Woman and her Rights

From the Legal Angle By virtue of a marriage contract both the husband and the wife belong to each other, and each of them has a right to enjoy...

From the Legal Angle By virtue of a marriage cont...

Woman and her Rights The Author Prologue Preface The Problem of Family Relations Should We Imitate the West or be Independent? Compulsion of History Social Independence of Women Independence of...

Woman and her Rights The Author Prologue Prefac...

Russell's Theory As pointed out earlier, Bertrand Russell was conscious of the fact that in the case of monogamy being the sole form of marriage, a large number of...

Russell's Theory As pointed out earlier, Bertrand...

Russel's Theory of Temporary Marriage In his book, Matrimony and Morals, the well-known English philosopher, Bertrand Russell, says that prostitutes protect the chastity of our wives and daughters. When...

Russel's Theory of Temporary Marriage In his book...

Polygamy Monogamy (Practice of being married to only one woman at a time) is the most natural form of matrimony. The spirit of exclusive relationship or individual and private...

Polygamy Monogamy (Practice of being married to o...

Judicial Divorce Judicial divorce means the dissolution of marriage by a judge and not by the husband. In a large number of countries only a court is competent to...

Judicial Divorce Judicial divorce means the disso...

Equality in Corruption Unfortunately the word 'equality' has been used so much and so often that its true sense has been blurred. It seldom occurs to anyone that equality...

Equality in Corruption Unfortunately the word 'eq...

Historical Causes of Polygamy (II) Man's lust for indulgence in sensual pleasure and his unrestricted domination alone are not a sufficient cause for the emergence of polygamy. There must...

Historical Causes of Polygamy (II) Man's lust for...

Dower and Maintenance - III We have mentioned the Islamic point of view regarding dower and its philosophy. Now let us take up the question of maintenance. It...

Dower and Maintenance - III We have mentioned the...

Inheritance In the ancient world woman inherited nothing and, even when she inherited, she was treated like a minor. She had no independent legal personality. According to certain ancient...

Inheritance In the ancient world woman inherited ...

Dower and Maintenance - I It is one of the most ancient traditions of the human family relations that at the time of marriage the man pays a dower...

Dower and Maintenance - I It is one of the most a...

Divorce - II In our age divorce has become a world problem as all grumble and complain about it. Those whose laws prohibit divorce totally complain of the non-existence...

Divorce - II In our age divorce has become a worl...

Woman in Qur'an Now we propose to answer the question whether Islam regards woman equal to man as a human being, or regards her inferior to him. The Special...

Woman in Qur'an Now we propose to answer the ques...

Natural Postulates of Family Rights We have said that man enjoys a sort of innate dignity. The very nature of his creation has bestowed on him a number of...

Natural Postulates of Family Rights We have said ...

Islam and Modern Life - II Man is not the only living being which leads a social life. Many animals, especially insects, are gregarious. They follow sensible but fixed...

Islam and Modern Life - II Man is not the only li...

Declaration of Human Rights is a Philosophy and Not a Law It is ridiculous to say that as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees equality of rights...

Declaration of Human Rights is a Philosophy and N...

Disparities Between Man and Woman This seems to be an odd phrase. It appears that though we are living in the 2nd half of the 20th century, yet there...

Disparities Between Man and Woman This seems to b...

Social Independence of Women Independence of Choosing Destiny One day a girl, who looked very perturbed, came to the Holy Prophet and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My father...

Social Independence of Women Independence of Choo...

Woman and her Rights The Author Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahheri, born 1920, was one of the most versatile Islamic scholars and prolific writers of recent times. He was deeply rooted...

Woman and her Rights The Author Ayatullah Murtaz...

Woman’s Dignity in the Words of Amir ul-Muminin Ali ibn Abi Talib by : al-islam.org

Woman’s Dignity in the Words of Amir ul-Muminin Al...