Woman Between Islam and Western Society
5. Position of Woman in the Islamic Shari‘ah
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are deserving of Paradise.)
One who brings up three daughters, teaches
them good manners and morals, arranges
their marriages and treats them with fairness,
deserves to be ushered into Paradise.
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If a man to whom a girl is born neither buries
her alive, humiliates her, nor gives his sons
preference over her, he will be allowed to
enter heaven by God, as a reward.
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Shall I not tell you what the best object of your
charity is? It is your own daughter who has
returned to you as a widow, or a divorcee,
and who has no one to earn for her except
you.
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(That is, to spend on a daughter in need
is the best form of charity.)
When a man is tested through his daughters
by God, and he treats them well, his actions
will guard him from hellfire.
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THE QUALITIES OF A BELIEVING WOMAN
Umm Salmah, the Prophet Muhammad’s wife, once
remarked to the Prophet, “I hear of God mentioning
