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.