It is one of the
most critical subjects that Muslims try to hid from Westerners, as no one can
imagine that there is a religion that can confess such statements about women,
I will mention what the Koran and the Hadith (Mohammed's teaching, sayings, or
acts) mention about women in Islam, as well as, the opinion of the prophet
Mohammed and the Khalifs
WHAT
IS A WOMAN IN ISLAM
A woman in Islam is
considered a "toy" (that is why I used the word "what"
instead of "who"). This
is taken literally from what the prophet Mohammed and the Just Khalif Umar Ibn
Al Khattab (one of Mohammed's fathers-in-law) declared; from actual acts toward
women in most Islamic countries today; and from the different doctrines
concerning women in Islam (marriage in Islam, the rights of women, the status
of women compared to men, a woman's duties to her husband, etc.)
In his book Al-Musanaf
(Vol 1, part 2, p. 263), Abu Bakr Ahmed Ibn Abd Allah (one of the Muslim
scholars) said; "umar (the Just Khalif) was once talking when his wife
interjected, so he said to her, "You are a toy, if you are needed we will
call you." Amru Bin Al Aas (also a Khalif) said, "Women are toys, so
choose" (Kanz-el-Ummal, Vol. 21, Hadith No. 919).
Mohammed himself said, "The woman
is a toy, whoever takes her let him care for her," according to Ahmed Zaki
Tuffaha on page 180 of the book Al-Mar'Allah wal-islam ("The Woman
and Islam)
MEN'S
SUPERIORITY OVER WOMEN
Sura 4:34 (a chapter
in the Koran ) states, "Men have authority over women because Allah has
made the one superior to the other." On page 36 of his book, The Women
and Islam, Ahmed Zaki Tuffaha wrote, "God established the superiority
of men over women by the above verse (Sura 4:34), which prevents the equating
of men and woman. For here man is
above the woman due to his intellectual superiority…."
As Christian's, we
can rejoice in what the Bible says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there
is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all
one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians
3:28)
In Islam not only is
a woman considered a toy and men superior, but woman are also considered to have
many deficiencies:
1.
Women
are deficient in intelligence and religion.
In Sahih Al Bukhari's book, which Muslims consider the most authentic
book after the Koran we read, "Allah's Apostle once said to a group of
woman ; "I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and
religion than you. A cautious,
sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The woman asked; "O Allah's
Apostle, what is deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said; "Is not the evidence of
two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said; "This is the deficiency of your
intelligence…Is not it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her
menses?" The woman replied in
the affirmative. He said:
"This is the deficiency in your religion….This Hadith has been agreed
upon, which gives it the highest degree of authenticity in Islam. That is why it has been accepted and
used by eminent scholars such as Ghazali, Ibn Al Arabi, Razi, and others
2.
Women
are deficient in gratitude.
In Sahih Al Bukkhari (Part 1, Hadith No. 28) we read,
"Women are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors
and the good (charitable deeds done them). If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and
then she sees something in you (not of her liking) she will say, "I have
never received any good from you"
3.
Women
are likened to a crooked rib.
In Sahih Al Bukhari (Part 7, Hadith No. 113) it is stated
"The woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break. So if you want to get
benefit from her, do so while she still has some crookedness." This Hadith has been agreed upon
MARRIAGE
In the matter of marriage, Islam proves that the woman is considered a
toy
1.
Forced
marriage.
"The virgin can be forced by her father to get married without
being consulted." That is
what Ibn Timiyya (known among the Muslims as the sheikh of Islam) stated
in Ibn Timiyya, Vol. 32, p. 39. And in the same volume (pp. 29, 30), he
wrote, "Even the adult virgin, her father may force her to get
married. "This is in
accordance with Malek Ibn Ons, Al Shafi, and Ibn Hanbals, who are among the
chief Legists of Islam (specialists in Islam law)
Ibn Hazm (one of the greatest scholars of Islam) mentioned in his book Al-Muhalla
("The Sweetened") in Vol. 6, Part 9, pp. 458-460, "A father
may give his consent to
have his young virgin daughter married without obtaining her permission, for
she does not have a choice,. exactly as Abu Bakr El Sedick (the first Khalif after
Mohammed and his fathers-in-law) did to his daughter, Aisha, when she was six
years old. He married here to the
prophet Mohammed without her permission." Aisha said, "The messenger
of Allah betrothed me when I was six years old, then married me when I was nine
years old." He was 54 years old when they married
2.
The
significance of the marriage contract.
In his book Women in Islam Rafiqul Haqq summarized the
significance of the marriage contract according to the three different Islamic
schools. Quoting from the book Al-Fiqh
ala al-Mazahib Al-Arba'a (Vol. 4, p. 488) by Abd Arabic Rahman Al Gaziri,
he said, "The accepted understanding in the different schools of
jurisprudence is that what has been contracted in marriage is for the benefit
of the man from the woman, not the opposite." The followers of Imam Malik declared that the marriage
contract is a contract of ownership of benefit of the sexual organ of the woman
and the rest of her body
The followers of Imam Shafi said; "The most accepted view is that
what has been contracted upon is the woman, that is, the benefit derived from
her sexual organ." Others state, "What has been contracted is both
the man and the woman ". According to the first opinion, the wife cannot demand sex from her
husband because it is his right, not hers. According to the second opinion, she can demand to have sex with him
The followers Imam Abu Hanifa said, "The right of sexual pleasure
belongs to the man, not the woman; by that it is meant that the man has the right
to force the woman to gratify himself sexually. She, on the other hand, does not have the right to force him
to have sex with her except once (in a lifetime). But he must from the religious point of view have sex with
her to protect her from being morally corrupt
3.
The
number of wives
Men may marry up to four free woman at the same time, then he can
divorce one of them and marry a fifth, as long as he does not keep more than
four wives at one time. He may
have sex with a unlimited number or slave girls and concubines. Sura 4:3 says, "If ye fear that ye
shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry woman of your choice,
two or three or four, but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly
(with them), then only one, or that which your right hands possess that will be
more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice."
In his book Al-Fiqh ala al-Mazahib al-Arba'a (Vol. 4, p. 89),
Abd Arabic Rahman Al Gaziri wrote; "For if a man purchases a slave girl,
the purchase contract includes his right to have sex with her." This contract is primarily to own her
and secondarily to enjoy her sexually
A very famous scholar among Muslims cited one of the justifications for
marrying more than one woman; "Some men have such a compelling sexual
desire that one woman is not sufficient to protect them (adultery). Such men , therefore, preferably marry
more than one woman and may have up to four wives." (Ihy'a "Uloum
ed-Din by Ghazali, Vol. 2, Kitab Adab Al-Nikah, p. 34). Ghazali gave an example for this
overpowering sexual desire in the same book (Part 2, p. 27); "Ali (whom
the Shites consider the prophet of Allah), who was the most ascetic of all the
companions, had four wives and seventeen slave girls as concubines. "In
Sahih Bukhari (Part 7, Hadith No,. 142), it says: "The Prophet used to
pass (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and at that time
he had nine wives," "He once said of himself that he had been given
the power of forty men in sex, as stated in Al-Tabakat Al Kobra (Vol. 8
p. 139) by Mohammed Ibn Saad (a Muslim scholar)
Dear brothers and sisters, we praise the Lord that He is not a
respecter of persons. He loves men
and woman the same and He does not discriminate on the basis of sex
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