Woman between Islam and Western Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 2
FORWARD......Page 14
NOTES......Page 19
1. A SURVEY......Page 20
A PRACTICAL NECESSITY......Page 26
SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING WOMEN......Page 28
CELIBACY......Page 38
ORDER OF NATURE......Page 42
THE LAW OF BALANCE......Page 46
THE BANEFUL EFFECTS OF DEVIATION......Page 47
WOMAN VERSUS MAN......Page 51
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN......Page 56
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE......Page 60
THE HELPLESSNESS OF WOMAN......Page 63
THE CURSE OF AIDS......Page 70
NOTES......Page 77
WOMEN IN ANCIENT SOCIETY......Page 80
WOMEN’S STATUS IN ISLAM......Page 82
WOMEN IN MODERN CIVILIZATION......Page 85
UNNATURAL EQUALITY......Page 88
PORNOGRAPHY......Page 93
THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNRESTRICTED FREEDOM......Page 95
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY......Page 98
NOTES......Page 102
3. WESTERN WOMAN......Page 104
THE “WOMEN’S LIB” MOVEMENT......Page 109
WOMEN INTO THE MARKETPLACE......Page 121
A CLOSER LOOK......Page 128
THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNDER SIEGE......Page 133
NATURE’S VERDICT......Page 136
AT WAR WITH NATURE......Page 147
NOT GETTING MARRIED — A MISTAKE......Page 152
BE A GOOD WIFE......Page 154
ADMITTING DEFEAT......Page 156
ENDLESS PROBLEMS......Page 157
THE END OF PLEASURE......Page 160
THE BURDEN OF FAME......Page 163
AN ENFORCED WITHDRAWAL FROM THE FIELD OF ACTION......Page 166
THE EXAMPLE OF JAPAN......Page 169
NOTES......Page 171
PERVERSION IN MUSLIM SOCIETY AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION......Page 175
REVERSE COURSE......Page 177
WHITHER “WOMEN’S LIB”?......Page 183
TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES......Page 187
ARTIFICIAL PROBLEMS......Page 190
MARRIAGE VERSUS FORNICATION......Page 191
THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNNATURAL EQUALITY......Page 196
THE PROBLEM OF MODERN WOMEN......Page 201
A HADITH......Page 204
THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRGINITY......Page 205
THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN BORN THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION......Page 207
THE END OF MARRIAGES IN THE WEST......Page 210
ACKNOWLEDGING THE MISTAKE......Page 212
THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION......Page 213
DEPRIVED OF GUARDIANSHIP......Page 214
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN SINGER......Page 217
AWAY FROM NATURE......Page 218
THE EXPERIMENT OF UNRESTRICTED FREEDOM......Page 221
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AN AMERICAN LEADER......Page 222
TWO EXAMPLES......Page 226
UNDEPENDABLE CHARACTER......Page 227
THE SCANDAL OF GARY HART......Page 228
SURROGACY......Page 232
WOMAN AND WAR......Page 234
DEGRADATION INSTEAD OF PROGRESS......Page 236
NOTES......Page 238
QUR’ANIC VERSES......Page 243
WORDS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD......Page 245
THE QUALITIES OF A BELIEVING WOMAN......Page 249
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR......Page 250
BASIC ATTRIBUTES OF MEN AND WOMEN......Page 252
THE EXAMPLE OF MUSLIM WOMEN......Page 258
WOMANHOOD IN ISLAM......Page 262
SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET......Page 266
MODERN RESEARCH......Page 271
REMARK OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE......Page 273
CORRESPONDENCE......Page 276
SUMMARY......Page 277
THE STATUS OF WOMAN......Page 282
THE CONTRACT OF LIFE......Page 283
WOMAN — SOURCE OF GOODNESS......Page 284
MOTHER IS MORE HONORABLE......Page 285
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION......Page 286
HOME MANAGEMENT IS NOT AN INFERIOR TASK......Page 288
THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMAN IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY......Page 289
WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER......Page 291
THE TESTIMONY OF WOMAN......Page 293
AN ADDITIONAL, NOT A SUPERIOR QUALITY......Page 295
MUSLIM WOMEN......Page 298
TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN......Page 300
THE IDEAL LIFE COMPANION......Page 304
ABSOLUTE FREEDOM......Page 306
DIVISION OF LABOR......Page 309
WOMAN — AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 312
ISLAM GIVES COURAGE......Page 314
PATIENCE FOR PARADISE......Page 316
IN THE FIELD OF ACTION......Page 317
THE VIRTUE OF BELIEVING WOMEN......Page 320
WOMEN IN EVERY FIELD......Page 321
THE SUCCOR OF GOD......Page 324
WORKING OUTDOORS......Page 327
WOMEN’S POSITION......Page 329
IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE......Page 330
NOTES......Page 345
6. THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE......Page 353
A RELIGION OF NATURE......Page 356
THE POSITION OF MAN VIS – A – VIS WOMAN......Page 357
DOWER......Page 359
MAINTENANCE......Page 360
PROPER BEHAVIOR......Page 361
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A WOMAN AS A WIFE......Page 362
OBEDIENCE......Page 363
THE GUARDING OF THE SECRET......Page 365
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOME......Page 367
THE BEST WOMAN......Page 368
GIVING IMPORTANCE TO THE INWARD RATHER THAN THE OUTWARD......Page 369
BALANCED EDUCATION......Page 371
NOTES......Page 376
7. POLYGAMY AND ISLAM......Page 378
THE INEQUALITY IN NUMBERS......Page 381
THE WILLINGNESS OF WOMEN......Page 384
THE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM RATHER THAN A COMMANDMENT......Page 387
UNLAWFUL POLYGAMY......Page 389
THE ISLAMIC WAY......Page 390
CONCLUSION......Page 392
NOTES......Page 393
8. CONCERNING DIVORCE......Page 395
“THE MOST HATEFUL OF ALL LAWFUL THINGS”......Page 404
THE MEANING OF PROVISION......Page 405
DIVORCE IN ISLAM......Page 407
TWO WAYS OF DIVORCING......Page 413
CONCLUSION......Page 422
AFTER DIVORCE......Page 424
NOTES......Page 427
THE CUSTOM OF DOWRY IS NOT ISLAMIC......Page 430
FATIMAH’S DOWRY......Page 431
DOMESTIC NECESSITIES......Page 433
THE REAL GIFT......Page 434
MAHR — THE DOWER......Page 437
MAHR MU‘AJJAL......Page 438
MAHR MU’AJJAL......Page 440
THE OPINIONS OF JURISTS......Page 441
NO HEAVY BURDEN......Page 442
NON-PREFERABLE WAY......Page 444
THE COMPANIONS AND THEIR MARRIAGES......Page 445
A WRONG CUSTOM......Page 447
SURE SOLUTION......Page 448
NOTES......Page 453
HIJAB IN THE LIGHT OF THE QUR’AN AND HADITH......Page 456
THE TRANSLATOR’S VIEWS......Page 465
EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION......Page 469
NOTES......Page 472
11. SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE......Page 474
TWO EXAMPLES......Page 475
GUARANTEED SOLUTION......Page 479
THE JOINT FAMILY......Page 482
MENTAL WORRIES......Page 484
NOTES......Page 487
12. CONCLUSION......Page 489
HISTORIC FEAT......Page 492
NOTES......Page 497