THE HONOR OF WOMEN IN ISLAM
I would like to do
a quick analysis of the time before the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him).
So before Islam in the Arab peninsula when girls were born and someone come
and tell the father that a female child was born to his wife. His face used to
go dark with shame and anger and then he used to contemplate how do I get rid
of myself of this Museebat. Then some Arabs didn't do that but many of them
would go and dig a hole and bury the female child alive. Other than Arabia, in
the subcontinent of India women had another kind of challenge. There
traditionally all the men used to marry younger girls and then naturally as men
died first and yet girl remained alive, the religion and culture required the young
girl would be burnt with corpse of her husband. Then they make firewood and the young girl
had to sit on top of it. And then they used to lit the fire. Besides this, in Europe
people didn't consider women human, and then later the catholic church said
women are human but defected. They said the woman is inevitably evil like her
mother eve who took the man out of the favor of Allah Almighty and make him eat
from a forbidden tree. So, this was the situation of women before Islam and in
this climate, Islam came. Allah Almighty honored the world with Islam. One of
the first revelations of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) was about;
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
And when the girl [who was] buried
alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
For what sin she was killed? ( Surah
At-Takwir)
Prophet Muhammad
(Peace be Upon Him) established this act
is Haram in Islam. Even, in these days Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) was
finding survival difficulties of his own life but He was preaching emancipation
of womankind. Islam called the news of female birth glad tidings.
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ
مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٞ
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. (Surah An-Nahl)
There is even one chapter in the Glorious Quran devoted to women and named "An-Nisa" which means women. In old times women did not get any part of inheritances when their relatives died. So Allah Almighty revealed a verse about inheritance, giving the just of it to women. Then in the end mentioned both sexes, male and female as well, have the right to inherit what is left by a late relative.
Allah
instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the
share of two females? But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them
is two-thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And
for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left
children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him,
then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [or sisters], for his
mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents
or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit.
[These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever
Knowing and Wise. (Surah An-Nisa: 11)
In Islam, the rank
of a mother is more dignified or glorified, even before that of a father. This
is witnessed in one of the Prophet Muhammad's (Peace be Upon Him) hadith that
follows:
An
apostle asked the Prophet PBUH: "O Messenger of Allah Almighty, among all
mankind who is it that I am much obliged to glorify?" The Prophet
answered, "Your mother." "And then who else?" again the man
asked. "Your mother," again the Prophet answered. "And then who
else?" the man ask for the third time. "Your mother still answered
the Prophet. "And then who else?" asked the man for the fourth time.
"Your father," at last the Prophet said.
Subhanallah (Glory
be to God). Women are ranked in such great and noble positions as they are
mentioned by three times in a row by our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace be
Upon Him). So do you see that initially women were very downtrodden but Islam
lifted them up. So the rank of Women in Islam is extremely high that not any other
Religion can compete with it. But you know, the greatest ranks or positions
also have greatest responsibilities. If you are a girl, Islam makes you so much
more important, but what responsibilities it is giving to you?
Proud to be a women
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