THE RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE

6. The Rights of Husband and Wife ~ 134 ~ woman. His thinking is more realistic. A woman’s thinking, on the contrary, is often marked by limitations. She easily falls prey to emotion. She inherits this as part of her nature, and so far as her sphere of home, based activity is concerned, her limitations or emotions are in no way a deficiency. However, a woman must be aware of her natural shortcomings. She can advise the mart, but inflexible insistence on her part is not proper. The system of the house is similar to a miniature democracy. But every democratic system has a leader. And according to shari’ah the leader of the democracy at home is the man. 114. Qur’an, 4:34. 115. lbn Kathir, Tafsir, 1/492. THE GUARDING OF THE SECRET Another right of man over woman has been described in the Qur’an in these words: “...and guard in (the husband’s) absence what God would have them guard.”116 Woman is man’s garment. Just as a garment is