Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
4. The status of woman
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the Hereafter. They join the Friday prayer, attend
congregations and perform
jihad.
Then what is left
for us women to do?” The Prophet replied, “O
Nasibah, if your manner of living with your
husband is proper and obedient, such conduct in
itself is equal to all the actions performed by men,
which you have just mentioned.”
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In Modern times, as a result of perverted thinking,
managing a home is considered inferior to work
done outside the home. But Islam gives the same
place of honor to both kinds of work, it being a fact
that both are equally important. On this score,
neither man nor woman need have a superiority or
an inferiority complex.
51.
Kanz
al-’Ummal
, 16/411.
THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMAN IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY
According to Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah, the Prophet once
observed: “The throne of Iblis (Satan), the chief of
the devils, is situated above the seas, whence he
sends his bands to lead human beings astray. To
Iblis, the most worthy of the devils is the one who
