Maryam Amir – Islamic Law The Shariah and Women

			Let's talk about Islamic law in
three minutes. There are two main
		

			sources of Islamic law, the first
being the Quran, which is the
		

			completion of the revelation sent
with previous prophets, like the
		

			Psalms, a Prophet David, the
Torah, would Prophet Moses, the
		

			Gospel, would Prophet Jesus. And
the Quran was revealed from God
		

			through the angel Gabriel to
Prophet Muhammad. The second is
		

			the Sunnah, or the Prophet
Muhammad's lived expression of
		

			what the Quran legislated
objectives of Islamic law, which
		

			is the protection of life, faith,
property, family and intellect.
		

			The way that Islamic law is
applied takes into account the
		

			realities of different places and
spaces. Let me give you an example
		

			what that actually looks like. The
Quran talks about providing for
		

			the needy, supporting the
vulnerable. Prophet Muhammad said
		

			that none of you are a true
believer if you sleep while your
		

			neighbor is hungry. Once, Omar,
the second ruler of the Muslim
		

			community, was walking and he
overheard an elderly Jewish man
		

			begging for money to be able to
pay taxes, Omar recalled the
		

			messages of the Quran with
supporting the vulnerable, and was
		

			so horrified that under his rule,
regardless of religion, there
		

			could be someone who needed to
beg. So he lifted the taxes from
		

			this individual and ensured that
they had a salary coming from the
		

			National Treasury. And this week,
the news was filled with
		

			conversations on women in Islamic
law, in education, work and dress.
		

			Let's handle all those issues in
the last two minutes of this
		

			Tiktok, when Angel Gabriel brought
the first words of the Quran to
		

			the Prophet Muhammad, they were
bits Milan, rahmanir,
		

			Rahim Levy. Quran begins by
talking about education, a huge
		

			figure in Islamic history, Aisha,
a woman, was one of the foremost
		

			interpreters of Islamic law,
literally hundreds of 1000s of
		

			women who continued to be scholars
of law in the time of the Prophet
		

			Muhammad, there were a woman who
were medics, warriors, poets,
		

			businesswomen. They actively
shaped the political, economic,
		

			spiritual, familial infrastructure
of the community, not only with
		

			the Prophet's direct approval, but
with his blessing, as for hijab,
		

			or the covering. Virgin Mary is
often depicted, as many of you
		

			might have seen, dressed very
similarly to me in the Quran. She
		

			is called the best woman, the
miracle of her son Jesus, from
		

			raising the dead to healing the
blind and the leper, speaking in
		

			the cradle, all happened, as the
Quran says, By the power of God,
		

			who could have raised a man like
that, her dynamism, strength,
		

			power and yet complete humble
submission to God. When I were
		

			hijab, it's a reminder to me, to
be a reflection of who she was.
		

			The Prophet Muhammad peace Johanna
said the best of you, when he was
		

			speaking to men, is the best to
women. If there's a group that's
		

			taking woman's rights away, that's
not an extreme interpretation of
		

			Islamic law. It's simply not
Islamic law.