Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
5. Muslim women
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her speak. You know who she is. She is the one
whose plea was heard above the seventh heaven.
She, above all others, deserves to be heard out by
‘Umar.”
74
71.
Ibn Sa’d,
at-Tabaqat al-Kubra,
8/378-380.
72.
Qur’an, 58:1.
73.
‘Umayr is a diminutive of ‘Umar.
74. Al-Qurtubi,
Al-Jami’ li Ahkamil Qur’an,
17/269-
270.
DIVISION OF LABOR
Islam has assigned separate spheres to men and
women, the former having the management of all
non-domestic, external matters, and the latter being
completely in charge of the home. The ensuing
division of labor is justifiable in terms not only of
biological and physiological differences, but also of
the social benefits which stem there from. One
important benefit resulting from men and women
functioning in different spheres is that they can see
each others’ lives objectively, without that sense of
personal involvement which tends to cloud their
