High status of women in Islam
RESPECT for Humanity and Human Rights History-making Charter In the sermon of Hajj-al-Wada, The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) said: People! Fear Allah in the matter of women and accept my will to do Good to them. Before your arrival, women were considered a very backward and subjugated section of the society, they did not have any respect and position in the society, but with the arrival of Islam, women not only gave the right to live in the society, but also gave her the right to live in the society. Gave the rightful place of women and imposed many rights of women on men.
However, Islam raised the status of women in the form of a mother in such a way that it declared paradise under the feet of the mother, and at the same time raised the position of the mother three levels compared to the father. A person was carrying his mother on his waist while doing circumambulation, He said to the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H): Did I fulfil the right of my mother by serving in this way? You said: The right of even a single breath was not fulfilled.
In the same way, Islam gave the woman the status of a wife and increased her dignity to such an extent that Allah has made the rights of women equal to men in his Holy Book. It is said: And according to the Constitution, women have the same rights over men as men have over women, and men have a status over them, and this status has been given to men over women by Allah, because they carry out the responsibility of monitoring women, their guardianship and their non-maintenance better.
While the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) advised good behaviour with women on several occasions, He said: The best of you are those who are good in dealings with their wives. The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H gave the woman a high status as a mother, sister, wife and daughter, and gave her a guarantee of living together in Paradise in case of raising her daughter and leaving her after puberty. The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Whoever raised two or three daughters or two or three sisters and he continued to fulfil their responsibilities, until he married her or died. If I parted, I and that person will be together in Paradise in the same way that these two fingers of mine, the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)pointed to his index finger and middle finger.
As time progressed, anti-Islamic activities increased and new methods were invented, the West tried its best to erase and tarnish the corrupt ideology of Islam, under which a healthy humanity was breathing. . Europe put its own unbalanced ideas against Islamic ideas and teachings, and tried hard to trap the simple-hearted people by showing its external brilliance. They went with the flow of modern civilization unaware of the far-reaching negative consequences. As much damage as this civilization has done to the woman, no one else has done it. In the West, women were forced out of their homes and paraded on public roads, while Islam, on the contrary, gave her honour and dignity. In Islam, women have not only been allowed to learn religious and worldly sciences, but their education and training has been declared as important as the education and training of men.
Just as men used to learn religion and morals from the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), so did women. You had fixed times for them, in which they used to attend to get knowledge from you. The Holy Prophet ordered to teach knowledge and literature to even the handmaids. So as far as education and training is concerned, Islam has not discriminated between men and women, but there is definitely a difference in nature. Provided that the woman does not exceed the limits that Islam has set for women.
Apart from this, the concept of Hijab which Islam has given to women is the only means of their protection, it creates self-confidence in them. The general permission of women to walk outside with open faces is completely against these objectives. To whom Islam is giving so much importance. The thing that affects a person the most about another person is his face it is the thing that attracts the eyes the most. In short, Islam gave respect to women, a woman has the right to marry as she likes. She can buy property in her own name and keep it in her own possession. She can share it with her family, husband and other close relatives. In the same way that a man has the right to divorce, a woman has been given full authority to dissolve a marriage through dislocation.
Islam has given equal rights to men and women as human beings. Just as men have rights over women, women have rights over men. Therefore, it is our first religious duty to protect the rights that Allah and His Holy Prophet have given to women. While the West gave a cruel collective system to the people of the world under the title of freedom, but it is a historical fact that the people who presented this system in the beginning, they themselves were not aware of its logical consequences. Islam is the bearer of good society and protection of women in every position.
— The writer is contributing columnist, based in Islamabad.
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