Zakir Naik – The Status of Women in Islam
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The speaker discusses the importance of women receiving love and companionship in their Islam, rather than just their own satisfaction. They also mention that women have a degree of advantage, and that men and women are both equal in their rights. The speaker emphasizes that women have a higher degree of advantage than men, and that women are equal in their rights.
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There are other religions
which say
that because of the sin of the woman,
pregnancy
is a curse on the woman. And almighty
God,
according to other religions,
they say that the women bear labor pains,
in pain because of a sin. Pregnancy degrades
the women in other religions. But in Islam,
it's the opposite.
Pregnancy uplifts a woman.
Allah says in surah al Nisa chapter 4,
verse number 1, respect the womb that bore
you.
Allah says in surah al Uqman, chapter number
31, verse number 14.
That
we have
ordained the human beings
to be good to the parents.
In travail upon travail did the mother both
them and in years twin was the meaning.
Allah says in surah Aqaaf, chapter number 46,
verse number 15. We have enjoined on the
human beings
to be good to the parents.
In pain did the mother bore you, and
in pain did she give him birth. So
pregnancy uplifts a woman, does not degrade her.
And the beloved prophet Musa, sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam said, it's hadith in Sahih Bukhari, volume
number 8, chapter number 2,
book of adab, hadith number 2. A man
approached the Prophet
and asked him that who deserves the maximum
love and companionship in this world?
The prophet said,
your mother.
The man asked after that who?
The prophet repeated,
your mother. The man asked after that who?
Again the prophet said, your mother. The man
asked for the 4th time, who next?
Then the prophet said, your father. In short,
75%.
3 fourth of the love and companionship goes
to the mother.
25%,
1 fourth goes to the father.
In short, mother gets the gold medal. She
gets the silver medal as well as the
bronze medal. The father has to be satisfied
with the mere consolation prize.
I have to mention some things about women's
rights
in the lecture of universal with the hood.
Though my son,
Farik, I believe,
may have done more justice to this
topic.
I just want to mention again
that in Islam
men and women are equal. But equality
does not mean identicality.
They're equal, but they are not identical.
In some aspects,
the men have a degree of advantage. In
some aspects, the women have a degree of
advantage.
And I have to repeat the example given
by my son. That if in a class,
2 students a and b,
both get 80 out of 100, both come
out 1st in the class, and if we
analyze the answer sheet, there are 10 answers
to 10 questions.
In answer to question number 1, student a
gets 9 out of 10.
And student b gets 9 out of 10.
So shouldn't a have the degree of advantage
over b in answer number 1.
In answer to question 2,
shouldn't b get 9 out of 10? And
shouldn't a get 10 out of 10? So
in answer to question number 2, shouldn't b
have the degree of advantage over a?
All the remaining answers
from question number 3 to question number 10,
all the remaining 8 answers, both a and
b get 8 out of 10. So if
you add up, student a also gets 80
out of 100. Student b also gets 80
out of 100. But student a has advantage
over b in answer number 1. And student
b has the advantage over a in answer
number 2.
But overall, both are equal. Similarly,
in Islam, men and women are equal, but
equality doesn't mean equality. In some aspects,
the men have a degree advantage. In some
aspects, the women have a degree advantage.
If an Oba enters my house, I'll not
tell my wife or my daughter,
go and fight because I believe in women's
liberalization, I believe in equality.
Since Allah says in the Quran in surah
Nisa, chapter number 4, verse number 34. That
Allah has given more strength
to the male as compared to the female.
So here in strength,
the men have a degree advantage,
and it's their duty that they have to
protect the woman.
As far
as love and companionship
of the children to the parents are concerned,
the mother
has 3 times more advantage as compared to
the father.
So overall men and women in Islam are
equal, but equality
does not mean.