Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

An Introduction To The Rights And Duties Of Women In Islam

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Publisher’s Foreword
• Section One The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam
• The Standing of Women in Islam
• The Standing of Women in Islam
• Common Responsibilities of Men and Women
• Women and Freedom
• Women and Freedom
• 1. Freedom in Work
• 2. Freedom in Proprietorship
• 3. Freedom in Marriage
• 4. Freedom in Seeking Knowledge
• 5. Freedom in Residence Selection
• Women and Ḥijāb
• First Verse
• Second Verse
• Third Verse
• The Limits of Ḥijāb
• Reason One
• Reason Two
• Reason Three
• Reason Four
• Philosophy of Ḥijāb
• First Point
• Second Point
• Third Point
• Community A
• Community B
• Marriage and its Merits
• 1. Instrument of Love and Friendship
• 2. Instrument of Continence and Immunity from Sin
• 3. Instrument of Physical and Mental Health
• 4. Increase in the Well-being of the Social Environment
• 5. Procreation
• 6. Pleasure and Sensuality
• Conditions of the Marriage Contract
• Mutual Rights and Responsibilities of Spouses
• Common Rights and Responsibilities
• 1. Sociability
• 2. Attracting the Attentions of One’s Spouse
• 3. Pleasure and Gratification
• 4. Rearing and Edifying Children
• Exclusive Duties of Husbands and Wives
• a. Men’s Obligations
• 1. Supervision of the Family
• 2. Providing Financial Support [nafaqah]
• 3. Honor, Gentleness, and Lenience
• 4. Religious and Moral Guidance
• b. Women’s Obligations
• The Mahr of Women and its Philosophy
• The Philosophy of Mahr
• Nafaqah (Financial Support) and its Philosophy
• Criticism
• Response
• Criticism
• Response
• Women’s Inheritance in Islam
• Criticism
• Response
• Islam and Polygamy
• Conditions for Polygamy
• Divorce in Islam
• The Philosophy of Divorce
• Section Two The Rights and Duties of Women in the Form of Questions and Answers
• Introduction
• Nonconformance of Publicity and Education
• Common Rights of Women and Men
• 1. The Right to Live and Exist
• 2. The Right to Freedom
• 3. The Right to Utilize Natural Resources
• 4. The Right to Health Care and Sanitation
• 5. The Right to Employment
• A Sympathetic Word
• 6. The Right to Possession and Enjoyment of Property
• 7. The Right to Security
• 8. The Right to Legislation and Living in the Presence of Laws
• 9. The Right to Participate and Associate in the Government
• 10. The Right to Choose a Spouse
• 11. The Right to Have and Raise Children
• 12. The Right to Think and Have Opinions and Beliefs
• 13. The Right to Seek Knowledge
• 14. The Right to Spiritual and Mystical Improvement
• The Noble Zahrā (‘a): The Epitome of Women
• Bibliography
• Notes