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Wondrous Treatment Of Women In Islam
T
he purpose of this article is to show how
the barbaric nature of Islam manifests itself
in the cruel treatment of women.
1. Lets start with the "great" Mohammed
himself, the founder of this "fabulous" faith.
Mohammed was married to Khadija Bibi, his
employer and 15 years his senior. At that
time Mohammed was 25 years old. He was
Khadija Bibi's third husband. Khadija Bibi
was a widow when she married Mohammed.
For the first time in his life, Mohammed
enjoyed a luxurious life.
This shows the parasitic nature of Mohammed
who married his employer so that he can
live a rich life without putting in a single
day's work.
2. Khadija Bibi died when Mohammed was
49 years old. Between the ages of 49 and 63
the "great prophet" married at least 11 times.
This shows how he treated the institution
of marriage. For him, women were nothing
but objects for sexual fulfillment. Marrying
at least 11 women in 14 years throws light
on his insatiable sexual appetite.
Read on about the "greatness" of this prophet.
3. Mohammed's favourite wife was Ayesha
Bibi who was 6 years old when she was
married to him.
Marrying a 6 year old baby clearly
shows that Mohammed was not only a womanizer
but also a child molester.
4. Mohammed's adopted son Zayed was
married to Zainab, daughter of Jahsh.
But one day the prophet "beheld in a loose
undress, the beauty of Zainab, and burst
forth into an ejaculation of devotion and
desire. The servile, or greatful,
freeman (Zayed) understood the hint and
yielded without hesitation to the love of
the benefactor."
Mohammed was not satisfied with his own
overflowing harem and had to marry
his son's wife. His son being a devoted
follower of the "great" prophet was more
than happy to divorce his wife.
What a great father-in-law Mohammed was,
a model for all Islamic father-in-laws!
Mohammed preached what he practised.
This is supported by the following verses
from Quran and Hadiths.
Quotes from the "Holy" Quran on Women
II/223:
Your women are a tilth for you
(to cultivate). So go to your tilth
as ye will...
Here you can clearly see how highly
Islam treats women. Women in Islam
are referred to as fields that are
to be cultivated by man. What an
honour for a Muslim woman!
IV/34:
Men are in charge of women,
because Allah hath made
the one of them to excel the other..
As for those from whom ye fear
rebellion, admonish them and banish
them to beds apart, and scourge
them.
First point to notice here is
that Quran clearly states that Men
are superior to women. Secondly,
Islam instructs that a man
should control his women through
brutal violence and fear.
IV/15: (For women) If any one of
your women is guilty of lewdness
...confine them until death claims
them.
IV/16: (For Men) If two men among you
commit indecency (sodomy) punish
them both. If they repent and mend
their ways, let them be. Allah is
forgiving and merciful.
As you can see, for women any sort
of sexual exploration is punishable
by death. Whereas for a man,
any form of perversion
is pardoned by the
all merciful Allah.
XXIV/6-7: As for those who accuse their
wives but have no witnesses except
themselves , let the testimony of
one of them be four testimonies...
Here we see, that a husband can
easily accuse his wife (or wives)
and eventually sentence her to death
by merely declaring four times that
the accusation is true.
On the other hand, women have no
such right in Islam.
Quotes from Hadith TIRMZI AND OTHERS
- If a woman's conduct is mischievous or
immodest, the husband has the right to
beat her up but must not break her bones.
She must not allow anybody to enter the
house if her husband does not like him.
She has the right to expect sustenance
of her husband. (TR. P 439)
- It is forbidden for a woman to be seen
by any man except her husband when
she is made up or well-dressed. (TR. P 430)
- A woman is not a believer if she
undertakes a journey which may last
three days or longer, unless she is
accompanied by her husband, son, father
- A woman must veil herself even in the
presence of her husband's father, brother
and other male relations. (TR. P 432)
- She is forbidden to spend any money
without the permission of her husband,
and it includes giving food to the needy
or feast to friends. (TR. P 265)
- A wife is forbidden to perform extra
prayers (NAFAL) or observe fasting
(other than RAMADAN) without the
permission of her husband. (TR. P 300)
- If prostration were a legitimate act
other than to God, woman should have
prostrated to her husband. (TR. P 428)
- If a man is in a mood to have sexual
intercourse the woman must come immediately
even if she is baking bread at a
communal oven. (TR. P 428)
- The marriage of a woman to her man is not
substantive. It is precarious.
