Re: Turkey poised to lift hijab ban
Petty excuses. All you say is true, but it doesn't disqualify my points. Talha and Zubair (RA respectively) followed her. Again, if women were not meant to be leaders and get involved in politics, even the Prophet's wives specificially, don't you think this would be common knowledge among the sahabah? Then why did some give her allegience? Whether she turned around or not, or was tricked into going forward into battle is completely irrelevant. The topic is not her failure or her success, its the mere fact that she did engage in politics and no one really tried to stop her BY VIRTUE OF the idea that she was prohibited by the Prophet. No such prohibition to engage in society affairs ever existed. I make this point because I don't want any woman to walk away from here thinking that she has no right to be publically active for whatever cause she's interested in; and that much you do agree with me on.
Salam,
Sure but in the RIGHT context!
Zubair r.a. and Talha r.a. persuaded her to do it, she didn't establish an army herself. Injustice is what she went up against.
And she did it within the boundry of SHARIA. She didn't participate in the war, she was on a camel at a high point watching over it. She didn't escape the bounds of Sharia, and thats the key issue here.