TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
FOREWORD | 8 |
1. QUR’AN AND HADITH | 14 |
2. THE QUALITIES OF A BELIEVING WOMAN | 23 |
3. WOMANHOOD IN ISLAM | 36 |
4. THE STATUS OF WOMAN | 53 |
THE CONTRACT OF LIFE | 55 |
WOMAN - SOURCE OF GOODNESS | 55 |
MOTHER IS MORE HONORABLE | 56 |
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION | 57 |
HOME MANAGEMENT IS NOT AN INFERIOR TASK | 59 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMAN IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY | 60 |
WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER | 63 |
THE TESTIMONY OF WOMAN | 65 |
AN ADDITIONAL, NOT A SUPERIOR QUALITY | 67 |
5. MUSLIM WOMEN | 72 |
TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN | 74 |
THE IDEAL LIFE COMPANION | 77 |
ABSOLUTE FREEDOM | 80 |
DIVISION OF LABOR | 83 |
WOMAN — AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE | 87 |
ISLAM GIVES COURAGE | 89 |
PATIENCE FOR PARADISE | 90 |
IN THE FIELD OF ACTION | 91 |
THE VIRTUE OF BELIEVING WOMEN | 95 |
WOMEN IN EVERY FIELD | 96 |
THE SUCCOR OF GOD | 100 |
WORKING OUTDOORS | 103 |
WOMEN’S POSITION | 105 |
IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE | 106 |
6. THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE | 121 |
LIFE PARTNER | 124 |
A RELIGION OF NATURE | 125 |
THE POSITION OF MAN VIS-A-VIS WOMAN | 125 |
DOWER | 127 |
MAINTENANCE | 128 |
PROPER BEHAVIOR | 130 |
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A WOMAN AS A WIFE | 131 |
OBEDIENCE | 132 |
THE GUARDING OF THE SECRET | 134 |
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOME | 136 |
THE BEST WOMAN | 137 |
GIVING IMPORTANCE TO THE INWARD RATHER THAN THE OUTWARD | 139 |
BALANCED EDUCATION | 141 |
7. CONCERNING DIVORCE | 146 |
8. POLYGAMY AND ISLAM | 179 |
9. DOWRY | 195 |
THE CUSTOM OF DOWRY IS NOT ISLAMIC | 195 |
FATIMAH’S DOWRY | 196 |
DOMESTIC NECESSITIES | 198 |
THE REAL GIFT | 199 |
MAHR – THE DOWER | 202 |
MAHR MU‘AJJAL | 203 |
MAHR MU’AIJAL | 206 |
THE OPINIONS OF JURISTS | 207 |
NO HEAVY BURDEN | 208 |
NON-PREFERABLE WAY | 210 |
THE COMPANIONS AND THEIR MARRIAGES | 211 |
A WRONG CUSTOM | 213 |
SURE SOLUTION | 215 |
10. HIJAB IN ISLAM | 221 |
11. SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE | 239 |