For example if the father of the husband
orders his son to divorce his wife,
he must do so. (TR. P 440)
- A woman who seeks KHULA i.e.
divorce from her man, without a just
cause, shall not enter paradise.
(TR. P 440)
On the contrary, a husband can divorce
his wife at will.
- Majority of women would go to hell.
(Muslim P 1431)
- If a woman refuses to come to bed
when invited by her husband, she
becomes the target of the curses of
angles. Exactly the same happens if
she deserts her husband's bed.
(Bokhari P 93)
- Women who are ungrateful to their men
are the denizens of hell;
it is an act of ingratitude for a
woman to say: "I have
never seen any good from you."
(Bokhari P 96)
- A woman in many ways is deprived of
the possession of her own body.
Even her milk belongs to her husband.
(Bokhari P 27) She is not allowed to
practise birth control either.
Quotes From Sahih Muslim Hadith
Chapter 540.The prophet said that he saw a
woman coming and going in the shape
of a devil and she fascinated him. So
he came to his wife, Zainab, as she
was tanning leather and had sexual
intercourse with her. That drove out
what he felt in his heart.
Chapter 558. The prophet said: "When a man
calls his wife to bed and she does
not come, the husband spends the night
being angry with her, and the angels
curse her until morning. The one who is
in heaven is displeased with her until
the husband is pleased with her.
Chpater 576. The prophet said :"Woman has
been created from a rib, and will
in no way be straightened for you."
Anwar Shaikh , the author of
Islam: An Arab National Movement
says:
"It shows the basic doctrine of Islam
about womanhood, that is, she is basically
crooked, and man has the right to keep her
under his constant vigil; she must never be
left alone."
In fact, another hadith expresses
woman's position bluntly:
"I have not left any calamity more
hurtful to man than woman."
Chapter 619: Selling a cat, selling a dog
(unless it is a working dog), and
earning of prostitutes(unless they are
non-muslims),... are all forbidden.
This verse encourages the Muslim
invaders to convert women of other faith
into prostitutes for their own enjoyment
as prostitution by non-muslims is NOT
forbidden. We can see plenty of
examples of this throughout history,
especially Indian history.
Chapter 1140: The prophet said : "The
majority of those who entered the
fire of Hell were women."
So Islam considers most of the women
are evil in nature and they end up in
hell.
Malik 362:1221
Ibn Fahd said "I have some slave girls
who are better than my wives, but I do
not desire that they should all become
pregnant. Shall I do azl(withdrawal)
with them?" Hajjaj said "They are
your fields of cultivation. If you wish
to irrigate them do so, if not keep
them dry."
The next three verses are related to each
other.
Malik 364:1234 If a woman suckles a baby,
she becomes its foster mother and her
husband a foster father. If a man has
two wives, and one suckles a boy the other
a girl, the boy can not marry the girl as
the foster father of each is the same.
The next verse contradicts the previous one.
Malik 364:1239 The rule pertaining to foster
relationship only applies to children
under 2 years. Thus (Malik 365:1243)
a grown up man fed with the milk of a
woman does not entail fostership.
Read the next verse carefully.
Malik 365:1245 A man said, "My wife has
willfully given my slavegirl with whom I used
to cohabit her own milk to drink. What is my
relationship to the slave girl ?" Omar
said "Punish your wife and go into your slave
girl".
What more can I say about these
golden verses from the "Holy" Quran and
the enlightening Hadiths-- guidelines
for every true Muslim!
Gazzali, the renowned Islamic thinker
summed up the 18 pains that had been visited
on Muslim women as a punishment for
Eve's transgression in paradise. The list
eloquently shows the position of women in
Islam and how the social customs were backed
up by Islam. Here Islam goes to the extent
of saying that even pregnancy and childbirth
are punishments from God. Such is the nature
of the all merciful Allah!!!
The 18 punishments are:
- Menstruation
- Childbirth
- Separation from father and mother
and marriage to a stranger
- Pregnancy
- Not having control over her own person
- A lesser share in inheritance.
