In the present book entitled Women in Islamic Shariah, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan tries to clear the notion that to interpret the Islamic concept of woman as “degradation” of woman is to distort the actual issue. A Study of the Quran and Hadith tells us that in Islam a woman enjoys the same status as that of a man. The Quran says: “You are membe...
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DESTRUCTIVE POLITICSPolitical Interpretation of Islam
Once, a well-known Muslim ideologue from the West, while addressing
a Muslim conference, declared:
Rebellion against a tyrant is obedience to God
God!
THIS phrase portrays the mindset formed by a political
interpretation of Islam. The modern generation of Muslims are
generally influenced by this political interpretation. Today, the
agitations and protests
in the
name of ‘Islamic Revolution’ are a product of this political interpretation.
This sort of so-called ‘revolutionary politics’ can by no means
whatsoever, be considered as Islamic politics. In stronger
world is witnessing muslim culture today which in many
aspects is contradicting the real tenets of Islam.
Individual
The Quran says:
Are they seeking a religion other than God’s when every soul in
heaven
are all
restricted by the limitations set by his faith.
To establish an ideal
Islamic State is not
the main target of
Islam, as is wrongly
projected by some
groups of Muslims.
The true believer should
repents and does good
deeds has truly turned to God.
In the Islamic
scheme, it is the
individual—who is a
real part of the body
of Islam while society
and the state are
only its relative part.
And
of India’s best
known Islamic scholars. In this interview with
Yoginder Sikand, he talks about issues related
to Islam and women.
You have written extensively on the issue of
Islam and women. Contrary to
to many traditional
ulema, you argue the case for gender equality in Islam. How does your
approach differ from that of most traditionalist scholars?
The approach of the traditionalists is based largely
on a direct reading of
the principal or original sources of Islam—the Quran and the authentic
Hadith. The former, by and large, uphold what can be called the Muslim
cultural tradition that developed in
of India’s best
known Islamic scholars. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he
talks about issues related to Islam and women.
You have written extensively on the issue of Islam and women.
Contrary to
to many traditional ulema, you argue the case for gender
equality in Islam. How does your approach differ from that of most
traditionalist scholars?
The approach of the traditionalists is based largely
on a
direct reading of the principal or original sources of Islam—the Quran
and the authentic Hadith. The former, by and large, uphold what can
be called the Muslim cultural tradition that developed in
unnecessary political and violent efforts of the ulema failed to
defeat the Western colonial powers. What happened, instead, was
this: internecine fighting among the Western countries themselves,
culminating
too, it was
the task of the ulema in these countries to shoulder the very same
responsibility that Islam had given them — that is to say, to leave
politics to the politicians and to focus their energies
enforcement
of Islamic law’. In numerous countries, including Egypt, Sudan, Syria,
Algeria, Indonesia and so on, the ulema set up parties whose aim was
to establish political rule according to Islamic law. This
SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE IN ISLAMMade in Heaven
THE COMING together of a man and a woman in marriage is one
of the most unique events in the universe. All the things created
in the universe are created in
conscious plan.
Marriage is not simply a social institution. In Islam, it has an importance
far greater than this. According to the Islamic concept of life, God
Almighty created an ideal world, Paradise
their lives together. The ideal way of leading
such a life according to the Islamic law is
within the bounds of marriage. In Islam,
marriage is both a social contract entered into
by mutual consent of the
PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMTHE two basic source books of Islam are the Quran and the
Hadith. The Quran is believed to be the word of God, and the
Hadith is the compilation of the sayings of the Prophet of Islam.
The Quran
contains about 6,500 verses while the Hadith contains about
25,000 sayings of the Prophet of Islam. Islamic teachings cover almost all
the aspects of human life like belief, worship, morality, spirituality
conciliatory rather than confrontational course of action.
Peace
The Prophet of Islam said, “God grants to non-violence what He does
not grant to violence.” In other words, peaceful methods are always far
CLEANLINESS IN ISLAMMirror of Reality
ISLAM, as we learn from the Quran and Hadith, is a religion of nature.
Islam and nature being indeed each other’s counterparts. Nature
loves cleanliness and abhors
desirable feature of human existence—cleanliness—is one of the basic
tenets of the Islamic faith.
What is the nature of the Islamic faith? It is to lead a life in total
consonance with the will of God. And such
faith;
this indicates the emphasis laid upon hygiene in Islamic practice. The
cleanliness factor is thus a major segment of the very essence of Islam.
This is clearly in evidence at the appointed times of
SECULAR KNOWLEDGE AT ITS ISLAMIC BESTFreedom of Science from Religion
Revealed knowledge is the only source from which to learn how
to make spiritual progress, while material progress is based on a
knowledge
proclaim to mankind that ’God’s
guidance is the only guidance.’ (THE QURAN 2: 120)
Nevertheless, Islam holds that while the principles for attaining
salvation in the Hereafter derive solely from divine
through knowledge of the laws
of nature as discovered and established by secular scientific research.
Islamic schema therefore, by reason and by tradition, has always
accorded secular sciences the status of
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