Family and women
Why does the Muslim woman wear Hijab?
{O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters, and the believing women to draw their outer garments over themselves; that is more likely that they will be known [as chaste women] and wil...
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Family and women
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Family and women
Does the woman's head-cover indicate backwardness and retardation?
As a matter of fact, uncovering the head is complete and utter backwardness. Is there any further backwardness beyond the time of Adam; Allah ensured for Adam and his wife concealment and...
Family and women
Why, in Islam, men and women do not cover their bodies in the same manner?
The difference between men's physical structure and that of women is an unquestionable axiom to all people, simply because men's swimsuits differ from those of women in the West. A woman...
Family and women
Has Islam guaranteed women equality with men?
A Muslim woman seeks justice rather than equality, since equality with man causes her to lose many of her rights and a great deal of her distinctions. Let us assume that someone has two s...
Family and women
Why does Islam permit polygamy?
According to global statistics, the male and female birth rates are almost equal. However, it is scientifically acknowledged that the rates of females' survival are higher than those of m...
Family and women
Why is it not permissible for a woman to be married to four men at the same time as it is permissible for man?
One of the extremely important points that is often neglected by modern society is the right that Islam has granted women but not to men. Man can only marry unmarried women, whereas a wom...
Family and women
Why are men in charge of women in Islam?
Man's Qiwāmah (being in charge) is nothing but an honor bestowed on women and a responsibility placed on men's shoulders to look after women and fulfill their needs. A Muslim woman plays...
Family and women
Why does a woman inherit half of what man inherits in Islam?
In the pre-Islamic era, women were deprived of inheritance. When Islam came, they were not only included in inheritance but they were also granted more or equal shares to those of men, an...
Family and women
Why has Islam permitted man to beat the woman?
Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) has never beat a woman in his whole life. As for the Qur’anic verse that talks about beating, it refers to non-violent beating in ca...
Family and women
How did Islam honor the woman?
Islam has honored the woman by considering her guiltless of Adam's sin, unlike other religions, and by holding her in high esteem.