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was in the Mosque and died. '*Umm Salama prepared him and said, "Do not tell AbT Talhah abou6 his son Is death. " When Abu"T Talhah a*a0 returned from the Mosque. she postponed telling him of their son's death until they had passed a pleasant evening with friends. She then said, "Abu Talhah, have you seen so and so borrow a gift enjoy it and when it was asked back of them. it was painful for them to return it? " He said, "They are not fair. " She said, is your son ... he was a gift from Allah and He has made him die ... 11 He said, Unto Him ye will be brought back, " and I thank Allah. And he said, "by Allah. I will not be weaker than 1 you to make me show less fortitude. " Then he went to the Prophet in'the morning and told him what happened and the Prophet told him. "May Allah's blessings be for you and for your nights. " 2 She sometimes also engaged in the Battle of Hunayn when she was pregnant. Her husband saw her carrying a dagger around her waist. He reported her to the Prophet. She said, "Oh Prophet, should one of the idolators approach, I would strike him in the stomach and I will kill the escaped men and I would strike their necks. " The Prophet smiled at her attitude. From the above examples, it is evident that Islam does not operate any restrictions on the areas of life in which a woman can fully participate for the most part on equal terms with a man except where her physiological and psychological differences are taken into account. 1. lbid 2. lbid 3. lbid 169
CONCLUSION Inconclusion, the triumph of Islam was to impose, through the Quranic laws, a cohesive system upon the disparate society within which it emerged. The status of women in pre-Islamic Arabia had fluctuated from tribe to tribe and even within the same tribe# under theinfluence of varying social and cultural features. Thus. some tribes accorded the woman certain rights, such as the right to fight alongside the men, the right to trade and to participate in society in other ways. Othrs, however, treated the woman as a second class citizen and avoided dealings with her or even mention of her. The most extreme practised burial alive on their daughters. Some restrictions on women were common to all, in such areas as inheritance and dowry. The contradictory elements within pre-Islamic Arabia may be attributed to the absence of any general systems of laws or even of legally accepted customs to safeguard women and their rights. It would be inadmissable, therefore, to generalise that the status of women was always a degrading and humiliating one. The effects of the transition from Jahilliyah to Islam were felt on society as a whole. Within this total reshaping, the woman's status was accordingly affected. The existing positive aspects received approval and were adopted more widely, while the negative aspects were abolished. Therefore, in general, the woman's rights increased under Islam, qua wife, qua mother. qua daughter and qua member of society. In Islamv women are regarded as men's equals insofar as they are all Muslims following the Islamic law. Any restrictions which werelaid on'the women by . Islam iere, as has been shown, for her own protection* 170
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was in the Mosque and died. '*Umm Salama prepared him and said,<br />
"Do not tell AbT Talhah abou6 his son Is death. " When Abu"T Talhah<br />
a*a0<br />
returned from the Mosque. she postponed telling him <strong>of</strong> their<br />
son's death until they had passed a pleasant evening with friends.<br />
She then said, "Abu Talhah, have you seen so and so borrow a gift<br />
enjoy it and when it was asked back <strong>of</strong> them. it was painful for<br />
them to return it? " He said, "They are not fair. " She said,<br />
is your son ...<br />
he was a gift from Allah and He has made<br />
him die ... 11 He said, Unto Him ye will be brought back, " and I<br />
thank Allah. And he said, "by Allah. I will not be weaker than<br />
1<br />
you to make me show less fortitude. " Then he went to the<br />
Prophet in'the morning and told him what happened and the Prophet<br />
told him. "May Allah's blessings be for you and for your nights. " 2<br />
She sometimes also engaged in the Battle <strong>of</strong> Hunayn when she<br />
was pregnant. Her husband saw her carrying a dagger around her<br />
waist. He reported her to the Prophet. She said, "Oh Prophet,<br />
should one <strong>of</strong> the idolators approach, I would strike him in the<br />
stomach and I will kill the escaped men and I would strike their<br />
necks. " The Prophet smiled at her attitude.<br />
From the above examples, it is evident that Islam does not<br />
operate any restrictions on the areas <strong>of</strong> life in which a woman can<br />
fully participate for the most part on equal terms with a man<br />
except where her physiological and psychological differences are<br />
taken into account.<br />
1. lbid<br />
2. lbid<br />
3.<br />
lbid<br />
169
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