Full Description
This 8-volume series is the author's abridged version of his longer work with the same title, spanning a 25-year study of the main sources of Islamic teachings: the Qur'an and the authentic sunnah. The author's study comprised 14 great anthologies of hadiths, but in his book he only rarely includes hadiths from any anthology other than the two most authentic ones of al-Bukhari and Muslim. This series will illustrate the status of the Muslim woman that is greatly different from what is assumed in most Muslim societies today.
The Prophet established complete equality between men and women, with both having their respective special functions. This volume draws the features of the Muslim Woman in everyday social life in accordance to the Qur'an and Sunnah drawing upon specific examples of incidents as well as different prominent female figures in Islam during the Prophet's lifetime. It shows that much of what we imagine to be Islamic rules are no more than social or cultural tradition.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introductory Notes
Chapter 2: The First Condition of Women's Clothing
Chapter 3: Women's Faces Uncovered during the Prophet's Time
Chapter 4: Further evidence endorsing face uncovering
Chapter 5: Early Scholars' Agreement on Uncovering Women's Faces
Chapter 6: The Veil, Prior to Islam and after it
Chapter 7: Other Conditions of Women's Attire and Adornment
