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  • Curbing the Causes of Immorality in Society

    Islam not only forbids unlawful sexual intercourse, it also forbids all the means that might lead to it, such as: • Looking at women: If the eye conveys that which Allah The Almighty has made permissible for it to view, then the heart is protected from trials. However, if the eye conveys that which Allah The Almighty has prohibited, such as images.. More

  • Status of Women before Islam

    To judge the status of women in Islam, we must know their status in the religions and nations that preceded Islam. Then, we will discuss her status under Islam given that there is a long period of time between us and the time of the Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Before Islam, the status of the woman was degraded and base in.. More

  • A Visit to the Hospital

    The modesty issue is probably the single biggest obstacle Muslim women will encounter in the hospital. Each time Yasmine, an American-born revert to Islam, remembers giving birth to her fourth child, she cringes and describes the experience as "pure torture"—not because of the pain of the labor and delivery, but because of how she was.. More

  • Women's Work: Contrasting Viewpoints of Islam and the West - II

    In Western countries, there is an emerging trend towards enacting laws aiming at the segregation of the two genders and defining separate places for each. This is due to the bad consequences that these countries have suffered from the free mixing between men and women in workplaces, educational institutions and so on. Here are some examples of actions.. More

  • Women's Work: Contrasting Viewpoints of Islam and the West - I

    A caller to the way of Allah The Almighty narrated, "Our neighbor is an old lady who is more than seventy years old. We feel sorry for her when we see her going in and out [of her house] alone, with no one from her family to help her. She is used to buying her food and clothes with her own income. Her house is quiet, because she is the only one.. More

  • Regulations of Woman’s Work outside the Home - III

    Seventh: Not to wear perfume When the woman works outside the home, she must not wear perfume or be scented with incense. Scholars of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) stated this condition among the conditions of woman’s work outside her home. It is stated in Haashiyat Ad-Disooqi, “When women go outside their homes, they should not wear perfume.. More

  • Regulations of Woman’s Work outside the Home - II

    Third: The permission of the husband or the guardian The permission of the husband or the guardian of the woman must be obtained before going outside her home to do permissible work, because they are responsible for her before Allah The Almighty. Imaam Ash-Shaafi‘i, may Allah have mercy upon him, said, “If the woman is able to perform.. More

  • Regulations of Woman’s Work outside the Home - I

    Islam did not order women to work in the fields of public life for the sake of material gain. But at the same time, it does not forbid her from working. Hence, the matter is basically permissible but it is subject to the conditions which are derived from the Sharee'ah (Islamic legislation) texts and Sharee'ah goals which permit bringing about benefit.. More

  • Women's Liberation Movement: A Critical Look - II

    The women's liberation movement has a long history. Since its early stages until today, it looks at the individual, not the family, as the constituent unit of the society, which leads to a decreasing affiliation to the familial structure. Due to this social perspective, the woman loses her role as a wife, mother, sister, or daughter, and the man loses.. More

  • Women's Liberation Movement: A Critical Look - I

    The call for women's liberation differs in its implicit sense from its outward form. On the surface, it is characterized by magnanimity and freedom of opinion; however, it intrinsically entails spreading corruption and vice. The calls of the people who want to westernize our societies keep changing constantly, their premises differ, their methods renew,.. More

  • Understanding the responsibility towards children

    Undoubtedly children are a source of great joy and delight; they make life sweet, bring more provision into a family's life and give hope. A mother sees her children as a source of hope, consolation and joy in life, and as hope for the future. All of these hopes rest on the good upbringing of the children and giving them a sound preparation for life,.. More

  • The duty of a cultured woman towards herself and her home

    Our society is in need of reform and all powers should collectively cooperate in this process of reform. The desired reform can never be achieved by the state alone, the individual alone, men alone, women alone, the home alone, the school alone or the system alone. All these institutions and individuals must cooperate in establishing the foundations.. More

  • What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing? - II

    • Shaykh Ibn Baaz, may Allaah have mercy upon him, answering the advocates of permissiveness and necessity of intermixing between the sexes: In answer to the Director of San‘aa’ University, Abdul-‘Azeez Al-Muqaalih, who wrote an article in As-Siyaasah newspaper in 24/7/1404 AH, calling for intermixing between the sexes in educational.. More

  • What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing? - I

    • Imam Ash-Shaafi‘i, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said in his book Al-Umm, "I do not like women to be buried with men in a single grave as long as there is no necessity. However, if this is necessary, then the man should be in front and the woman in the back along with a separator of dust between them." Imam Ash-Shaafi‘i,.. More

  • The Dayyooth is deprived of Paradise

    The purified Sharee‘ah of Islam encourages good manners and forbids bad ones owing to the harm that affects individuals and societies when bad manners prevail. The Islamic Sharee‘ah came to guard the purity of progenies and to protect people's honor against anything that would soil or transgress them. Therefore, it sets the severest.. More