Re: Women in Islam
I know all the quotes.. I read all of them before that is why I have questions… thts y I want to know why is it like that?
Q. Why does the husband have the right to beat his wife? Is the same right granted to wives?
**A. According to the Holy Qur’an **
**In Surah An Nisa: 4:34 **
Surah Al Baqarah:2:231
Surah Al Nisa: 4:128
According to the various hadith:
Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) Sunan Abu-Dawud
Hadit No. 2138: Narrated Mu’awiyah ibn Haydah: I said: Apostle of Allah, how should we approach our wives and how should we leave them? He replied: Approach your tilth when or how you will, give her (your wife) food when you take food, clothe when you clothe yourself, do not revile her face, and do not beat her.
The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah from Sahih Muslim
Hadith No. 3468: Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who believes in Allah and the Hereafter, if he witnesses any matter he should talk in good terms about it or keep quiet. Act kindly towards woman, for woman is created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it, its crookedness will remain there. So act kindly towards women.
Hadit No. 3469: Ab Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another.
Hadit No. 2139: Narrated Mu’awiyah al-Qushayri: I went to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and asked him: What do you say (command) about our wives? He replied: Give them food what you have for yourself, and clothe them by which you clothe yourself, and do not beat them, and do not revile them.
According to the Noble Quran and the Sayings of Prophet Muhammad :saw2:, wife beating in Islam is definetly prohibited, possibly even in the case where the wife fails after she was warned twice for her ill-conduct and disloyalty. It is definetly a valid interpretation for Noble Verse 4:34 that Allah Almighty commanded the Muslim men to desert and leave their wives, and not to physically beat them as many scholars believe.
**But is the same right granted to women? If the man is disloyal or has ill-conduct… can the woman kick him out of bed or “strike” him??? **
Q.Is it true that women who take a journey for longer than 3 days without a husband , father, or son is considered a non believer? why?
**A. Book Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihad) - Sahih Bukhari **
**Hadith No. 250: **Narrated Ibn Abbas: That he heard the Prophet saying, “It is not permissible for a man to be alone with a woman, and no lady should travel except with a Muhram (i.e. her husband or a person whom she cannot marry in any case for ever; e.g. her father, brother, etc.).” Then a man got up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have enlisted in the army for such-and-such Ghazwa and my wife is proceeding for Hajj.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Go, and perform the Hajj with your wife.”
Book 'Penalty of Hunting while on Pilgrimmage - Sahih Bukhari
**Hadith No. 85: **Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet said, “A woman should not travel except with a Dhu-Mahram (her husband or a man with whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the Islamic Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the presence of a Dhu-Mahram.” A man got up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I intend to go to such and such an army and my wife wants to perform Hajj.” The Prophet said (to him), “Go along with her (to Hajj).”
**Hadith No. 87: **Narrated Qaza’a, the slave of Ziyad: Abu Said who participated in twelve Ghazawat with the Prophet said, "I heard four things from Allah’s Apostle (or I narrate them from the Prophet ) which won my admiration and appreciation. They are: 1. “No lady should travel without her husband or without a Dhu-Mahram for a two-days’ journey. 2. No fasting is permissible on two days of 'Id-al-Fitr, and 'Id-al-Adha. 3. No prayer (may be offered) after two prayers: after the 'Asr prayer till the sun set and after the morning prayer till the sun rises. 4. Not to travel (for visiting) except for three mosques: Masjid-al-Haram (in Mecca), my Mosque (in Medina), and Masjid-al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem).”
Book Shortening the Prayers (At-Taqseer) - Sahih Bukhari
Hadith No. 192: Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet said, “A woman should not travel for more than three days except with a Dhi-Mahram (i.e. a male with whom she cannot marry at all, e.g. her brother, father, grandfather, etc.) or her own husband.)”
Hadith No. 193: Narrated Ibn’Umar: The Prophet said, “A woman should not travel for more than three days except with a Dhi-Mahram.”
Hadith No. 194: Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel for one day and night except with a Mahram.”
Book General Subjects - Malik’s Muwatta
Hadith No. 54.14.37: Malik related to me from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is not halal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel the distance of a day and night without a man who is her mahram.”
Q. Women forbidden to spend any money without the permission of her husband, and it includes giving food to the needy or feast to friends". (TR. P 265) why?
**A. **as evidence, they say that the husband’s rights are connected to the wife’s wealth, on the basis of the hadeeth: “A woman may be married for her wealth, her beauty or her religious commitment.” (Reported by the seven scholars). Usually a husband increases his mahr because of the wife’s wealth, and he will be able to spend her money, and if he cannot afford to spend on her, she will not complain (because she has her own money). This is similar to the rights of heirs in relation to a sick person’s wealth. (al-Mughni, 4/514). ***to read more: ***click](Ruling on women spending of their own wealth without their husbands’ permission - Islam Question & Answer)
Book Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) - Sunan Abu- Dawud
Hadit No. 3540: Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: It is not permissible for a woman to present a gift (from her husband’s property) except with the permission of her husband.
Hadit No. 3558: Narrated AbuUmamah: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) Said: Allah , Most Exalted, has appointed for everyone who has a right what is due to him, and no will be made to an heir, and a woman should not spend anything from her house except with the permission of her husband. He was asked: Even foodgrain, Apostle of Allah? He replied: That is the best of our property. He then said: A loan must be paid back, a she-camel lent for a time for milking must be returned, a debt must be discharged, one who stands surety is held responsible.
