Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
7. Concerning divorce
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been cast adrift, helpless, with no one to look after
them.
Indian columnist, Khushwant Singh has remarked
that we do not hear of Muslim women committing
suicide or being tortured like Hindu women, which
is a proof that Islam has already given them
adequate liberty and has made enough provision
for them to be supported in times of emergencies.
147. A standard book on Islamic Law.
148. Al-Shaokani,
Fath al-Qadir,
3/344.
149. Ibn ‘Abidin,
Radd al-Muhtar ‘ala ad-Durr al-
Mukhtar,
2/733.
A new dimension has been added to the issue since
the women of this day and age can leave their
homes to work, and are therefore not as entirely
dependent on men as they used to be in the past:
there is no need then to make laws which provide
for them at the expense of their menfolk. When they
are earning like men, what is the point in making
such a law? Only in exceptional cases, surely, do
they need to be looked after, and ways and means
