WOMEN AND THE MODERN SOCIETY

During the pre-Islamic era women were treated like animals and household goods. Unfortunately today the modern world has ushered in a second period of ignorance in which, in its attempt to rectify the folly of the pre-Islamic times.

Some of the ill effects created by removing women from under the guardianship and authority of men:

a) The respect for women has been lost.
b) Marked increase in the divorce rate.
c) Neglect of children.
d) Children are not being educated and trained in an Islamic way.
e) Jobs of male personnel being taken by females, resulting in the increase of unemployment.
f) Increase in the instances of rape.
g) The rise in the unemployment amongst males leads to loafing idleness which encourages alcoholism, drug abuse, rape, murder, robbery and a host of other social evils.

All this in the name of liberation.

Nowadays, there are some misguiding and misleading notions regarding the status of the rank of women in Islam. This information is given by people who consider women in Islam to be prisoners and someone who has no rights and is always under the domination of man. The importance given to a woman can be deduced from the following Hadith: