| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
| FORWARD | 14 |
| 1. A SURVEY | 20 |
| 2. WOMAN IN SOCIETY | 80 |
| 3. WESTERN WOMAN | 104 |
| THE “WOMEN’S LIB” MOVEMENT | 109 |
| WOMEN INTO THE MARKETPLACE | 121 |
| A CLOSER LOOK | 128 |
| THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNDER SIEGE | 133 |
| NATURE’S VERDICT | 136 |
| AT WAR WITH NATURE | 147 |
| SOME EXAMPLES | 152 |
| NOT GETTING MARRIED — A MISTAKE | 152 |
| BE A GOOD WIFE | 154 |
| ADMITTING DEFEAT | 156 |
| ENDLESS PROBLEMS | 157 |
| THE END OF PLEASURE | 160 |
| THE BURDEN OF FAME | 163 |
| AN ENFORCED WITHDRAWAL FROM THE FIELD OF ACTION | 166 |
| THE EXAMPLE OF JAPAN | 169 |
| NOTES | 171 |
| 4. THE PROBLEMS FACING MODERN CIVILIZATION | 175 |
| PERVERSION IN MUSLIM SOCIETY AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 175 |
| REVERSE COURSE | 177 |
| WHITHER “WOMEN’S LIB”? | 183 |
| TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES | 187 |
| ARTIFICIAL PROBLEMS | 190 |
| MARRIAGE VERSUS FORNICATION | 191 |
| THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNNATURAL EQUALITY | 196 |
| THE PROBLEM OF MODERN WOMEN | 201 |
| A HADITH | 204 |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRGINITY | 205 |
| THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN BORN THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION | 207 |
| THE END OF MARRIAGES IN THE WEST | 210 |
| ACKNOWLEDGING THE MISTAKE | 212 |
| THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION | 213 |
| DEPRIVED OF GUARDIANSHIP | 214 |
| SUICIDE OF A WOMAN SINGER | 217 |
| AWAY FROM NATURE | 218 |
| THE EXPERIMENT OF UNRESTRICTED FREEDOM | 221 |
| THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AN AMERICAN LEADER | 222 |
| TWO EXAMPLES | 226 |
| UNDEPENDABLE CHARACTER | 227 |
| THE SCANDAL OF GARY HART | 228 |
| SURROGACY | 232 |
| WOMAN AND WAR | 234 |
| DEGRADATION INSTEAD OF PROGRESS | 236 |
| NOTES | 238 |
| 5. POSITION OF WOMAN IN THE ISLAMIC SHARI‘AH | 243 |
| QUR’ANIC VERSES | 243 |
| WORDS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD | 245 |
| THE QUALITIES OF A BELIEVING WOMAN | 249 |
| THE PRINCIPLE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR | 250 |
| BASIC ATTRIBUTES OF MEN AND WOMEN | 252 |
| THE EXAMPLE OF MUSLIM WOMEN | 258 |
| WOMANHOOD IN ISLAM | 262 |
| SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET | 266 |
| MODERN RESEARCH | 271 |
| REMARK OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE | 273 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | 276 |
| SUMMARY | 277 |
| THE STATUS OF WOMAN | 282 |
| THE CONTRACT OF LIFE | 283 |
| WOMAN — SOURCE OF GOODNESS | 284 |
| MOTHER IS MORE HONORABLE | 285 |
| FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION | 286 |
| HOME MANAGEMENT IS NOT AN INFERIOR TASK | 288 |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMAN IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY | 289 |
| WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER | 291 |
| THE TESTIMONY OF WOMAN | 293 |
| AN ADDITIONAL, NOT A SUPERIOR QUALITY | 295 |
| MUSLIM WOMEN | 298 |
| TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN | 300 |
| THE IDEAL LIFE COMPANION | 304 |
| ABSOLUTE FREEDOM | 306 |
| DIVISION OF LABOR | 309 |
| WOMAN — AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE | 312 |
| ISLAM GIVES COURAGE | 314 |
| PATIENCE FOR PARADISE | 316 |
| IN THE FIELD OF ACTION | 317 |
| THE VIRTUE OF BELIEVING WOMEN | 320 |
| WOMEN IN EVERY FIELD | 321 |
| THE SUCCOR OF GOD | 324 |
| WORKING OUTDOORS | 327 |
| WOMEN’S POSITION | 329 |
| IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE | 330 |
| NOTES | 345 |
| 6. THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE | 353 |
| LIFE PARTNER | 356 |
| A RELIGION OF NATURE | 356 |
| THE POSITION OF MAN VIS – A – VIS WOMAN | 357 |
| DOWER | 359 |
| MAINTENANCE | 360 |
| PROPER BEHAVIOR | 361 |
| THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A WOMAN AS A WIFE | 362 |
| OBEDIENCE | 363 |
| THE GUARDING OF THE SECRET | 365 |
| THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOME | 367 |
| THE BEST WOMAN | 368 |
| GIVING IMPORTANCE TO THE INWARD RATHER THAN THE OUTWARD | 369 |
| BALANCED EDUCATION | 371 |
| NOTES | 376 |
| 7. POLYGAMY AND ISLAM | 378 |
| 8. CONCERNING DIVORCE | 395 |
| 9. DOWRY | 430 |
| THE CUSTOM OF DOWRY IS NOT ISLAMIC | 430 |
| FATIMAH’S DOWRY | 431 |
| DOMESTIC NECESSITIES | 433 |
| THE REAL GIFT | 434 |
| MAHR — THE DOWER | 437 |
| MAHR MU‘AJJAL | 438 |
| MAHR MU’AJJAL | 440 |
| THE OPINIONS OF JURISTS | 441 |
| NO HEAVY BURDEN | 442 |
| NON-PREFERABLE WAY | 444 |
| THE COMPANIONS AND THEIR MARRIAGES | 445 |
| A WRONG CUSTOM | 447 |
| SURE SOLUTION | 448 |
| NOTES | 453 |
| 10. HIJAB IN ISLAM | 456 |
| 11. SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE | 474 |
| 12. CONCLUSION | 489 |