Women in Islam: What the Qur'an and Sunnah Say

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Today female Muslim scholars are making their voices heard through their re-readings of Islamic text, and their call for the Qur’anic approach in uprooting the patriarchal principles that are very difficult to change. This alternative reading of the Qur’an and the Islamic approach to change are essential components for achieving women’s rights in the Middle East. Let’s go on to your next two books, the Koran and the Hadith. Can you tell me a little bit about them and why you chose them? In them will be bashful virgins neither man nor Jinn will have touched before. Then which of favorites of your Lord will you deny?”

is a short yet powerful book highlighting the the virtue and honour of women. The preface pertinently references the befogging of the Islamic stance on women in recent times and how 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵, 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀. Lamrabet, Asma. “What kind of liberation are we talking about? From the Introduction of ‘Women in the Qurʼan : An Emancipatory reading’.” (2015)The premise is to list ayaat of the Qur'an and ahadith that refer to/ are relevant to women. It begins with the ayaat, and a VERY brief commentary by the author (as in, 2 sentences on average). The ahadith have no commentary. According to the Koran and Islamic law, a man has the right to terminate his marriage whenever and wherever he pleases. It is the absolute power of a Muslim male to repudiate his wife unilaterally at his discretion. He needs no reason for a divorce; a family quarrel or bad temper is sufficient. Divorce does not require any court, judge, lawyer, or counselor. One phrase from a husband is enough to break the marriage bond: “you are divorced.”

Veil (hijab) is imposed on women in many countries under the influence of Islam, either legally or under cultural and social pressure. The Huris are ever – young women who have wide eyes, flexing glances and swelling breasts.” DivorceThe rigid laws of Islam have deprived half of the population of their basic human rights. The male is in charge of the female: Koran 4:34, and the subjugated half is led to believe, through Islamic teachings, that the supremacy of the man is the will of Allah, and it has been predestined for women to live as submissive, obedient wives. We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their subject and explain their selection in an interview. giving the absolute power to the man to repudiate his wife and marry another without any formalities. In fact more than two dozens verses in Allah’s scripture explain the modes of divorce (Koran 2: 226, 227, 228, 230 -37, 241, 242; 4: 19-21, 130; 33: 49; 58: 3, 4; 63: 1-7; 4: 35). Women in Islam: What the Qur’an and Sunnah Say" by Abdur Raheem Kidwai and published by @kubepublishing is... yet another disappointment tbh.