Re: Role of women in world's major religions and why?
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**Because the brother has to support his own family as well (i.e. wife, kids). You have to remember one thing. Inheritance in no way is meant to be your sole financial source! **
Since the brother has a family to look after, he has greater responsibility than his single sister.
Therefore, the sister, whether she is married or not, will get a single unit of income whereas her brother gets double. Since a woman is not required to spend on her family, she doesn't need as much back up. This is Islam, not being unfair to a woman, but rather being fair to a man.
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Do these statements hold true if I were to argue this case- Lets say the brother is not married and the sister is also not married. The sister will eventually get married (the first one) have a family to look after (kids) and have more responsibility. Why then hand it over to the brother saying that he has to support his family as well. I say the sister may also have to look after her family if the guy whom she has been married to become maim, loses his job or becomes a nut case or becomes poor.
If the brothers responsibility became greater after marriage so did the sister’s after she got married.
And if the brother marries to a rich family and the sister is packed off to a poor one?
She will definitely use all her inheritance, savings her passion and dedication to support her family. This is what happens world over. In practise the women is always there for the family no matter what. That is where she will spend her inheritance, savings whether you tell her explicitly through religions or not.
Is it now ok to say that Islam is fair to man by giving him double while the sisters family is mired in poverty.
What if the sister got married first and the brother is still a kid?
You simply cannot generalise.
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And you can't have a system where a female is getting the same financial inheritance as a man, and then is not required to financially support her family in any way, either, because then that is being unfair to men.
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See the problem originates because of the thinking that there is no equality between a women and men in the first place as far as a work career goes. And the male dominated society put men on the saddle with a financial responsibility. This is an outdated thinking in itself.
Why should there be a "system" explaining this - In the Modern world, the costs of living and the equality thinking, pushes human beings to work and share equally or as agreed by the partners in the family pool. You do not need a system explaining that.
Now that they are equal in all respects the inheritance also goes out equally. This is how the modern nations establish as a principle. How does this become unjust to men then?
Given that muslim women work like in Turkey then a lot of muslim women do work and financially support the family doesn't this statement go out of the window.
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A man is supposed to spend on his family, whereas a woman does not have to. Whatever share of inheritence she receives is hers to keep or spend as she desires. However, for a man, he must spend on his family.
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Where does the above women with a poor/disabled husband spend her money? You would admit on her family only. So whether you tell it or not it’s the family where it will ultimately end.
The men must but the women does.**You can count on the fingers women who do not **but you will not be able to count the number of men who must but does not. Is it not a reality?:(
Again, Why does the system have to tell the woman does not have to? Isn't she intelligent enough. To every person its family first and then others. Presume for a muslim women it will be truer - then whats the use of the statement that they can do anything with the money. The truth is every rational human being spends it only on the family first and the statement that a muslim women can do anything with her money does not go very far. My opinion of muslim women are very high on this respect. :)
Prove me if I am wrong on that.
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*** Islam, if it were to give equal portions to a female and male, would have to then require that females contribute to their family income equally as men. This would be unfair to the woman, because if she's birthing, nursing, taking care of the children, then there is no action a man is doing to balance her sacrifice to the family.***
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The alternate way is that since the women is birthing, nursing, taking care of the children she is already contributing in a major way and if she does financially (which she can do) then she has to receive twice as men. Would you call that just or unjust?
A women without saying in most of the cases would any way work for the well being of the family.
The problem is here - "there is no action a man is doing to balance her sacrifice to the family." Why cannot a man nurse or take care of the children - is that so difficult. No doubt muslim men would be taking care of their children, playing with them, reading stories etc everything counts!!!!. Even in the animal world there are examples of the male taking care of the off springs.
Its how you look at it and not how you are told to look at it........
