Islam as Emancipator of Women

Islam as Emancipator of Women Volume 1

by Muhammad Ashraf Chheenah

Published by ISRC 2019

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Contents of the 1st Volume

Ch. 1 
Plight of Women in the World 
Women Denied Citizenship
Law of Moses Excludes Women from Inheritance
Wretchedness and Depravity of Women
Woman, One of Major Evils
Women Bound to Worship Their Husbands
Woman Generally Regarded as Inferior to Man
Woman as the Worst Enemy for Man
Contaminating Influence of Women
Western Philosophers, Poets and Writers on Women
Sexual Exploitation of Women
Church and the Women
Prostitution
Child Prostitution:
Temple Prostitution
Urban Prostitutes
Soft Corners for Prostitution

Ch. 2 
Denunciation of Women 
Status of Women
Male Dominance
Injustice with the Weaker Sex
Feminine Gender in the OT
Kingdom of Priests
1) Purification Laws
2) Wives with Suspicious Husbands
Qadhaf قذف
3) Parents’ Responsibility to Produce Token of Virginity
Double Standard for Adultery and Prostitution
The Greek Women
Zoroastrians, Hindus and the Persians

Ch. 3 
Condemnation and Deprivation of Women 
Daughter, a Misfortune
Purchased Wives
Injunctions Governing the Dissolution of Marriage
Violence against Women
Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Priests
Violence by Clergymen
Marriage with Clergy
Estrangement from the Church and the God
Distressed Wives
Qur’anic Guidance for Repentance

Ch. 4 
Women, Christianity & the West 
Women in the New Testament
Patristic Periods
Image of God is Found in Man
The Problem of Women and Church
Medieval Women
Witchcraft
Witch Hunts or Women Hunts
Rivalry of Witches with the Clergy
Women Since 1600 A.D.
Women Had Few Legal Rights
Counter Doctrine of Superiority of Women
Preference of Women over Men

Ch. 5 
Story of Fall and the Original Sin 
The Story of Fall in the Bible
Blemish on Eve
Debasing Remarks about Eve
Denigration of Women
The Excessive Inculpation of Eve
Story of Fall Promotes Misogyny
Eve the Main Target of Degradation
Substitution of Cause, Punishment and Victims
Culpability of Woman

Ch. 6 
The Qur’an and the Story of Fall 
Adam (Man)
Qur’an Places No Specific Blame on Eve
Man Not Envisaged to Be Sinless
God’s Mercy Exceeds His Wrath

Ch. 7 
Monasticism 
Condemnation of Women and Sex
Monkery and Celibacy Disallowed by Islam
Voluntary and Involuntary Celibates
Disapproval of Asceticism for Married Christians
Rigidity in Faith

Ch. 8
Celibacy
Sanctification of Virginity by the Christians
Christian Ethics
Christian Leaders Opposed Sexual Relations
Sex a Pollution Even in Married Life
Nunneries did not Entertain Girls from Poor Classes
Powers of the Pontiffs and the Priests

Ch. 9 – 
Compatibility of Marriage With Priesthood 
Degeneracy of the Sacerdotal Body
Reformation in Germany
Ferdinand I Favored Marriage of Clergy
Lutheranism Allows Married Clerical Life

Ch. 10
Marriage Prevents Corruption
Marriage
God’s First Commandment After the Creation
Marriage in Islam
Islam Condemns Avoidance of Marriage
Marriages vs. Celibacy of the Priests

Ch. 11 
Divorce and Widowhood 
Widows
Sati
Remarriage of Widows
Widow’s Marriage Akin to Adultery
Impossibility of Divorce and Remarriage
Islam’s Prescribed Procedure for Talaaq
Islam Reforms the Law of Torah
Condemnation of Divorcee or a Widow

Ch. 12 
Concubinage 
The Origin of Concubinage
Exposition of ‘Ma Malakat-Aymanukum’
Islam Curtails the Sources of Concubinage
Case of Thomas Jefferson
The Allegation of Countless Concubines
Stanley Lane Poole on Prostitution and Concubinage

Ch. 13 
Women in the Modern Times 
Chastity Gets Outmoded in Europe
Abortion or Unsupported Motherhoods
Unlimited Equality May Eliminate Marriage
Rape During Occupation of Germany

Ch. 14 
Women in Islam 
Islam as Reformer of Matrimonial and Inheritance Laws
Inheritance
Islamic injunctions about Inheritance
Different Roles of Women in Islam
1. Women as Mothers
2. Women as Wives
3. Women as Daughters and Sisters
Matrimonial Reforms
Ila ایلاء
Zihar ظہار

Ch. 15 
Polygamy I 
Polygamy in History
Polygamy, Privilege of the Few
Polygamy in the OT
Polygamy in other Nations
Polygamy in Hinduism, Pagan Arabs & others
Polygamy in Christianity and the West
Polygamy of Dahomey Kings
Polygamy Co-Existed with Monogamy

Ch. 16 
Polygamy II 
Polygamy
No Permission to Marry Multitude of Slave Women
Defense of Polygamy
Stanley Lane Poole on Women
Polygamy a Blessing of the Lord for Women
Polygamy to Ensure the Primary Rights of Women
Extraordinary Number of Bastards
Births Out of Wedlock In Americas
Surplus Women in the Western Countries
Anti-Climax of Human Civilization

Islam as Emancipator of Women Volume 2

by Muhammad Ashraf Chheenah, Published in 2019 by Interfaith Studies and Research Center Islamabad

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Contents of the 2nd Volume

Ch. 1 
God and the Creation of the Universe 
Creation of the Universe
Creation as Per Qur’an
The World of Compulsion
Experiment of Free Will on Earth
Covenant of the Prophets
God Took on Him to Provide Guidance
The Promised Prophet
Advent of the Promised Prophet
Perfection of Law as Special Assignments of the Promised Prophet

