Al-Risala · May 1995

The status of woman in Islam is the

Al-Risala, May 1995, p. 54

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Injunctions about honour and respect enjoined for one sex are enjoined equally for the other sex. So far as rights in this world and rewards in the Hereafter are concerned, there is no difference between the sexes. In the organization of daily living, both are equal participants and partners. Yet Islam sees man as man and woman as woman and, considering the natural differences, it advocates the principle of the division of labour between the two sexs rather than the equality of labour. Price Rs. 85 The Islamic Centre

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