What exactly is it? People in my family (both males and females) say this book is very good, and every wife should read it…is it a more culture book than religious??? im confused…im thinking of getting the english version of it…
any comments?
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Assalam o Alaikum
Behishti Zewar is written by Moulana Ashraf Ali thanvi who was very pious Alim of early 1900’s.
The book was written almost 80/90 years back so may appear obsolete at places but still a very good and must read for muslims
YOu can read this book online
http://www.alinaam.org.za/bahishti/bahishti.html
Fatwa about Behisti Zewar
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=3774&CATE=116
However i recomend that you read anothe book along with Behishti Zewar
"A gift to muslim women’ by Moulana Ashiq alihi
http://www.simplyislam.com/50705.html
Wasalam
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is this stuff based on sunnah, hadith, the quran? or is it whatever that Moulana thinks is right?
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many things in beheshti zewar have no basis on Quran and Sunnah....
as u said in ur post earlier, its more cultural than religion....
and at some places it even contradics religion i think....
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ok...not sure if you guys are girls or not....are there any females that read it??
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mfs555, I've heard quite a lot about it and my stance is that of armughal's.
Yes, there is good in it, but there's also material in there that is not in accord with Quran and Sunnah. Unfortunately, I do not have the book on hand; therefore, I cannot provide you with examples.
If I were you, I'd rather get a book by a publisher like Dar-us-Salam or any other reputable publisher/author that deals with women's issues strictly in the light of Quran and Sunnah.
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"Baheshti Zevar" is the cornerstone of the (in)famous Desi Version of Islam. 'Enuf said. :-)
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more cultural than religious. I personally didn't like it, it was more like women should be obidient lil animals who dont need education. I stopped reading when it said something like I dont see the need for women to go to college for education :o
I will post more stuff that I didnt like about it. I think you are MUCH MUCH MUCH better off reading the Quran with tafseer from different authors. If you have read it already, read the contradicting view. Theres always something out there that you dont know. Dont waste your time on "Gift for a muslim woman"
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thanks for ur comments guys/gals....
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The Bahishti Zewar by Maulana Asraf Ali Thanwi (rah) is a MUST for every household..... it is a very beneficial book.... a book that digs out solutions to complicating situations in both religious AND worldly matters.
How can a book like this..... which is actually studied by Muslims who are learning to become Aalims and derive a great deal of knowledge from this book...... i ask u..... how can such a book be against the teachings of the Holy Qur'an and Ahadith of Rasulullah (saw) ??
Maybe there are other people who have conjured up there own versions of this book (i know of 1), and maybe the negative comments are from reading these other versions...... cos u see theres sum people that dont like to be outdone n then they go and compile their own version of this book (maybe even copy from the original) and then title it "Asli Bahishti Zewar".
Nehow.....talking about Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rah)......he was a very knowledgable Aalim who had studied in the fields of Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh and Aqidah and was a very pious saint of the past. He also strived in the effort of Deen to eradicate all the customs/traditions and bidd'at doings in the lives of muslims and had written over 300 books. He had been heart-sick looking at the state of the Muslim women and therfore deemed it absolutely necessary to somehow teach them the religious sciences also.
Therefore..... i sincerely advise u to atleast read SUM parts of this book..... and see what YOU think of it. Cos ur always gna get positive AND negative comments about anything. Plus i think maybe..... the actual teachings of Deen that are in this book may seem difficult for sum people bcos it is against their nafs........u see Deen is about going AGAINST our nafs.... and not just doing what WE feel is right.
Armughal >>>> Wud u care to share the parts that u "think" contradict the teachings of Islam ??
An excerpt from another website >>>>>
Among the most noted of this generation of Muslim reformists was the famous Islamic scholar associated with the Deoband Madrasa, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rah) (1864-1943). The Deoband Madrasa, established in 1867, sought, as its overall project, to spread knowledge and proper observance of the tenets of Islam, along with a crusade against customary practices that had no sanction in the Shariat. Many of these practices were particularly concerned with women, and so, as part of their reformist programme, the proper Islamic education of Muslim women emerged as a central theme in the efforts of many Ulema associated with the Deoband school. A leading role in this regard was played by Maulana Thanwi (rah).
Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi’s (rah) major contribution in this regard was his immensely popular and voluminous text, the Bahishti Zewar (‘Heavenly Ornaments’), published in 1905. He began this text with the oft-quoted saying of the Prophet (Pbuh) ‘It is a duty incumbent on every Muslim man and every Muslim woman to acquire knowledge.' Explaining the rationale for this book, he wrote; ‘I have for many years watched the ruination of the women of Hindustan and was heart-sick because of it. I struggled to find a cure, worried because that ruin was not limited to religion but had spread to everyday matters as well. It went beyond the women, to their children and in many respects even had its effects on their husbands. The cause of this ruination is nothing other than women’s ignorance of religion. This lack corrupts their beliefs, their deeds, their dealings with other people, their character and the whole manner of their social life. I have for some time, therefore, realised that in order to manage women it is absolutely necessary to teach them the religious sciences.
The Bahishti Zewar was, then, Maulana Thanwi’s (rah) answer to the sad state of Muslim women. This book, which is still immensely popular even today, is not simply a list of ritual observances for women, but also includes practical matters of everyday concern for them. Thus, it contains rules governing proper household management, biographies of great Muslim women that women could take as role models, a tutorial on the alphabet, a review of numbers, weights and measures, a guide to the styles of letter-writing and an introduction to Unani medicine and nutritional information. In addition, it forcefully argues against the practice of useless un-Islamic customs, many of which involve great expense. It stresses the need for Muslim women, too, to acquire reading and writing skills, and in this regard the Maulana makes an impressive list of books that he thinks suitable for women to read. These are not simply books on Islamic practice, but also include the Tibbi-i-Ihsani, a text on Unani medicine, the Insha-i-Khirad Afroz, a guide to writing style, and the Mabadi al-Hisab, a book on the principles of mathematics. Maulana Thanvi thus opened to Muslim women access to the written word, to knowledge of both Islamic scripture as well as the world, that Islam had granted them but which Indian Muslim social custom had effectively debarred them from.
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Hmm - I don't think that anyone studying to be an aliim outside of the subcontinent actually considers Behishti Zewar to be an authentic source of anything. It's is entirely too heavy on the culture.
I've read the book - there is some practical advice with some Islamic teaching, but quite a bit of rubbish, and the sad thing is that most women reading it aren't educated enough to know the difference.
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Personally, my feeling after reading this book was that the book has been written by a very vulgar mind. Although, the book is using Quran as its source of information, its interpretation is not all the time inline with Islam. Some of the information is too vulgar to be part of Islam. Most of the time, there is no reference to where a certain interpretation is coming from.
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i have come accross this book and i dont know where moulana went against quran and sunnah???.....i cannot remember anything tht i think was against islamic teachings....
and even more funny thing is tht members here blamed this book as desi version of islam but the matter of fact is tht moulana mentioned plenty of things tht r present in desi version of islam and asked women to reject such things but few people in their intentional ignorance,dont want to mention tht.....
as bao bihari said tht this book might be out dated it was written 90 years ago and it was written for south asian women to correct their themselves..
another interesting thing is no one mentioned any objectionable content in the book and all they r saying tht book is desi version or blah blah....
moulana belonged to deoband madrasa India which totally renounced hundreds of things which r present in desi version of islam...infact he belonged to group which is heavily responsible for ending hundreds of idiotic things in sub continent infact all over the world...
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Well said bro… ne1 that has ne negatvie comments about the Baheshti Zewar by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rah)… please quote with references please.
Jazaak-Allah.
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ok i will start reading it and then post my own opinions on it..since there seems to be a mixed response...im noticing the girls dont like to go by it, and the guys think its a good guide.....true?
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^ the reaction of certain "guy"s who hate all western women who like this book shud tell u as much 
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lol..have u read it sara? ive read the parts on r ihgts..and frankly, i ddint like that part where its says sometign about how the wife Alwasy has to listen to her hubby...move mountains for him, wait on his every beck and call....
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lol no im jus goin by the comments here.. it helps to know a tiny bit abt those who r giving the opinion.. i mite read it one day as well.. its in english rite??
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yeah the link someone gave is in english....i told my cousin to buy me the english version in pak...but he cant find it...ah well..i might as well read it on the net....
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“Allah Ta‘âlâ has given great rights to the husband and has attached a lot of virtue to him. Pleasing the husband and keeping him happy is a great act of ‘ibâdah and displeasing him or keeping him unhappy is a** major sin**.”
People who wanted refrence 
Its from the online version 