Ch. 2 
MIRACULOUS DECADE OF THE MISSIONARY LIFE 
Shelter and Sustenance for the Helpless
Denunciation of Women

Ch. 3 
Wives of the Prophet 
Marriages of the Prophet
1. Sayyadah Khadijah bint Khuwailid
2. Sawdah Bint Zam’a
3. Sayyida Aysha Bint Abu Bakr
4. Sayyida Hafsa Bint Umar
5. Zaynab bint Khuzaima
6. Sayyida Umm Salamah (RA)
7. Sayyida Zainab bint Jahsh
8. Sayyida Umm Habibah Bint Abi Sufyan
9. Sayyida Juwairiah Bint Al Harith
10. Sayyida Safiyah bint Huiay
11. Sayyida Maimoonah bint Al Harith
12. Mariya the Copt
13. Sayyida Rayhana bint Sham’un

Ch. 4 
Considerations for the Marriages 
Marriages of the Holy Prophet
Marriages Prompted by Political Reasons
g) Marriages to Transmit Islamic Teachings
Prohibition to Marry More Women

Ch. 5
Sayyida Aishah bint Abu Bakr
The Family of Sayyidina Abu Bakr
The Background of the Marriage of the Prophet
Jubayr b. Mutim
Age of Aysha at the Time of Consummation of Her Marriage
Jewish Perversion of Facts
Lesson from History
Abdullah bin Saba

Ch. 6 
Zaid, Zaynab and The Holy Prophet 
Zaid bin Haritha
Marriages of Zaid
Prominence of Zaid
Islamic Reforms through Zaid bin Haritha
Family of Zainab bint Jahsh
Umm-ul-Mumineen Zainab bint Jahash
Marriages of Zaynab bint Jahsh
Prophet’s Marriage with Zaynab
Fakery of the Story
Reforms through Prophet’s marriage with Zainab

Ch. 7 
Sources of Faith and Law 
Worship of Allah by Obeying the Prophets
Jesus as Follower of Moses
The Law of Sabbath
Unchanging Faith and Law of Moses
Faith and Law in the Melting Pot
New Theology Based on Visions, Logic and Greek Mythology
Islamic Law and Faith Stood Perfected Before the Death of the Prophet
The Prophet as the Ideal Role-Model

Ch. 8 
Guidance from the Qur’an 
Marriage (النکاح)
Qur’an Has no Provision for Child Molsetation
Proclamation of Nikah
Buloogh (بلوغ) the Marriageable Age
Scholars Opinions on Buloogh
The Qur’anic Guidance about Buloogh

Ch. 9 
The Importance of Sunnah and Compilation of Sihah Sittah 
Ashab-e-Suffa
The Collective Traditions of Sahaba:
Collection of Ahadith by the Jurists
Islamic Jurisprudence Precedes Compilation of Sihah Sittah
Scandalization of the Holy Prophet
Collection of Ahadith:
Background of the Fake Ahadith
Compilation of Sihah Sittah

Ch. 10 
Ahadith Suggesting Tender Age of Sayyida Aishah 
Ahadith about Age of Aishah from Sihah
Ahadith From Sahih Bukhari:
Ahadith From Sahih Muslim
The Reports From Sunan Nasai
Reports From Sunan Ibn Maja
Reports From Sunan Abu Dawood
Confliction Between the Reports
The Hadith in Musnad-e-Ahmed

Ch. 11 
Prominent Figures in the Chain of Narrators 
Brief Comments on Prominent Figures
1. Urwa b. Zubayr
2. Hisham bin Urwa
3. Ibn Ishaq
Reliability of Hadith from Ibn Ishaq
4. Ali b. Mus’hir:
5. Ibn Shahab al-Zuhri
6. Abd-ur-Razzaq:

Ch. 12 
Evaluation of the Ahadith 
The Pattern of Sayyidina Abu Bakr and Umar
Pattern of Sayydina Ali
Confliction with other Reports
Narrative of Hisham

Ch. 13 
The Tender-Aged girl جاریۃ حدیثۃ السن 
Outstanding Faculties of Sayyida Aishah
Possibility Of Her Ignorance about Qur’an
God’s Warning to the Believers
Concluding Remarks about the Age of Sayyida Aisha

Ch. 14 
Modern Critics and The Orientalists 
Glory be To Him who Disposeth of Men’s Hearts”
Criticism of John J. Pool
Sensuality

Ch. 15
Allegations of Sovereignty and Sensuality
Toynbee’s Allegation of Sovereignty against the Prophet
Edward William Lane and Stanly Lane Pool
Bible in the Eye of Christian Scholars
Lamertine’s Observations About the Holy Prophet
Godfrey Higgins

Ch. 16 
Reforms to Emancipate Women 
1. Equality of All Human Beings
2. Prohibition to Study the Scriptures
3. Humiliating Treatment With Women
4. Killing or Sale of Daughters
5. Non-Virgins among the Vanquished People to be Killed
6. Overemphasis on Uncleanliness of Women
7. Menses
8. Period of Uncleanliness Doubles with the Birth of a Female Child
9. Sacrifice of Virgins or other Women on the Altars
10. Swapping or Wife-lending
11. Freedom from Priests and Sacrifices
12. Relief from Hardships
13. Preservation of the Token of Virginity
14. One Could Marry a Virgin by Raping Her
15. Punishment Only for Women
16. Discriminatory Treatment with Females
17. Inheritance
18. Divorce Forbidden Except to the Fornicator
Conclusion

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