Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
4. The status of woman
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causes the greatest wickedness. The devils visit him
as their chief to report their deeds to him, and Iblis
gives a hearing to all of them. On one occasion, Iblis
remained unimpressed with their achievements,
until one of the devils came and told him that he
had pursued a husband and wife until he managed
to separate them. He had achieved this by causing
them to have doubts and misgivings about one
another. Iblis was so overjoyed to hear this that he
drew him to him in a close embrace, saying, “Yes,
you did it,” meaning that he had really managed to
lead human beings astray.”
52
52. Muslim,
Sahih, Kitab Sifat al-Munafiqin wa
Ahkamihim,
4/2167.
This
hadith
shows that Satan’s greatest weapons in
perverting human society are the conflict and
discord which he creates between a husband and
wife, resulting in their separation.
In ancient times, this phenomenon was not
widespread, only a very limited number of people
being afflicted by the evil of separation. However,
in modern times the whole human race has come to
be affected by exposure to new and misguided
