subject: Islamic Books, Woman Islamic Books [print this page] Woman between Islam and Western Society studies the role of women in Islam. Islam gives equal rights in theory to both men and women. Men are suitable for some work and women for others. Islam also takes this into account.Notable sections in this book are position of woman in the Islamic Shari'ah, rights of husband and wife, polygamy and Islam, divorce, dowry, hijab in Islam and success in marriage.
This Islamic book stresses the importance of educating women so that they can perform their proper role. However it is against women venturing into new domains outside the confines of the home.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan clearly states that "the allegation that women cannot perform great services when confined to the home, is, clearly refuted by Islamic history". The example is given of historical figures such as Nur Jahan.Most significantly the example of the conversion of the Tartars to Islam by captured Islamic women is also given as an example of the outstanding contribution of women to the history of Islam.
Again the Maulana may be quoted on the role of women:" While the importance of a woman's role in life is at all events comparable to that of a man, it should be borne in mind that this role will always be the more effectively performed by those women who are keener in their awareness." Woman in Islamic Shari'ah, as the title suggests,is an Islamic book on the role of women in Islamic Shari'ah law.
This Islamic Books also discusses the reasons for the unequal circumstances in which women often find themselves. It attributes the cause as due to biological differences with men.
The only practical achievement of the women's liberation movement is held to be that everywhere women have come out of the confines of their homes and are to be seen in the company of men. According to the Maulana thereby feminity has been lost, without achieving equality.Significant chapters in this book include Quran and Hadith, qualities of a believing woman, womanhood in Islam, status of women, polygamy and Islam, dowry, hijab in Islam and success in marriage.Of interest to all Muslim readers will be the injunctions the Quran and Hadith have laid down regarding women. These give detailed commandments regarding women and lay down clear guidelines for the relationship between men and women.
Similarly divorce is condemned as "the most hateful of all lawful things" and polygamy is described as "the solution to a problem rather than a commandment." These and other intriguing issues, concerning women are discussed in depth by both these books and make them good purchases.
