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Question:
To whom it may concern: Can you please give me a brief description how
women are treated like in Islam?
Answer:
Dear J.V. Greetings from Islamicity's Imam. Women in Islam are treated
with utmost respect and have many rights. It is important that you differentiate
between the way Muslim women are treated in Islam versus how some of them
are treated in the Muslim world. Sometimes, pre-Islamic culture and traditions
prevail and misconception is built upon appearances. Women in Islam have
the right to be educated, to work, and to participate in all activities
in the society that preserve their sanctity and protection. Women also
have a very special status in Islam, as mothers and wives, and their husbands
have to provide them with all of the necessities of life and to treat
them with gentleness. The topic of women’s status in Islam is extremely
vast. If you would like further information, either write to us specifically
mentioning what you would like to learn about. Additional information
about women in Islam is available in IslamiCity under Mosque/Library of
Islam/Women in Islam. Thank you for asking
Source:
IslamiCity
islam.org
Question:
Many a Qur'anic statement describes the life of men in heaven, but there
is nothing to describe the status of women there. Men are said to live
in heaven with their wives and sons, but how will women live?
Answer:
The Prophet describes heaven in the following terms :"there is in it what
no eye has even seen, things of which no ear has ever heard and what no
one has ever imagined." If we try to relate this Hadith to the description
of heaven in the Qur'an we conclude that although the Qur'anic descrpition
is true and accurate, it is given in terms which are familiar to us. The
reality is far happier and much more enjoyable than we can imagine. The
Prophet says: "Women are the sisters of men." This Hadith means that women
have equal status with men and, with regard to religious duties and rights,
they enjoy the same treatment. What this means in effect is that every
type of enjoyment which is promised in the Qur'an to believers applies
both to men and women in equal measure. Women do not have any lower status,
nor are they neglected nor treated in an inferior way. Read if you will
Verse 35 of Surah 33, entitled "The Confederates," or "Al-Ahzab". It may
be rendered in translation as follows: "For all men and women who have
surrendered themselves to Allah, and all believing men and believing women,
and all truly devout men and truly devout women, and all men and women
who are true to their word, and all men and women who are patient in adversity,
and all men and women who humble themselves before Allah, and all men
and women who give in charity, and all men and women who fast, and all
men and women who are mindful of their chastity, and all men and women
who remember Allah unceasingly: for all of them Allah has indeed readied
forgiveness of sins and a great reward." It is well known that with regard
to religious duties, men and women are alike. Hence, their reward must
be alike in order to maintain justice between them. Likewise, what they
may receive in heaven must be the same. When the Qur'an speaks of wives
for believers in heaven, this need not be understood in terms of marriage
in this world. If a married couple are good believers and both of them
are admitted to heaven, they will be together in heaven. The woman's happiness
will not be jeopardized by her husband having wives from among the women
of heaven. That sort of marriage is only for companionship. The women
will also have companions and will live in endless bliss.
Source:
Arab News
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