Affairs of Women

A Muslim woman explains why she has chosen to wear the Hijab, not out of repression, but liberation.

Captured by the Taliban and jailed in Afghanistan, a British reporter tells her views of the veil and treatment of women in Islam.

1- To be treated equally, or justice, does not always mean that each is the same. This article sheds some light on the differences between men and women found by modern science, and how these results reflect the way justice is met to each of the two sexes in various realms of modern day life. 2- Spiritual equality of men and women as mentioned in the Quran, and a glance at the differences between the genders in other aspects of life.

1- The various civil, social, political and economic rights which have been given to women in Islam. 2- The complimentary roles of husbands and wives in Islam.

The history of polygamy and its legal status in the religions of Judaism and Christianity.

A glimpse of the concept of polygamy in Islam.

1-An analysis of the major reasons Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives. : A model for humanity and the preservation of knowledge. 2-A rejection of false traditions and tribal alliances.

The veil and its meaning in Islam and the Judeo-Christian tradition, as well as a brief look at the Islamic stance towards women.

Historically women’s education in the territories now known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has passed through several stages. In the pre-Islamic era, Arab society had not been concerned with any kind of systematic education for either males or females. At that time the transfer of experiences and skills from one generation to the next occurred through traditional social intermingling.

My sister-in-law will be getting married soon. She is worried about the type of boy she can get married to. To be specific, she has asked me whether it is valid to get married to a person who is a strong supporter of the Mawlid or Milad-un-Nabi practice? I do understand that this practice itself is an innovation in Islam. However, the difficulty is whether one can get married to such people who practice Mawlid. In New XXX, the people involved in this practice, do this as an act of worship. People would be invited to attend this ceremony where various hadith are read, songs are sung and dua is made. People actually stand and sing! I hope this is the practice the fatwaa on your site refers to. The question is whether one can marry those who do this practice? The more difficult question and the one I am afraid to ask is whether these people are Muslims? Sheikh, you do not have to answer the second one if it is not wise to?

My parents and two brothers are kufaar (they have no religion) and they insist on making a big deal on my birthday (by phoning me and e-mailing birthday messages and saying ’happy birthday’) even though I told them many times before that I do not celebrate my birthday and that it is just another day like the other days. (I am the only Muslim in my family and married to a Muslim and I live in another province in Canada away from them so they are not close to me). This year I unplugged the phone on that day so I could avoid the issue. What should I do?

What is the ruling on a woman travelling without a mahram because her work requires that of her?

Is a woman counted as a mahram for a non-related woman when travelling and in other cases, or not?

I am a woman who works as a student supervisor in one of the schools. The nature of my work is such that I go on trips to schools outside the city in which I work, where I go with some other women who work there, accompanied by a driver but without a mahram. What is the ruling on that, and what is the ruling on the salary I take? - knowing that my personal circumstances and my work circumstances do not allow me to have a mahram with me.