Women in Islam
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺 is a short yet powerful book highlighting the virtue and honour of women. The preface pertinently references the befogging of the Islamic stance on women in recent times and how 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵, 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀. 💫
Kidwai notes: “𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦’ 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴.” ⚖️
This dispels the popular notion of gender parity only being afforded to women when they seek affinity with men, a stance that inadvertently elevates men to a rank that was not prescribed by the Divine. The majority of this book consists of 𝗤𝘂𝗿’𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘆𝗮̄𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 specifically relaying how the ayah addresses women and/or reinforces gender parity.
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗿’𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻? 🤔
A group of women conveyed to the Messenger ﷺ that they thought the Qur’an only addresses men and not women specifically. Allah ﷻ therefore directly addressed these women by revealing the verse that promises equal reward for both men & women: “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 (𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀) 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴: ‘𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲. 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.’ (3:195) 🕊
This is a brief but great read for those wanting an introduction/refresher on the virtue of women in Islam.
5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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