Woman Between Islam and Western Society
5. Position of Woman in the Islamic Shari‘ah
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learned of this they were upset. They began to ask
one another what things they were going to store
then. At that time ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab was with
them. ‘Umar said, if they liked, he could put this
matter to the Prophet. Everyone agreed, so ‘Umar
went to the Prophet and said, “The Companions are
saying, ‘Could we but learn which kind of wealth is
better, we would store that and no other.’ The
Prophet said: ‘Everyone should possess a tongue
which remembers God, a heart that thanks God and a
wife that helps him in his faith.”‘
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Another version
has used the word “Hereafter” for faith.
WOMEN IN EVERY FIELD
Once Umm Salmah was having her hair combed
when she heard the sermon starting in the mosque.
The Prophet began with the words, “O people ...”
On hearing this she told the woman who was
combing her hair to braid it just as it was. The
woman asked her why she was in such a hurry.
Umm Salmah replied, “Are we not counted among
‘people’?” And so saying, she promptly braided her
hair herself, went to the comer of the house nearest
the mosque and listened to the sermon.
