Women's freedom and Islam.

Women's freedom and Islam
 
There is hardly a Muslim country in the modern world that has not acknowledged the vehement propaganda of Western women's libertarians and has not recognized the veil as a reactionary religious provision, or accepted so-called women's emancipation as an integral part of social and economic emancipation. For example, in a report published in the Pakistan Times on October 19, 1968, Dr. Muhammad Mukaddam, the Vice Chancellor of Tehran University, said:

It is not possible to modernize any country unless the women's society of that country is completely free from religious orthodoxy. In many countries of the East, the touch of modernity has been delayed due to the stereotyped and primitive beliefs of the people of those countries about giving freedom to women. If we do not keep pace with the rest of the world, we will not be able to survive as an independent nation.

The role of women's society is evident in all developing countries in Asia and Africa. For the development of the country, they must participate in all social, cultural and political activities. But the saddest thing is that some people in the country do not want to understand the issue.

This is exactly what was said at a seminar on "Women's Rights in the Two Decades of Pakistan's Establishment" organized by the Pakistan National Solidarity Council in Lahore in August 1968. If we claim to be Muslims and consider Islam to be the ideological foundation of our country, then is it not our duty to know what Islam has taught us about women's emancipation?

Expressing his views on women's rights, verse 34 of Surah An-Nisa says, "Men are the guardians of women. This is because Allah created men with more merit than women and men spend their money for women.

This means that no Muslim woman is obliged to earn a living unless she has the means to support herself, her husband dies or she is divorced or she has a male relative to support her.

According to the teachings of the Qur'an, a husband is a friend and a master to his wife. The husband's duty is to show justice, love and kindness to the wife and in return the wife's duty is to be obedient and loyal to the husband and to give unconditional trust to the husband so that he does not become characterless.

In the Qur'an, the husband is given a higher status than the wife, not because he will be cruel and oppressive, but because he will establish family protection. In a family where the wife is financially self-sufficient, the husband naturally loses the role of family authority. On the other hand, when the mother's authority in the family increases, the children's respect for the father decreases.

In verses 30-31 of Surah An-Noor, Muslim men are forbidden to look at the Muharram women of Gai and Muslim women are forbidden to look at the Muharram men of Gai. Both men and women are told to keep their eyes down. The girls were told to wear the moon on their heads and to cover their faces and chests with their hem. They are forbidden to show off their beauty in front of anyone other than their husbands and relatives who are forbidden to marry. Practically this verse forbids the wearing of cosmetics on the face and the wearing of all garments that cause sexual appeal.

It is known from the hadith that Hazrat Asma, the younger sister of Hazrat Ayesha (RA), the wife of the Prophet (SAW), one day in front of the Prophet (SAW) wearing a thin cloth, in fact the Prophet rebuked her saying that when a woman From the time he becomes an adult, nothing should be revealed except his face and hands. In verse 55 of Surah Al-Azhab, Muharram forbids men and foreign women from entering the house of the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and in verse 59 Muslim women are forbidden to go out wearing attractive clothes and ornaments. They have been persuaded so that people may be attracted to them.

Women can only talk openly with the male members of the family, servants and slaves. In verse 53 of Surah Azhab, believers are instructed to show due respect to the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and to ask them for anything from outside the veil. In verse 59, when a Muslim woman has to go out of the house for some reason.

He was then asked to cover his whole body with a moon.

So that they can be known as pious women and so that they are not harassed. The Qur'an instructs the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and practically all Muslim women not to use emotional attitudes towards a man when he has to meet a man in an emergency so as not to arouse affection in the man's mind. Rather, the conversation should be simple and formal. In the hadith, Muslim women are forbidden to go on long journeys alone with anyone other than their husbands and relatives who are forbidden to marry (ie without the guidance of any man during Muharram).

Where in most saheeh hadeeths Muslim women are discouraged from attending congregational prayers in the mosque and praying in a secluded corner of the house is described as more pleasing to God; How can a Muslim woman be allowed to be a private secretary, a bank clerk, a flight attendant, a hotel maid, an advertising model, a singer, a dancer and an actress in movies, television and radio?

Verses 1-24 of Surah An-Noor warn those who have sex outside of marriage to be severely punished in this world and in the Hereafter. There is no double standard in Islam in this regard. The Qur'an and Hadith make no distinction between the punishment of men and women who have illicit sex. The same form of severe punishment has been mentioned for both.

Apart from this proof of Qur'an and Hadith, what more proof of Islam is needed for the veil? The ban on the movement of Muslim women is intended only to protect women and to restrain men from doing evil to them. Islam is the only religion in the world that not only condemns immorality as evil but also commands the world to refrain from any social action that incites immorality.