Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
4. The status of woman
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value upon memory per se. This is a matter of
practical requirement, and does not discriminate
against women or grant superiority to men.
56. Qur’an, 2:282.
57.
The Times of India
(New Delhi), January 18,
1985.
AN ADDITIONAL, NOT A SUPERIOR QUALITY
Here is a verse of the Qur’an which reads: “Men are
the protectors and maintainers of women, because
God has given the one more (strength) than the
other.”
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Fadilah
is the Arabic word used in the scriptures to
indicate the additional, masculine quality of
protectiveness. For a household to be properly run,
it should, of necessity, have a guardian.
Guardianship is rightly entrusted to the family
member who is best qualified to undertake this
responsibility — namely, the husband, for
protectiveness is a virtue which has been granted by
nature in greater measure to men than to women.
Far
from
mentioning
absolute
masculine
