AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WOMEN IN ISLAM

Book index

First Pages a1
Publisher’s Foreword 11
Section One: The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam 13
The Standing of Women in Islam 15
Women and Freedom 27
1. Freedom in Work 28
2. Freedom in Proprietorship 31
3. Freedom in Marriage 32
4. Freedom in Seeking Knowledge 35
5. Freedom in Residence Selection 36
Women and Ḥijāb 39
First Verse 0
Second Verse 44
Third Verse 46
Maḥārim 47
The Limits of Ḥijāb 49
Reason One 0
Reason Two 52
Reason Three 54
Reason Four 55
Philosophy of Ḥijāb 57
First Point 58
Second Point 0
Third Point 59
Community A 0
Community B 61
Marriage and its Merits 69
1. Instrument of Love and Friendship 72
2. Instrument of Continence and Immunity from Sin 0
3. Instrument of Physical and Mental Health 74
4. Increase in the Well-being of the Social Environment 0
5. Procreation 75
6. Pleasure and Sensuality 76
Conditions of the Marriage Contract 77
Mutual Rights and Responsibilities of Spouses 79
Common Rights and Responsibilities 80
1. Sociability 0
2. Attracting the Attentions of One’s Spouse 81
3. Pleasure and Gratification 84
4. Rearing and Edifying Children 86
Exclusive Duties of Husbands and Wives 0
a. Men’s Obligations 0
1. Supervision of the Family 0
2. Providing Financial Support [nafaqah] 88
3. Honor, Gentleness, and Lenience 89
4. Religious and Moral Guidance 90
b. Women’s Obligations 0
The Mihr of Women and its Philosophy 95
The Philosophy of Mihr 100
Nafaqah (Financial Support) and its Philosophy 105
Criticism 106
Response 107
Criticism 0
Response 108
Women’s Inheritance in Islam 111
Islam and Polygamy 117
Conditions for Polygamy 121
Divorce in Islam 123
Section Two: The Rights and Duties of Women in the Form of Questions and Answers 137
Introduction 139
Nonconformance of Publicity and Education 149
Common Rights of Women and Men 209
1. The Right to Live and Exist 0
2. The Right to Freedom 0
3. The Right to Utilize Natural Resources 210
4. The Right to Health Care and Sanitation 0
5. The Right to Employment 211
A Sympathetic Word 212
6. The Right to Possession and Enjoyment of Property 0
7. The Right to Security 213
8. The Right to Legislation and Living in the Presence of Laws 214
9. The Right to Participate and Associate in the Government 0
10. The Right to Choose a Spouse 215
11. The Right to Have and Raise Children 0
12. The Right to Think and Have Opinions and Beliefs 216
13. The Right to Seek Knowledge 218
14. The Right to Spiritual and Mystical Improvement 0
The Noble Zahrā (‘a): The Epitome of Women 225
Bibliography 245

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

In the Name of Allah,
the All-beneficent, the All-merciful





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