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Pre-islamic women

Before Islam came, all mankind looked down upon women. Let alone glorify it, consider it as a human being only not. The Greeks considered women as a means of pleasure only. The Romans gave the right to a father or husband selling his daughter or wife. The Arab gave a child the right to inherit his father's wife. They have no right to inherit and no right to own property. It also happened in Persia, Hidiah and other countries. (See alMarah, QablawaBa’daalIslam, MaktabahSyamilah, HuquqalMarahfialIslamism: 9-14)

The Arabs used to bury their daughters alive without sin and error, simply because she was a woman! God says about them, though,

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِالْأُنْثَى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ . يَتَوَارَى مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَى هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

“And when one of them is told of his (birth) daughter, black (red is extinguished) face, and he is very angry. He hid himself from the crowd, due to the bad news that was conveyed to him. Will he keep it with disgrace or will he bury it in the ground (living)?. Know, how bad what they set it.” (QS. Nahl [16]: 58)

Muhammad al-Thathir ibn Assyr said, “They buried their daughters, some of them buried them immediately after the day of his birth, some of them buried him after he was able to walk and talk. That is when their daughters can no longer be hidden. This is one of the worst deeds of the Jahiliyyah people. They are accustomed to this act and regard this as the right of a father, then the whole community no one denies it.” (alTahrwaalTanwir: 14/185)

Post-Islam Women

Then the light of Islam appeared to illuminate the darkness with the treatise carried by Prophet Muhammad shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam, fighting all forms of injustice and guaranteeing every human right without exception. Notice God speaking of how to treat women in the following verse:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا بِبَعْضِ مَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فَإِنْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا

“O you who believe, it is not lawful for you to harm women by force and do not trouble them for taking back some of what you have given them, except when they do a real heinous job. And get along with them properly. Then if you do not like them, (then be patient) because maybe you do not like something, whereas Allah made him a lot of good.” (QS. Nisha [4]: 19)

The apostle of Allah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam is also often reminded of his words so that Muslims appreciate and glorify women. Among his words:

اِسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا

“I wish to you to do good to the women.” (Emer: 3729)

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِى

“You guys are the kindest to his wife, and I am the kindest to my wife.” (HR Tirmidhi, declared shahih by Al Albani in “ash-shahihah”: 285)

Dr. Abdul Qadir Syaibah said, “That is how later in Islamic law, women are respected, should not be bequeathed, should not be detained by force, men are ordered to do good to them, he said, husbands are required to treat them with makruf and be patient with their morals.” (HuquqalMarahfialIslam: 10\-11\) Women are a Gift, Not a Tribulation After the previous\-jahilites view women as calamities, Islam views that women are the gifts of Allah. With him the men\-men will get peace, born and inner. From it will appear positive energy that is very useful in the form of love, affection and life motivation. Male\male and female become one entity in the household frame. They help each other to live a comfortable and happy life, educating and guiding the next generation of people. Allah says, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ “Dan among the\-signs of power\- He is He who created for you a wife\-wife of your own kind, so that you may tend and feel at ease to her, and be made his\ among you of love and affection. Verily in that is true\there is indeed a sign\-sign for the people who think.” \(Q. Al Rue \[30\]: 21\) ⁇ Philippe ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ “ Allah makes you wife\wife of your own kind and make for you from your wife\-wife, son\-son and grandson\-grandson, and give you the rezki of the good\-good. Why then do they believe in the wicked and deny the favor of Allah \(Q. An Nahl \[16\]:72\) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ “They \(wife\-wife\) are clothes for you, and you are clothes for them.” \(Q. Al Baqarah \[2\]: 187\) Women's Rights and Position As men\men, women's rights are also guaranteed in Islam. Basically, everything that is the right of men\men, it becomes the right of women. His religion, his property, his honor, his intellect and his soul are guaranteed and protected by the Islamic Shari'a as are men\men. Among the examples found in the Quran are: women have the same rights as men in worship and get a reward:

وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ نَقِيرًا

Women also have the right to be involved in deliberations in matters of breastfeeding:

فَإِنْ أَرَادَا فِصَالًا عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْهُمَا وَتَشَاوُرٍ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا

“If both want to wean (before two years) with the willingness of both and the consent, then there is no sin over both.” (QS. Al Baqara [2]: 233)

The woman has the right to complain to the judge:

قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

“Surely Allah has heard the words of the woman who brought a lawsuit against you about her husband, and complained (herself) to Allah. And Allah hears the answer between you two. Verily Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” (QS. Al Mujadilah [58]: 1)

And in the days of the Prophet Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam, narrated several cases of female complaints to him.

Women are male partners in the role of makruf nahi munkar and other worship:

وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أُولَئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

“And those who believe, men and women, some of them (are) helpers for others. They told (do) the ma’ruf, prevent from being lazy, establish prayers, fulfill zakat and they obey Allah and His Messenger. They will be given mercy by Allah; verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise (QS. Al Taubah [9]: 71)

God also speaks of women's rights:

وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

“And women have the right to be balanced with their obligations in a way that ma’ruf. But men, have a degree of advantage over their wives. And Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (QS. Al Baqara [2]: 228)

Ibn Kathir said, “The meaning of this verse is that women have rights over men, as men do over them. So, each of the two should fulfill the other's rights in a way that is makruf.” (TafsitalQur`Adzim: 1/609)

Muhammad alThair bin ‘Asyur said, “This verse is a declaration and flattery on the rights of women.” (alTahrwaalTanwr: 2/399)