What does the guy posting flyers think Islam is?
:huh:
Women do have rights in Islam, but we recognize that they are different to men in physiology and psychology (and the sociological consequences of the differences). We do not try to force them to be men.
Spiritually, they have the same duties as men: six articles of belief, five pillars of practice, studying the religion, reading the Qur'an etc.
The sexes are warned not to imitate one another as a guideline. Men are not allowed to wear silk or gold or be deliberately effeminate for example. Women are not to ape men.
A few notes:
Hijab
Keywords:
Hijab - Literally barrier
Awrah - The body parts to cover (in presence of others)
Mahram - A member of opposite sex forbidden to marry (e.g. family members)
Non-mahram - A member of the opposite sex allowed to marry (e.g. strangers)
Dayyouth - indifferent to immorality of women
Your Hijab covers your Awrah.
The male awrah is everything between the navel and the knees. This is the bare minimum to cover but usually, men cover more than this.
The female awrah in front of other females is the same, but again this is the bare minimum and it is very strongly disliked for a woman to uncover everything other than between the navel and the knees in front of other women.
In front of mahram males it is the whole body, except the whole head, neck, forearms and feet. In public, in front of non-mahram males, the entire body except the face and the hands up to the wrists is awrah.
Usually uncovering the awrah inappropriately leads to embarrassment and loss of honor if done continuously. Being known for sin also causes dishonor. Some ethnic groups and tribes deal with the loss of honor by marrying off the dishonored person with other dishonored persons. This is tribal and cultural.
Others deal with dishonor violently by borrowing from their pre-Islamic ethnic honor code. This is not Islamic at all.
Consciously removing the hijab in public is an act of disobedience to God spiritually. Socially (and materially), for women, it is an act of hypogamy, they are unlikely to even want to do it. Violating the hijab reduces ones social value and people will want to associate less with one.
Women and men are not allowed to freely mix and mingle as this violates hijab.
In Sharia, women are free to pursue any hobby as long as this does not cause them to sin or violate hijab.
Some communities are too poor to organize many hobbies for women without violating hijab. Separate problem.
Family
Mothers have a lot of respect and rights in Islam. They are emphasized three times more than fathers when it comes to duties.
In marriage, the man is charged with taking full care of the wife (according to his means). He is not even allowed to count on her having her own wealth, expenses of the household come from his wealth. Women have to obey their husband as their leader (as long as this does not lead to disobedience to Allah).
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I urge you to treat women well.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 331; Muslim, 1468
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3895; Ibn Maajah, 1977;
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
Daughters?
Ibn Maajah (3669) narrated that ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Whoever has three daughters and is patient towards them, and feeds them, gives them to drink and clothes them from his riches, they will be a shield for him from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
Islam is serious with men when it comes to putting up with social immorality from related women. Being a dayyouth lands you in hell.
Strange women? One should not free-mix.
Punishments
Punishments (for either sex) for fornication, adultery, sodomy and other crimes of this kind require four eye-witnesses of the same act, a court and a qualified judge at the minimum.
This does not punish personal sins and drama, one repents to God for these. You would have to have a long view count or confess against yourself to get convicted and incur full the punishment. Only publicly engaging in this behavior will put one in court.
It makes industry based in sin impossible.
The poster
I appreciate the humor value in the poster and its context but its potential to misinform causes concern.
I believe Islam is right about everything.
Salam,