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learning astronomy except in cases of direction. Astronomy leads to fortune telling. Fortune‐
tellers are the like of sorcerers. Sorcerers are the like of atheists. Atheists will be in the hell‐
fire.”[1]
This is the logic of Islam aiming at believing in God and engaging all of the events to His will and
determination. Stars have nothing to do with events except those regarding climate, lunar and
sonar eclipses and the like. Those predictions do not confront the religion and its factuality and
guidance.
Those banned sciences cripple the conceptual movement, deaden the cognizance and enliven
believing in delusions and fables. Teaching Women:
Islam has not dedicated teaching to men. As a matter of fact, women had a good share of
teaching. Islam has aroused the spirit of knowledge among women of Muhajirs and Ansar[*] and
encouraged them on learning reading and writing in addition to religious affairs. Al‐Bukhari
records that women asked the Prophet to assign a day on which he might meet and teach them
and the Prophet did. Al‐Belathiri counts the ladies who were teachers of writing and reading
among whom were Hafsa the Prophet’s wife, Ummukulthoum bint Awaba and Aisha bint Sa’d
who said, “My father taught me reading and writing.”[2] Easa bin Miskin used to gather his sons
and nieces for teaching reading and writing.[3]
Al‐Jahiz affirms, “Women should not be taught writing and poetry. They should learn the Quran,
especially sura of Nur.”[4] Al‐Qabisi banned women’s learning to avoid depravity. He said, “It is
more secure for women to evade learning reading.”
In fact, such opinions lack scientific genuineness and resist the Islamic spirit and guidance. Islam
has persistently used all methods and powers for eradicating ignorance and illiteracy, and
regarded the acquisition of knowledge as an individual right of every male and female. It has also
burdened the governments of arranging equal opportunities of obtaining knowledge apart from
race, nationality, and social class. It has declared that every human being should enjoy the right of
the expansive participation in the scientific and conceptual activities.
The Islamic mission is based upon knowledge and believing in its being an important element of
social progress of individuals and communities since it is not devoted to men exclusively. Women,
whose roles in establishing the humane society and life prosperity and maturity have been
distinctively and highly praised and
[1] Refer to Sheik Al‐ansari’s al‐Mekasib.
Muhajirs are people of Mecca who embraced Islam and immigrated to Yathrib, Al‐Madina later
on, with the Prophet. Ansar are people of Yathrib who received and welcomed the Prophet and
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