- Her liability to be divorced and
inability to divorce.
- It being lawful for man to have 4 wives
but for a woman to have only 1 husband.
- The fact that she must stay secluded in the
house
- The fact that she must keep her head
covered inside the house.
- The fact that 2 women's testimonies have to
be set against the testimony of one man.
- The fact that she must not go out of the
house unless accompanied by a near
relative.
- The fact that men take part in Friday
and feast day funerals while women do not.
- Disqualification for rulership and
judgeship.
- The fact that merit has 100 components,
only one of which is attributable to women
while 999 are attributed to men.
- The fact that if women are profligate
they will be given only half as much torment
as the rest of the community at the
ressurection day.
- The fact that if their husbands die they
must observe a waiting period of 4 months
and 10 days before they remarry.
- The fact that if their husbands divorce
them , they must observe a waiting period of
3 months or 3 menstrual periods before
remarrying.
To enlighten the people who are ignorant
about "Sati" Pratha in India, this custom
was a result of Muslim oppression and
brutality. The Hindu women of
India, in order to save their honour,
used to jump into the fire after their husbands
were brutally murdered by Muslim invaders. The
question that arises from this is why did they
jump into the fire and kill themselves? Why didn't
they just poison themselves? The reason for this
is that the lecherous necrophiliac muslim invaders did not
even leave the dead bodies alone. Yes, they had sex even
with the dead bodies! How disappointing it must have
been for them to find nothing, but ashes.
This is only a handful of facts that states the true nature of Islam.
Note: Works of A. Ghosh, Robert E. Burns,
and Anwar Shaikh have been used to compose this article.
http://home.swipnet.se/islam/books/hijab/08.htm
WHAT THE HOLY QUR'AN AND TRADITIONS SAY
ABOUT WOMAN AND SOCIAL LIFE
Obtaining Permission:
"O you who believe, do not enter houses
other than your own houses, until you have obtained
permission and greeted their dwellers; this is better for
you, that you may remember."
Holy Qur'an (24:27)
Resemblance:
Imam Ali (a.s.) quotes the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.)
as saying:
"Allah curses those men who make themselves
resemble women or those women who make themselves
resemble men."[22]
Perfuming Outside Home:
Imam Hussein (a.s.) quotes the Prophet of Islam as
saying:
"Any woman who perfumes herself and leaves her
home is cursed by the angels and deprived of the
blessings of the Almighty Allah until she returns home."[23]
Evil Looks:
Imam Hussein (a.s.) quotes the Messenger of Allah as
saying:
"An evil look is one of the poisonious arrows
of Iblis (Satan) and how an evil look causes
long-suffering regrets."[24]
Avoiding the Forbidden Things:
Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) narrates:
"Every eye shall cry on the Day of
Resurrection with the exception of three: an eye which
passed the nights guarding Muslims (their wealth, land,
etc.) for the sake of Allah; an an eye which wept for
fear of Allah; and an eye which was cast down against the
deeds made forbidden by Allah."[25]
Looking at Women:
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) was asked whether it is lawful
for a man to look at the face of a woman whom he wants to
marry and also to look at her from behind. He said:
"Yes, there is no objection for a man to look
at a woman whom he wants to marry including her face and
to look at her from behind."[26]
Saluting Women:
Imam Hussein (a.s.) says:
"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) used to
salute women and they used to reply his salutation. While
the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.), also used
to salute women, but he disliked to salute the young
among the women and said, 'I feared that her voice would
admire me and thus affect me so I would commit sin more
than get reward."[27]
The Punishment of Chasing women:
Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a.s.) says:
"A young man from the Ansar met a woman is
Madina. At that time, women used to wear a veil, so he
looked at her while she was coming toward him. Men she
passed by he continued looking after her until he entered
one of the alleys. He continued looking as he passed
along the alley until a bone on a wall slashed his face
and the woman passed out of sight. Then, unexpectedly, he
saw blood flowing over his clothes and chest. He said, 'I
must go and inform the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) about
the incident.' When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) saw
him in this condition he said, 'What happened?' When he
informed the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) about the event
in details, the angel Gabriel (a.s.) came down with this
verse:
'Say to the believing men that they should lower
their gaze and guard their private parts. That is purer
for them. Truly Allah is Cognizan of what they do.'
