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Does the Qur'an command women to stay home? وقرن في بيوتكن This verse [33:33] can be read in two different ways: ‘And remain [وَقَرْنَ] in your homes.' & ‘And remain dignified [وَقِرْنَ] in your homes.' 1- Imam Ibn Jarir Tabari explains: وَقَر...

Why do males inherit twice as much as females? - الميراث About inheritance, the Qur'an states: لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ "A son should receive the equivalent share of two daughters." [4:11]. These shares are divided based on 'responsib...

Feminism: Men & Women are enemies of one another...... Qur'an: "The believing men and women are allies of one another." [9:71]. وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ Men and women COMPLETE each other,...

A man saw a girl at a well. He asked: “Can you tell me how clever women are?” She started shouting for help!! The man said: “I have no bad intentions...” She then poured the bucket of water on herself! When a crowd gathered, the girl said: “I fell in...

Times have changed, but Arabs used to like chubbiness in women and they did not like chubbiness in men. 1- Imam al-Suyuti wrote a book 600 years ago, titled: اليواقيت الثمينة في صفات السمينة 'Precious Pearls [in praise of] the Characteristics of Fat...

'o my dark night' - ياليلي الاسود A man had 9 sons and 1 daughter. When his daughter was born, he became sad, saying: "o my dark night!' - as if darkness had descended upon his house. This was a Jahili tradition, condemned by Islam. When his childre...

Afghan warriors say: له ښځې سره جگړه هغه یوازېنۍ جگړه ده چې سړی یې په شاتگ گټي "The only fight you win by retreating is a fight with a woman." You read it right ... even the fierce Afghan warriors couldn't win this fight ... so nob...

Is the face of women Awrah? - هل وجه المرأة عورة؟ Some scholars believe that everything of a woman is Awrah, but the vast majority of scholars believe that the face and hands of women are not part of her Awrah. One of the evidences they used, is th...

The Prophet himself allowed women to work outside their homes, as long as the Shar'ii limits are not breached: Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: طُلِّقَتْ خَالَتِي فَأَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَجُدَّ نَخْلَهَا فَزَجَرَهَا رَجُلٌ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَتَتِ النَّب...

The sister of Harun Rasheed said: نحن نساء مع رجالنا، رجال مع غيرهم “We behave like women with our own men, And we behave like men with other men.”...