Six Important Points to be Noted 1. Muslims constitute about 5th of the population of the world. Different Muslim societies have different cultures. Some of these cultures may be close to Islam while some others may be far away from Islam. 2. Status of women in Islam should be judged according to authentic sources of the teachings of Islam on the subject and not by observing what individual Muslim do or what any Muslim society does. 3. The authentic sources are: A) The Qur’an which is the word of Almighty God. b) Authentic Hadith or Sunah (tradition) of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). 4. The Qur’an will never contradict itself; nor would the authentic Hadiths contradict among themselves nor would the authentic hadith contradict the Qur’an. 5. Scholars differ at time. This difference on many occasions can be removed by analysing the Qur’an as a whole and not be deriving the meaning form one single verse. In cases of ambiguity many a time the clarification is given in some other part of the Qur’an. To support one idea the scholars quote a source and ignore other sources. 6. For a dedicated Muslim, be it a male or a female, the ultimate goal is to seek the pleasure of Allah and to fulfil our duties on earth as his trustees and not a satisfy one’s own ego or to gain fame. Islam believes in equality between men and women. Equality does not mean identicality: it means equity. Islam presents the roles of men and women as complimentary roles and not contradictory or conflicting roles; the roles of partners with a common set of goals and objectives and not roles that conflict with each other with each of them having the objective of striving for supremacy. We shall in this publication discuss the rights of women in Islam under six major headings; 1. Spiritual 2. Economical 3. Social 4. Educational 5. Legal 6. Political.
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