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 Islam. This is because, the honour that Islam conferred
on mankind is shared by both man and woman on equal basis.

Mankind are equal before rules of Allah in this world as they will be
equal as regards His reward and recompense on the Last Day. Allah
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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I doubt she'd be allowed on top - perhaps Doggy style?

DIRT

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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 Islam. This is because, the honour that Islam conferred
on mankind is shared by both man and woman on equal basis.

Mankind are equal before rules of Allah in this world as they will be
equal as regards His reward and recompense on the Last Day. Allah
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

———————————–

For more information about Islam
http://english.islamway.com/

http://www.islamhouse.com/

http://www.discoverislam.com/

http://www.islambasics.com/index.php

http://english.islamway.com/

http://www.islamtoday.net/english/

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/MainPage/indexe.php

http://www.sultan.org/

Contact Us At

Imanway.gr...@gmail.com

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Same with Mormons.

 You shit stinks so much, I can smell it thru the wires.

Why don't you go f*ck a pig, raghead....

There's a lot of difference between how Mormons treat each
other versus Muslims. Most women I know would much rather be
Mormon than Muslim.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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Same with Mormons.

Since I'm a (backsliding) Baptist, our views can differ, I will agree though that Mormon
vs Muslim would be an upgrade along with about every other religion on the face of the
earth.

Last I knew, honor killings was a totally Muslim thing.

Wes
--

One Big Assed Mistake America.

Wow, you're backsliding. You didn't even tell me to get my
ass out of that cult, and get saved, man!

I can't say as I remember honor killings among Mormons. Nor
burkhas.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
  www.lds.org
.

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Since I'm a (backsliding) Baptist, our views can differ, I
will agree though that Mormon
vs Muslim would be an upgrade along with about every other
religion on the face of the
earth.

Last I knew, honor killings was a totally Muslim thing.

Wes
--

One Big Assed Mistake America.

video

Priests and preachers entering Islam

http://www.islamhouse.com/p/191706

If we don't let the Mormons practice their religious custome of polygamy,
howcome we let the Jews get away with child mutilation?

Thanks,
Rich

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:01:00 -0800, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian

 Because snipping the foreskin is recommended by most doctors (sure,
not all, but most) for health reasons... It ain't just a "Jewish"
thing...

 Besides, even without my foreskin, I've still got a 7 incher....

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha :)

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:32:39 -0600, Terry <Twiligh...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Sorry to hear about that, Shorty.

But hey...maybe some Viagra will help?

Gunner

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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:28 -0800, Gunner Asch <gun...@NOSPAMlightspeed.net>
wrote:

Circumference! <BEG>

Mark Rand
RTFM

Why?  Are you a democrat?

Wes
--

The only thing Obama has fixed is Carter's reputation.

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:09:11 +0000, Mark Rand <ra...@internettie.co.uk>
wrote:

Oooooooh!!!  

<G>

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone.
I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout"
                                     Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls.
                                         Keyton

Let the Record show that Gunner Asch <gun...@NOSPAMlightspeed.net> on
or about Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:08:22 -0800 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:

        Real Men don't brag about their penis size.

        They let their Real Woman do the bragging.

pyotr

who recalls the Real Woman telling off the dweeb "My husband fucked
this morning like he does every morning.  That was four hour ago, and
my sperm count is till higher than yours!"
        Dang, she was the only girl.

-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:03:54 -0800, pyotr filipivich

ROFLMAO!!!  

Very well done!!!!

Saved for a lady friends blog.

<G>

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone.
I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout"
                                     Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls.
                                         Keyton

Please! You can call me a cultist, but don't ever call me a
Democrat!

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Why?  Are you a democrat?

Wes
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Women In Islam

Sexual Politics

Imagine this scenario, for it is real: two antagonists locked in a
grim power struggle. And another: two or more other competitors,
rivals in a race for high stakes, a race to determine the course of
their entire life. At race’s end, the prizes for winning include
compliments, telling glances, and First Prize, a wedding ring.
Unwanted "prizes" along the way may include physical assault,
countless violations of body and soul. The protagonists of these
scenarios are all around us; they are modern man and modern woman, and
woman vs. woman. From time immemorial, against this harsh horizon of
human relations, the "battle of the sexes" has raged. But never has
"Sexual Politics been so virulent as today. Feminism becomes
polarization along gender barriers. To offset increased competition
for a mate, extreme nudity splashes itself unchecked. Fear and
suspicion on both sides lurk; commitments are tepid, or all too
fragile

