WOMEN IN ISLAM

CONTENTS Adjustment in Marital Life 172 Principle of Adjustment 174 Marriage: Intellectual Partnership 176 Emotionalism Vs Egoism 178 Companionship of Husband and Wife 179 Mutual Trust 181 Qawwamiat or ‘Bossism’ 182 The Boss at Home 183 Chapter 7: Polygamy and Islam 187 The Issue of Polygamy in Islam 188 The Inequality in Numbers 190 The Willingness of Women 193 Solution to a Problem Rather than a General Commandment 195 The Islamic Way 197 Chapter 8: Divorce In Islam 201 The Issue of Divorce 202 Satan’s Greatest Weapon 207 Divorce in Islam 209 Two Ways of Divorcing 214 The Case of Women 220 The Meaning of Provision 221 After Divorce 223 Chapter 9: Shaping The Family And Society 227 Women’s Spiritual Role in Early Muslim Society 228 Women’s Spiritual Role in Later Muslim History 231 Paradise Lies at the Feet of the Mother 232 Shaping Family and Society On Spiritual Lines 234 Family: Microcosm of Society 236 Better Home, Better Society 237 A Mother’s Responsibility