View of Man/Woman

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بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم
With college exams over I have decided to start working on my blog again. It's been a long time since I uploaded and saying that alhumdulillah I have learnt so much over the past few months. I aim to share with you all that I have learnt in order to give you a better understanding of Islam inshaAllah. Today I have decided to write about the pressure that Muslim women face in western society...

Of the Islamic rules (ahkam) that has faced the most vehement attack and extreme misunderstanding in recent times both Muslim and non-Muslims has been the status, treatment and role of women as defined by the Islamic viewpoint.

Western history has presented the ongoing struggle for women to gain 'equality'. Now what he define is equal is a whole other post but we must know that with the advent of Islam, women have been secured these rights that western women fight for over 1200 years ago. Some examples:

• Right to Vote
• Right to full Education
• Right to be involved in the Political Process
• Right to work, Profression and Equality
• Right of proper Wage
• Right to Own Property
• Rght to choose in marriage
• Daughter as a blessing, wife a necessary partner and mother an honour

Some evidences:
A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said, 'Oh Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship?' The Prophet (pbuh) said: Your mother. The man said, 'Then who?' The Prophet (pbuh) said: Then your mother. The man further asked, 'Then who?' The Prophet (pbuh) said: Then your mother. The man asked again, 'Then who?' The Prophet (pbuh) said: Then your father. - (Bukhari, Muslim)

"The most perfect in faith amongst believers is he who is best and kindest to his wife." (Tirmidhi, Ibn Maja)

A woman cane to Prophet (pbuh) of Islam stated her father had given her in marriage against her wishes to his nephew. So the Prophet (pbuh) gave her the choice of repudiating the marriage. (Bukhari)

"A Muslim who has two daughters whom he treats well when they accompany him or when he accompanies them is admitted to Paradise." (Bukhari, Ibn Maja)


Islam does not favour one gender and does not benchmark man against woman, nor woman against man. In fact man remains the benchmark only in the west which is why women are always experiences equality problems. Islam recognises that men and women are not the same, they have many physical and mental differences which is why it assigns men and women responsibilies that helps stability to society - removing the anxieties and social problems that are widespread in western societies. Thus, Allah says:

"Oh mankind! We have created you from a male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may know each other" - [TMW Al-Hujarat: 13]

"And among His signs is this, that He created for you wives among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. [TMQ Ar-Rum: 21]