Category: Women in Islam

Islam is criticized for allowing polygamy, for popular culture in the West views polygamy as relatively backward and impoverished.  For many Christians, it is a license to promiscuity, and feminists consider it a violation of women’s rights and demeaning to women.  A crucial point that needs to be understood is that for Muslims, standards of […]

The Islamic veil or hijab refers to the loose-fitting, plain and opaque outer garments which cover a Muslim woman’s body.  While basically identical to the clothing depicted in traditional Christian representations of Mary (peace be upon her and her son), and every nun who has sought to emulate her since, the hijab is readily singled out as sign of […]

Question: What is the ruling regarding looking at women during the Hajj? Response: Looking at women for whom you are not a mahram is prohibited during the Hajj and other than it; However, its (level of) prohibition is greater during the Hajj. Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh ad-Durar an-Naadhirah fil-Fataawa al-Mu’aasirah – Page 451 Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth […]

I used to look at veiled women as quiet, oppressed creatures — until I was captured by the Taliban.  In September 2001, just 15 days after the terrorist attacks on the United States, I snuck into Afghanistan, clad in a head-to-toe blue burqa, intending to write a newspaper account of life under the repressive regime.  Instead, […]

Indeed, all praises are due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His Aid and beg for His Forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil in our souls and from the bad consequences of our deeds. Whomever Allah guides, no one can lead that person astray and whomever Allah leads astray no one can […]

As salamu ‘alaykum warahmatuallah wabarakatuh I want to talk to you about my life before and after hijab. I am a Muslim girl 20 years old from Arabian Gulf, “The original place of Islam.” I used to believe that hijab is not an important issue. And it’s lacking my freedom. So I decided that I would never were hijab as […]

Question: May a father force his virgin daughter who attained puberty to marry? Answer: Two well-known opinions in this regard are reported from Ahmad: That he may compel her. This is also the opinion of Malik, ash-Shafi’i, and others; and That he may not. This is also the opinion of Abu Hanifah and others, and […]

He bounded up the stairs so energetically that it was hard for me to believe that here was a man of more than eighty years. He had the vitality of a youth. Then I learned the reason why:  Though he had gotten married back in 1947 when he was about thirty years old, he was […]

1. Beautiful Reception After returning from work, school, travel, or whatever has separated you, ·         Begin with a good greeting. ·         Meet him with a cheerful face ·         Beautify and perfume yourself ·         Start with good news and delay any bad news until he has rested ·         Receive him with loving and yearning sentences ·         Make hard efforts for excellence of […]

This question may be answered in several ways:  1- In Islam, the festivals are clearly defined and well established, and no additions or subtractions may be accepted. They are an essential part of our worship and there is no room for personal opinion. They have been prescribed for us by Allaah and His Messenger . […]