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A Woman's Place |
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Question: Does Islam teach that women are under the charge of men? |
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Summary Answer: Men are in charge of women, according to the words of Muhammad. |
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The Qur'an: Sura (4:34) - "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them." Sura (2:228) - "and the men are a degree above them" Sura (33:59) - "Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them..." Men determine how women dress. Sura (2:223) - "Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will." Wives are to be sexually available to their husbands in all ways at all times. They serve their husbands at his command. This verse is believed to refer to anal sex (see Bukhari 60:51), and was "revealed" when women complained to Muhammad about the practice. The phrase "when and how you will" means that they lost their case.
Sura (66:5)
- "Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives
better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters,
widows and virgins" A disobedient wife can be replaced. |
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Bukhari (88:219) - "Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler."
Bukhari (2:28) - Ingratitude toward her husband (ie. disobedience) can land a woman in Hell. Muhammad explains why women comprise the bulk of Hell's occupants.
Bukhari (72:715) - A charming little tale in which a woman seeks Muhammad's help in leaving an abusive marriage, but is ordered by the prophet to return to her husband and submit to his commands.
Bukhari (4:149) - Muhammad's wives are even trained to defecate on his command.
Bukhari (48:826) - Women have a deficiency of intelligence, meaning that their decisions will not be comparable to a man's.
Bukhari (58:125) - Women are tradable commodities. A Muslim with two wives offers a fellow Muslim his pick between the two. Muhammad then arranges a wedding banquet.
Bukhari (62:81) - According to Muhammad, the most important part of a marriage contract is the unrestricted access that a man has to his wife's vagina.
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To this day, it is absolutely forbidden for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man, even though men are not under the same restriction as to their choice of marriage partners. This is is a consequence of the low status of a wife against that of her husband. A Muslim is not allowed to be subordinate to a non-Muslim, and a wife must be subordinate to her husband.
Many contemporary Muslims realize that traditional Islamic practice is painfully out of step with modern tastes, not just on this issue, but on many others. Thus have ensued very imaginative efforts to reinterpret the long held traditions of their religion, exaggerating both the negative treatment of Arab women prior to Muhammad and the reforms that he is said to have brought about.
Muhammad's blunt words on marriage are what they are.
On top of this, he forbid women from traveling alone. Nor are they allowed
to be alone with a non-relative male. Women must cover themselves, and,
when there is sexual sin, nearly always bear the responsibility of guilt, as it
is assumed that they did not follow the rules. |
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