can someone please shed light on the issue of financial independence for women and if Islam encourages/discourages it?
will also appreciate real examples of relatives of the Prophet (SAW) and ahadith and ayahs
does a woman being financially independent necessarily have adverse affects on the family? a lot of ppl seem to think so…why?
jazakallah
-irem
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does a woman being financially independent necessarily have adverse affects on the family? a lot of ppl seem to think so...why?
jazakallah
-irem
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no and
because culturally that's what's become the norm in thinking
Yes it does encourage financial independence, i can't give ayahs but i know according to islamic inheritence and marriage laws women do keep any land/money they come into the marriage with and keep it independent of their husband's land. They are not financially responsible for the family, the husband or their father is HOWEVER, they have the option to use their own money to support the family but it is considered sadika.
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**will also appreciate real examples of relatives of the Prophet (SAW) and ahadith and ayahs*
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Walaikum Assalaam Irem,
Wasn't the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), Khadijah, financially independent before and after she married him? She had her own business. She was financially independent to a degree that, i think, even today culturally (Pakistan culture wise) is not very common... although that is changing, gradually, as well.
but she wasn't a proclaimed Muslim, nor were specific codes of conduct for women revealed at that time.
_http://home.swipnet.se/islam/articles/women.htm
Fourteen centuries ago Islam had decreed women’s total financial independence, their right to own and dispose of property without the surveillance or control of any man, to conduct business, trade and all the transactions concerning their profit and loss, including the execution of deeds of gift, without having to check with anyone. As it is written in the Sura IV Nisa’a-“The Women” verse 33: "In no wise covet gifts bestowed by God seemingly more freely on some than on others. Whatsoever a man earns is his own. Whatsoever a woman earns is her own. Pray to God for the bounty of His Providence for He knows all things.
http://www.al-islam.org/rightsofwomeninislam/21.htm
The Qur’an and the financial independence of woman: _____________ _____________
To the men a share from what they have earned, and to the women a share of what they have earned. (4:32)
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In this verse the Qur’an considers men to have a right to the fruits of their labour and efforts. In exactly the same way it considers women to have the right to the fruits of their labour and efforts.
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In another verse the Qur’an ordained
To the men a share of what parents and kinsmen leave, and to the women a share of what parents and kinsmen leave. (4: 7)
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It means that for men there is a share in the wealth which their parents or relatives leave behind at death, and for women there is a share in what their parents and kindred leave behind on their death.
amelie thanks for posting the links and references...
i guess women can be financially independent and islam doesn't mandate them to spend their income on the household either...
but then in Islam the woman's job is a homemaker and i guess most ppl think that if she works then by default the home is ignored (which i have seen to be untrue in many cases) so maybe thats where the whole women being financially independent = unislamic propaganda came abt?
Nadia i agree with Baba G yaar...we cant really give Hz Khadija (RA) 's example...as she was a businesswoman from before her conversion...we can give Hz Fatima (RA)'s example though if applicable...
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Walaikum Assalaam Irem,
Wasn't the first wife of Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), Khadijah, financially independent before and after she married him? She had her own business. She was financially independent to a degree that, i think, even today culturally (Pakistan culture wise) is not very common... although that is changing, gradually, as well.
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there is a difference between arab culture and religen .
still a woman can bring dishonor to family in such cases relgious
laws ignored and family's male members take thir own action
Very informative topic.
I don't see why Islam would condemn women's financial independence whatsoever. A woman is as capable of earning money as a man and whether she wants to keep the money all to herself or apply it equally with her husband towards household responsibilities is her right.