Sexual Balance

Now conjure this, from the Qur’an, the Book of the Revelation sent to
guide the affairs of mankind; It comes from Allah (SWT – the Deity;
One, Only) to us, His creatures: "Your wives are a garment to you, and
you to them. " (Surah 2:187). As close as the skin to a garment, as
essential as the covering layer which envelops andd protects us from
heat and cold, man and wife are the two halves of humanity coming
together in balanced, mutual protection and care. This is the other
veil, the deeper veil, the real covering and garment of ISLAM. In days
remarkably similar to ours, a new path was taught: the path of
enduring partnership and cooperation in human affairs, to level the
exhausting shifting sands of competition and suspicion. This path was
AL-ISLAM. Islam means the deep submission to God alone, Allah (SWT –
The One, The Deity, "Eloh" of the Hebrews). Fittingly, the name of
this grace-filled, all-encompassing path of balance and harmony for
mankind was derived from "Salaam," the Arabic word for peace.
"For Islam is the religion before Allah" (Surah 3:19) ISLAM was not a
new religion, "another" religion; it is the same universal truth that
God has enjoined upon humanity throughout the ages, in its final, most
comprehensive exposition. 1400 years after its Revelation, it stands
as pristine, and as beneficial, as it was on the day Allah (SWT) first
granted it: in a time of upheaval, in a world of unraveling values, in
a society confused and chaotic much like ours. There Allah (SWT) chose
His last Prophet, the Seal of the Messengers, the Mercy for all
mankind. He was an upright, kind and honorable man living in seventh-
century Arabia, at the very fringes of the civilized world. And when
first Muhammad, in his fortieth year, peace be upon him, heard the
Word of Allah (SWT), he was shaken and he was stunned. And he turned
to a woman, his wife Khadija, for counsel: am I mad? he asked. This
true companion knew better. Go, she said, and serve Allah (SWT). The
Revelation of Islam was gathered over 23 often perilous years, in the
Book of Recitation, the Qur’an. Today, 1/5th of humanity is Muslim,
(those who surrender to Allah’s, SWT, Will) and millions more (women
in the forefront) are heeding its voice. For this Voice speaks with
irresistible appeal, of the equitable design for living for all human
beings, beyond race, beyond gender: the sheltering peace.

 Freedom
Islam is freedom; it upholds free will and encourages rational
thought; it recognizes only that virtue or sin which an individual
earns through free action and choice. Within its parameters is a code
of behavior, a complete social pattern for man and for woman, that
looks out to the whole of life through the harmony of a balanced
scale. In this system, based on natural law and innate reason, (the
Knowing System of the Creator Himself – SWT), cooperation is the
standard criterion. Muslims are brothers and sisters in the family of
mankind brethren all under Islam, in the sweet surrender of obedience
and worship to Allah (SWT), Unique and One (Tawhid). Each Muslim, man
or woman, chooses to be a Muslim. Each Muslim is ultimately
accountable for his and her actions to Allah (SWT) alone. Allah (SWT)
will call us all to account on the Day of Reckoning. How easy it
becomes, then, to be truly free. For the vain idols of stone, the
enslaving tyrants of greed, of lust, of ambition, of public opinion
crumble to naught. Freedom from the tyranny of man and man-made
conceits: Islam liberates

Parity

Not one verse in the whole of the Qur’an speaks injustice Not one word
says, men and women are not equal. Everywhere, the Book of Nature and
Creation tells us: equality under God is the only criterion. Under God
in sincere worship, man and woman stand in parity. But this Book is
truth; truth does not shy away from our most basic, indisputable
biological differences. Male and female, quite simply, have distinct
and complementary roles to fill, equally vital for the sustenance of
life. Everywhere, the Qur’an reminds us of the mutual rights humans
owe to one another, in the balance of our relations. "O men! Fear your
Lord Who created you from a single being and out of it created its
mate; and out of the two spread many men and women. Fear Allah in
Whose name you demand your rights (of one another) and heed the ties
of relationships. " (Surah 4:1) In a time when most women were common
chattel, the teachings of the Qur’an and the practices (Sunnah) of
Muhammad, the Messenger(pbuh), firmly restored to them status, both
legal and social; and dignity as individuals; cemented their right to
wealth and property, to inheritance, to education. In Muhammad (pbuh),
women found the champion to uphold their rights, merciful,
sympathetic, unwavering in his support: women flocked to his call.
Budding Islam grew strong on the depth of their staunch belief. In a
day of social anarchy, Islam reintroduced structure end the natural
order. For it is the stable bond of the family unit that elevates man
from beast. It is its strong foundation, built on understanding and
collaboration, which ripples outward in concentric circles to the vast
social network. It is here that peace and freedom begin. Islam
elevates.

to be continued ...,

Sorry, I forgot the ;) before the ?

Wes