**Q. Is it true… A wife is forbidden to perform extra prayers (NAFAL) or observe fasting (other than RAMADAN) without the permission of her husband. If so, why? **
**A. **Book Wedlock, Marriage (Nikah) - Sahih Bukari
Hadit No. 123: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “It is not lawful for a lady to fast (Nawafil) without the permission of her husband when he is at home; and she should not allow anyone to enter his house except with his permission; and if she spends of his wealth (on charitable purposes) without being ordered by him, he will get half of the reward.”
Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat) Sahih Muslim
Hadit No. 2238: Hammam b. Munabbih said: These are some of the a hadith of Muhammad. the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), transmitted to us on the authority of Abu Huraira. So he narrated one hadith out of them (as this): The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: No woman should observe fast when her spouse is present (in the house) but with his permission. And she should not admit any (mahram) in his house, while he (her husband) is present, but with his permission. And whatever she spends from his earnings without his sanction, for him is half the reward.
Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) Sunnan Abu-Dawud
Hadit No. 2453: Narrated AbuSa’id al-Khudri: A woman came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) while we were with him. She said: Apostle of Allah, my husband, Safwan ibn al-Mu’attal, beats me when I pray, and makes me break my fast when I keep a fast, and he does not offer the dawn prayer until the sun rises. He asked Safwan, who was present, about what she had said. He replied: Apostle of Allah, as for her statement “he beats me when I pray”, she recites two surahs (during prayer) and I have prohibited her (to do so). He (the Prophet) said: If one surah is recited (during prayer), that is sufficient for the people. (Safwan continued As regards her saying “he makes me break my fast,” she dotes on fasting; I am a young man, I cannot restrain myself. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said on that day: A woman should not fast except with the permission of her husband. (Safwan said As for her statement that I do not pray until the sun rises, we are a people belonging to a class, and that (our profession of supplying water) is already known about us. We do not awake until the sun rises. He said: When you awake, offer your prayer.
Q. If prostration were a legitimate act other than to God, woman should have prostrated to her husband. (TR. P 428).
**A. **I will try to post it with references :insh:
Q.Why does Quran state that men are made superior to women?
A. In Qur’an (Surat Al Nisa) “Qawwam (arabic word)” means one who stands firm in another’s business, protects his interests, and looks after him affairs; or it may be, standing firm in his own business, managing affairs with a steady purpose. Or the sentence may be rendered: “and ptotect (the husband’s interest) in his absence, as Allah has protected them.” If we take the rendering as in the text, the meaning is: the good wife is obedient and harmonious in her husband’s presence, and in his absence guards his reputation and property and her own virue, as ordained by God. If we take the rendering as in the note, we reach the same result in a different way; the good wife, in her husband’s absence, remembering how God has given her a sheltered position, does everything to justify that position by guarding her own virtue and his reputations and property.
In Same Surah Verses 135, the above explained in more details:
Justice is God’s attribute, and to stand firm for justice is to be a witness to God, even if it is detrimental to our own interests (as we conceive them) or the interests of those who are near and dear to us. According to the Latinn saying, “Let justice be done though heaven should should fall.”
But Islamic justice is something higher than the formal justice of Roman Law or any other human Law. It is even more pentrative than the subtler justic in the specculation of Greek philosophers. It searches out the innermost motives, because we are to act as in the presence of God, to Whom all things, acts, and motives are known.
Some peoples may be inclined to favour the rich, because they expect something rom them. some peoples may be inclined to favour the poor because they are generally hepless. Partiality in either cases is wrong. Be just, without fear or favour. Both rich and the poor are under God’s protection as far as their legitimate interests are concerned, but they cannot expect to be favoured at the expense of others. And He can protect their interests far better than any man.
Q. Why would majority of women go to hell?
A. Book To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq) Sahih Bukhari
Hadit No. 456: Narrated 'Imran bin Husain: The Prophet said, “I looked into Paradise and found that the majority of its dwellers were the poor people, and I looked into the (Hell) Fire and found that the majority of its dwellers were women.”
Book The Book of Heart-Melting Traditions (Kitab Al-Riqaq) Sahih Muslim
Hadit No. 6596: Usama b. Zaid reported that Allah’s Messenger (way peace be upon him) said: I stood at the door of Paradise and I found that the overwhelming majority of those who entered therein was that of poor persons and the wealthy persons were detained to get into that. The denizens of Hell were commanded to get into Hell, and I stood upon the door of Fire and the majority amongst them who entered there was that of women.
Hadit No. 6597: Ibn Abbas reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I had a chance to look into the Paradise and I found that majority of the people was poor and I looked into the Fire and there I found the majority constituted by women.
Book Menstrual Periods - Sahih Bukhari
Hadit No. 301: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: Once Allah’s Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Apostle ?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.”
Q. Why is eye brow tweezing haraam?
**A. **Please see thread eyebrow
Q. Is make up haraam alsso?
**A. **Will try to answer with references :insh:
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said/acted (the Sunnah) is the order which we must follow and do what HE said and to not do what HE prohibited us to not do.