Role of Muslim Women in Society

Role of Muslim Women in Society

Author: Afzalur Rahman

Publisher: A.S. Noordeen

ISBN: 9789830653525

Pages: 590 pages

The quran elevates the position of woman as a daughter,sister, wife, and mother, and in all these positions she enjoys all the social,economic, legal, religious and educational rights of man. The Prophet, by histeaching and practice, as explained before, fully established woman, in all theabove roles, as a full fledged member of society, enjoying equal rights andstatus with man; and contributing equaly with him, if not more, to the growthand development of society and enrichment of human culture. This, however, inno way implies a similarity or uniformity in their functions as well. Both enjoyequal status and equal rights as humans and as co-partners in life. But in thefield of work, their functions in general are of a different nature and scope,being mainly determined by their natural physical, physiological, physiologicaland emotional disposition. In this respect, it may be pointed out thatdissimilarity and non-comformity in functions do not in any way reflect theinferiority or superiority of etheir sex. It is merely a division of workbetween them according to their natural abilities, aptitudes, capacities andendowments.