Re: Sultan
- From: amisb65 <amisb65@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:59:14 -0700 (PDT)
On Apr 27, 7:10 pm, Bill Penrose <penr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 27, 6:31 am, amisb65 <amis...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe that my topic is useful and I would like to share my
thoughts. THANK YOU
Greetings.
This is a site for chemistry discussion and for posting bizarre and
screwball theories of the Universe. You are probably wasting your
time.
To many nonMuslims, Islam:
- regards women as domestic animals whose only purpose is to make more
men
- promotes death or maiming as the solution for all social and
personal problems
- enshrines the killing of others as the highest religious act
- is more suited to a stone age society
This may or may not be true, but it doesn't matter. There are places
to discuss it where people might want to hear what you say. Here, you
are shouting into an empty well.
DB
Please read this article / For more informations about the position of
woman in islam
The position of woman in islam
In Islam, the woman is accorded a high position which she was not
accorded in any of the previous religions and which no nation will
accord her but Islaam. This is because, the honour that Islaam
conferred on mankind is shared by both man
and woman on equal basis. Mankind are equal before rules of Allaah in
this world as they will be equal as regards His reward and recompense
on the Last Day. Allaah says, “And indeed, We have honoured the
children of Adam.”[1] He also says, “There is a share for men and a
share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest
related.”[2] “And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as
regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over
them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable.”[3]
“The believers, men and women are auliya (helpers, supporters,
friends, protectors) of one another.”[4] “And your Lord has decreed
that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your
parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life,
say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address
them in terms of honour. And lower unto them a wing of submission and
humility through mercy, and say; ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy
as they did bring me up when I was young.’[5] “So their Lord accepted
their supplication (saying); ‘Never will I allow to be lost the work
of any of you, be he male or female.’[6] “Whoever works righteousness
– whether male or female – while he or she is a true believer (of
Islaamic monotheism) verily, to him we will give a good life (in this
world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and we shall
pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they
used to do.’[7] ‘And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or
female, and is a true believer (in the Oneness of Allaah), such will
enter paradise and not the least injustice, even to the size of a
speck on the back of a date-stone, will be done to them.’[8]This
honour that the woman enjoys in Islaam has no equal in any other
religion, creed or law. Roman civilization had had it established that
woman should be a slave and a subordinate of man and that she should
absolutely has no rights at all. There was even a great conference in
Rome where affairs of the woman were discussed. The conclusion reached
at the conference was that, the woman was a lifeless being and as such
could not have share in the life of the hereafter and that she was
impure.In Athens, woman used to be regarded as a scraps. She would be
sold and bought like any other commodity and she was being regarded an
abomination of Satan's handiwork. According to the ancient Indian
statutes, the plague, death, hell, poison of serpents and fire are all
better than woman. Her right to live used to end with the death of her
husband – who was regarded as her master. When she saw the corpse of
her husband being burnt, she must throw herself into it and if she did
not, she would be accursed. As for Judaism, the following judgement
was passed on her in the Old Testament. “I moved around with my heart
in order to know, search and look for wisdom and intelligence, and in
other to know that evil is ignorance and that stupidity is madness.
And I found that worse than death is woman who is a snare and her
heart is like a shoelace and her hands are
shackles."[9]
Such was the condition of woman in the ancient times. As for medieval
and contemporary times, the following events explain that.The Danish
writer, Wieth Kordsten explained the position of the Catholic Church
as regards woman when he said, “During the medieval times, the concern
that was had for European woman was very limited and this is in
conformity with the view of the Catholic creed that used to regard
woman as a second-class human being.”In France, a conference was held
in the year 586 A.D. where the issue of woman was discussed as to
whether she should be regarded as a human being or not. At the end of
the discussion, the discussants concluded that she was a human being
but that she was created for the service of man.In French law, article
217 says; “The married woman- even if her marriage is based on
separation between her right of ownership and that of her husband-
should not give anyone ownership of anything of her property with or
without compensation except with the participation of her husband in
the transaction or his written consent to that.”In England, Henry the
VIII prohibited the English woman from reading the Holy Book, until
1850, women were not considered citizens of England and up till 1882,
they had no personal rights.[10]As for the condition of woman in
contemporary Europe, America and other industrial nations, she is
regarded as a common creature that should be utilized for commercial
purposes, for she is a part of commercial advertisement. This has even
reached a situation where she is stripped naked in order to advertise
commodities on her body. Her body and honour have become desecrated
based on regulations laid down by men in order to make her an object
of enjoyment everywhere.The contemporary woman is an abject of care
and attention as long as she is able to give out her wealth,
intelligence and body. But when she becomes old and loses her means of
giving, the society individually and collectively abandons her and she
lives lonely in her house or in the sanatorium.Compare the above –
although they cannot be equal – with what the Noble Qur'aan says, “The
believers men and women are friends of one another.”[11] “And they
(woman) have rights (over their husbands) similar (to those of their
husbands) over them.”[12] “And your Lord has decreed that you worship
none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them
or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of
disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour.
And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy,
and say: ‘My Lord! Bestow on them your mercy as they did bring me up
when I was young.’[13]While Allaah honours woman, He makes it clear to
all mankind that He created her to be mother, wife, daughter and
sister; and ordained for these roles, special regulations that are
peculiar to her. ByDr. Muhammad bin Abdullaah As-SuhaymTranslated
byAbdur-Raafi Adewale Imaam
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[1] Al-Nisaa 17:70.
[2] An-Nisaa 4: 7
[3] Al-Baqarah 2: 228
[4] At-Tawbah 9:71
[5] Al-Israa 17: 23-24.
[6] Aal-Imraan 3:195
[7] An-Nahl 16: 97
[8] An-Nisaa 4: 124
[9] Sifrul jaami 'ah 7:25-26. It is known that the Old Testament is
hallowed and believed in by both the Christians and the Jews.Note: The
two verses were translated directly from Arabic version quoted by the
author because the translator could not find them in the Biblical
version available to him nor could he find the name of the book in
English.=Translator.
[10] Silsilatu muqaaranatil adyaan – Dr. Ahmad Shalaby 3/210-213
[11] At-Tawbah 9: 71
[12] Al-Baqarah 2: 229
[13] Al-Israa 17: 23-24
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