THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

6. The Rights of Husband and Wife ~ 126 ~ an organizer or supervisor. For this special role, Islam has chosen man. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God has made some of them to excel others, and because they support them from their means.106 Making man the maintainer in no way indicates that man is superior to woman. This choice is based on man’s capacities for management rather than on his superiority. In a democratic system, everyone has been granted an equal status yet when a government is formed, one particular individual is entrusted with supreme political power. This does not mean that this possesser of power is superior to other citizens. In a democratic system, the president or the prime minister has one vote like all the other citizens. Even then, in the interest of good management authority is entrusted to a single individual. Except for man’s role as manager, man and woman have completely equal status. For instance, if a woman kills a man, and the crime is proved, the woman will be required to pay the penalty (Qur’an,