The Status of Women in Islam

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

does not mean.

does not mean.