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The
root cause of misery for most women is to be found
in their financial dependence on others. While most
of the so called advanced civilizations in the world
have tried to rectify the evil only during the past
100 years or so, Islam has laid down laws of inheritance
for women 14 centuries ago. Under the Sharia Law,
a woman will invariably inherit from her parents,
(4:7
and 4:11),
the husband (4:12),
and her own sons (4:11
and 2:180);
in certain circumstances she is entitled to a legacy
from even her brother (4:176).
Besides, no one can lay any claim to what a woman
may earn by her own labor (4:32).
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RESPECT
AND COURTESY TO WOMEN
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If
the wild and uncouth Arabs of the desert were to
be taught to respect women kind, the mother would
obviously be the best place to begin. "Paradise
lies below the mother's feet" the devout are
told. Chapter
4
extols mothers thus: -
"Fear
Allah, in whose name you plead with one another,
and honor the mothers who bore you. Allah is
ever watching you."
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As
the readers no doubt know, the Prophet lost his
father while still in the womb and his mother when
he was not yet six. It is perhaps the echo of an
orphan's anguish that is heard in Chapter
17:
Show
kindness to your parents. If either or both
attain old age with you, show them no sign of
impatience nor rebuke them; but speak to them
kind words. Treat them with humility and tenderness;
and say "Lord, be merciful to them, because
they nursed me with great affection when I was
but an (helpless) infant".
(From
Holy Qur'an 17/23,24)
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