The Muslim Woman

Written By Zakeeya Ali If you believe that feminists gave women their rights, you are sorely mistaken because Islam has always given females their rights. Even though feminists brought legal rights to women in misguided modern societies, over the years, it’s turned into male-bashing and women-need-to-act-like-men campaigns. Women are subtly convinced …

  Moosa bin Abi ‘Isa (rahimahullah) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “What will be your condition (O Ummah!), when your youth will sin openly, and your womenfolk will transgress (the limits of the sharee‘ah)?” (Hearing this,) the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) exclaimed, “O Rasul of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)! …

A 28 year old mother of two looks into the mirror, she is dressed in an elegant abaaya and beautifully draped dupatta,her face has minimal make up yet a glow illuminates her look,a natural beauty. She looks at her reflection in disgust,criticizing herself from head to toe. I hate the …

By Khalid Baig  Disturbing trends in Western societies today, as also Islam’s own prescription for social security, quite clearly state that men are responsible for the affairs outside the home and the women are responsible for taking care of the home. This division is not a relic of some dark …

Were Nasheeds created to distance people away from the Qur’an? Question: “Anashid were created by innovators to distance people away from the Qur`an.” Imam Shafi’i, ● [مجموع الفتاوى لإبن تيمية ١١\٥٣٢] What are your thoughts on this? Should we avoid listening to modern day anasheeds?   Answer: In the Name …

(Sayyidah ‘Aaishah [radhiyallahu ‘anha]  Allah Ta‘ala had blessed multiple women with the honour of becoming the Azwaaj Mutahharaat (pure and chaste wives of Rasulullah [sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam]). However, from all the Azwaaj Mutahharaat, perhaps the one who is most well-known is Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (radhiyallahu ‘anha). Not only was Sayyidah Aaishah …

In the English language, there is a popular saying which goes “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” The origin of this saying can be traced to the fourth century when a priest named Augustine moved from Rome to Milan. On arriving in Milan, he found that his congregants …

When Sayyiduna Aadam and Hawwa (‘alaihimas salaam) came to live in the world and started having children, it so happened that they had twins from every pregnancy, one of the two being a boy, while the other, a girl. When the issue of marriage came, since there was no one …

  In this materialistic age when everything is being sacrificed at the altar of ‘freedom’, the world, from east to west, is witnessing a total collapse of morality and decency. Virtue is portrayed as evil while sins of every type are being glamourized so as to seem acceptable to society. …