Write down a comprehensive Essay on the Women's rights in Islam:

INTRODUCTION:

There is no denial of the fact that God is the Sovereign Lord, the Sustainer and Nourisher, the Merciful , has blessed all the humanity with dignity and honour . Every human-being is related to each other as a all one community of brotherhood .In this connection the islamic concpet of oneness of Allah stands supreme.Islam is a firm believer in imparting equal rights to both men and women .Infact to women islam has given a very repsctable place in society and they enjoy all the benfits that a good society can give to its members.

Today people are of the view taht women have become more liberalized but on close observation we will see that the concept of women libertaion is not new.women were liberalized and were awrded rights by islam long before the present day world.. The Qur'an and the Sunnah are the sources from which every Muslim woman derives her rights and duties.The prominnet features of the rights meant entirely for the welfare and survival of women are given below,

EQUALITY:

Islam established a woman's equality in her humanity with men. In the Qur'an,God says,

"O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it its mate and from them both have spread abroad a multitude of men and women."

Since men and women both came from the same essence, they are equal in their humanity. Women cannot be by nature evil or then men would be evil also. Similarly, neither gender can be superior because it would be a contradiction of equality.

Freedom of Choice:

Woman in Islam has been given the basic freedom of choice for the benefit of recognition of her own personality.Women has been allowed to use a free will in the selection of her religion.As Quran says,

"There is no compulsion in religion. Right has been made distinct from error."

Women are encouraged in Islam to contribute their opinions and ideas. There are many traditions of the Prophet (PBUH) that are a pure indication for the free use of her opinions,ideas,beliefs and notions regarding the conception of various social,economic and religious matters.There are no compulsions on her right of expression and she has a significant role to play in the legal and social affairs of thesociety.
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SOCIAL IMPORTANCE:

The Prophet (PBUH) said,
"Seeking knowledge is a mandate for every Muslim (male and female)."

This means that the acquisition of knowledge is granted essential not only for men but alos for women.It has been regarded as their obligation for the promotion of good attitude concerning all aspects of life. For Muslim women the gain of education is conceived to be vital as it can help them in the performance of their duties towards tehri families,as a daughter,as a wife,as a mother and as a significant memebr of the society.
For women education and learnign can be of primary importance for recognising of their individual roles and also for acquiring of the basic skills which can make them strong both economically and socially accpetable.

The biggest and the formost obligation of woman is to play a role of a good mother as she can be responsible for building up a strongly based society because of her teachings that she imparts to her children.The importance of motherhood can be realized from the saying of Holy Prophet(PBUH) as
"Heaven lies under the feet of mothers"
. This implies that the success of a society can be traced to the mothers that raised it. The first and greatest influence on a person comes from the sense of security, affection, and training received from the mother. Therefore, a woman having children must be educated and conscientious in order to be a skillful parent.

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE:

The Qur'an states:

"By the creation of the male and female; Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse."

In the above mentioned verse we see that God has created men and women to be different, with unique roles and seperate skills.Similar to a society,there is a division of responsibility for each member. Islam is of the view that women are entrusted with the nurturing role, and men play a role of a guardian,the protector.. Therefore omen have been awarded the finacial support by God.As Allah says,

Men are maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend of their wealth (for the support of women)."

A big financial responsibility ahs been given to men but it is also demanded from the men that they should provide women with monetary support alongwith a treatment full of respect.

CONCLUSION:

Allah has designed to keep a balance in society and Islam being a complete way of life has provided each and every member of thesociety the basic rights of existence.Islam bears no distinction between men and women and it elevates the status of women by imparting exceptional rights and priveleges for playing of their due constructive role as a significant member of the society.As Quran clearly states,

"And it becomes not a believing man or a believing women, when Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) have decided on an affair, that they should claim any say in their affair; and who is rebellious to Allah and His Messenger, he verily goes astray in error manifest."

courtesy:Learner and Aimal khan