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الرحيم الرحمن الله الرحيم بسم الرحمن الله بسم

And for them (women) are rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable. (Al-Baqarah (The Cow) 2:228)

ولهن مثل الذي عليهن بالمعروف

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And wife is the supervisorover the house of her husband and children (Muhammad)

Believing men and the believing women are helpers of each other. (At-Taubah (The Repentance) 9: 17)

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و للنسآء نصيب مما And what the women earn is forاكتسبن

them (An-Nisa (The Women) 4: 32)

They are free in

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They can seek

From their husbands

They can practice of their choice

or

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Husbands are made responsible to

Food Clothing Transportation

Housing Healthcare Entertainment

them with

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و للنسآء نصيب مما الوالدان واالقربون ترك

There is a share for women in whatever the parents and relatives have left. (An-Nisa (The Women) 4:7)

Acquiring of knowledge is a duty on every Muslim (male or female) (Muhammad)

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Mothers and Sisters have Priority in treatment over fathers and brothers (Muhammad)

(Which men do not have)

Husband has no right over wife’s earning or property

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Those are the best among you who are best to their wives. And I am the best among you! (Muhammad)

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Polygamy:وان خفتم اال تقسطوا في اليتامى فانكحواماطاب لكم من النسآء مثنى و ثالث ورباع فان خفتم اال تعدلوا فواحد ة

If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two or three or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly, then only one (An-Nisa (The Women) 4:3).

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“Seen in context, polygamy was not designed to improve the sex life of the boys- it was a piece of social legislation.The men who had died (at the battle of Uhud) had left not only widows but daughters, sisters and other relatives who needed a new protector.

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To prescribe only four was a limitation, not a license to new oppression.Muslim law has built on this: a man must spend absolutely the same amount of time with each one of his wives; besides treating

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each wife equally financially and legally, a man must not have the slightest preference for one but must esteem and love them all equally.”

(Karen Armstrong, Muhammad, p.191).

Only about 1% practice polygamy.

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Veil/Hijab/Purdah:يا ايهاالنبي قل ألزواجك و بناتك ونسآء

من جالبيبهن ذالك المومنين يدنين عليهن ,O Prophet! Tell your wives, and daughters ادنى ان يعرفن فال يؤذينand believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when going out), that is most convenient, that they

should be known, and not molested. (Al-Ahzab (The Coalitions) 33:59)

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“Thus many of the Muslim women who first took the veil saw it as a symbol of power and influence, not as a badge of male oppression” (Karen Armstrong, Muhammad, p.198)

Hijab thus gives a protocol of honor, distinction and security to women- like that of a robe to a physician, a lawyer, a judge, etc.

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