Holy Qur'an (24:30).[28]
Sitting on Roadsides:
Abi Saeed al-Khidri narrates that the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) said:
"'Beware of sitting on roadsides.' Then some
of his companions asked him,. 'Oh Messenger of Allah! We
cannot stop these meetings on roadsides where we talk
about different matters.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.)
said, 'If you refuse but to stop having such meetings,
then you should give the road its rights.'
"They asked him, 'What are the rights of the
road?' He said, 'To cast down your eyes; to forbear harms
to others; to reply to salutation,. to enjoin what is
right and to forbid what is wrong.'"[29]
Being Covetous of the Honor of Believers:
The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) said:
"Surely Allah gets angry for the honor of the
believing men and the believing women. So a believing man
should get angry (for his honor). Because he who does not
get angry (for his honor) is the one whose heart is
upside-down."[30]
Sweetness of Casting down the Eye:
Abu Imamah narrated that the Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.) said:
"A Muslim is he who looks at the beauties of a
woman and then casts down his eyes, Allah will give him
the reward of worship whose sweetness he will find in his
heart."[31]
Guarding Oneself:
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said:
"Guard yourselves from six things and I am
your surety for Paradise: when you speak, speak the
truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust,.
and guard your private parts (except from your wives);
cast down your eyes; with hold your hand from committing
aggression or forbidden things."[32]
Respecting a Woman:
The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), addressing the
Muslims on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage,
warned them against the values which he feared would be
neglected after him, and referred to woman as one of the
important issues about whom he said:
"Observe your duty to Allah in respect to the
women, and treat them well."[33]
The Blessed Marriage:
Anas narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.)
said:
"Whoever marries a woman for her glory, Allah
will not increase his, but will bring him humiliation;
whoever marries her for her wealth, Allah will not
increase his, but place him in poverty; whoever marries
her for ancestral claims, Allah will not increase his,
but in meanness; whoever marries a woman for nothing but
to cast down his eyes, guard his private parts, and join
a relationship, Allah will bless him through her and vise
versa."[34]
The Holy Qur'an says:
"And one of His signs is that He created
for you mates from among yourselves that you may dwell in
tranquility with them, and He put between you love and
compassion; most surely there are signs for a people who
reflect."
Holy Qur'an (30:21)
In another verse, the obedient married women are
described:
"...there fore the righteous women are
devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence
what God would have them guard."
Holy Qur'an (4:34)
Encouragement to Keep Hijab:
Islam, with its benevolent view towards women,
encourages them to keep hijab in this verse of the
Holy Qur'an:
"O Prophet! Tell your wives and your
daughters and the women of the believers that they should
cast their outer garments over them (when abroad); this
is more proper, that they should be known (recognized as
such) and not molested. And Allah is ever Forgiving,
Merciful."
Holy Qur'an (33:59)
Equality:
The Holy Qur'an speaks of the equality of the two
sexes in various verses. In one place it says:
"...and women have rights similar to those
against them in a just manner,..."
Holy Qur'an (2:228)
In another place, the Holy Qur'an says:
"O mankind, surely We have created you from
a mele and a female, and made you nations and tribes,
that you may know each other. Surely the noblest of you
with Allah is the most righteous. Surely Allah Knowing,
Aware."
Holy Qur'an (49:13)
About work and doing good deeds, again the Holy Qur'an
reveals the beauty of Islam and its equal treatment of
workers. This is something the West still has not been
able to accomplish! The Holy Qur'an says:
"And whoever does righteous deeds, whether
male or female, and he/she is a believer - they will
enter the Garden, and not the least injustice will be
done to them."
Holy Qur'an (4:124)
"Whoever does good, whether male or female,
and is a believer, We shall certainly make him live a
good life, and We shall certainly give them their reward
for the best of what they did."
Holy Qur'an (16:97)
Another verse, Allah, Most High still promises:
"...I will not suffer the work of any
worker among you to be lost whether male or female, the
one of you being from the other..."
Holy Qur'an (3:195)
