he used a different word which in Arabic denotes a permanent love that never moves or changes or shakes in the hearts. This love is accompanied with compassion for each other, in every moment of their life, so the wife is not the man’s housemaid, his wife is his life partner, she’s equal to him, and he has no authority to command her or to force her to do the housework or wake her up in the middle of the night to cook for him. A man cannot ask this of his wife, if she does it out of love she will be rewarded but she is not obliged to do so. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Command to treat wives with mercy ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Allah ordered the believers to consort with women in kindness ►( Surah An- Nisa Chapter 4:Verse 19) Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra(R.A.) stated, The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, The most perfect of believers in belief is the best of them in character. The best of you are those who are the best to their women. ►[at-Tirmidhi, Book of Suckling] In his famous Address at the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet(peace be upon him) again laid stress on the good treatment on womenfolk. He said: O my people, you have certain rights over your wives and so have your wives over you .... they are Allahs trust in your hand. See that you treat them with all kindness. Is there any better society that has given women, housewife’s, mothers and wife’s a better status than this one? -- Jazakum Allah Khair The Quran Foundation. thequranfoundation.org facebook/thequranfoundation youtube/thequranfoundation
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:37:37 +0000
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