The Wisdom of Creation

is because Islam is the religion of nature. The laws Islam requires us to follow are our instinctive human requirements expressed in legal terms. And the teachings of Islam concerning women are no exception. They, too, are based on nature. Modern psychological, biological, and anatomical research proves women to have a more delicate constitution than men. This is the way their Maker has fashioned them. The nature of their womanhood and the particular part they have to play in society demand that they should be just as they have been made—that is relatively delicate compared to men. It is this fact of nature on which Islamic teachings have been based. Because of women’s delicate constitution, Islam teaches men to be gentle with them. That way, they will not lose heart or become too despondent to perform their special duties in life. Women are not like iron and steel, immune to rough treatment. They are fragile and delicate. It is best to let them be in their natural state. In various traditions, the Prophet of Islam advised that people should be gentle with women. A tradition of the Prophet states: “The best among you is he who gives the best treatment to his womenfolk.” (Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 1978) The Prophet himself followed this principle in life. During the time of the Prophet, women attended the night prayer. Sometimes, they used to take their small children along