Beyond Desire: The True Purpose of Marriage
Many men and women have spoken to me about the difficulties they experience in their family lives. One complaint, in particular, recurs with striking…
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Women’s Travel: a balanced perspective on freedom and safety
The faculty of discerning between what is righteous and what is reprehensible has been bestowed equally upon both men and women. This moral faculty of discrimination is a divine gift that forms the basis of…
Women’s Education
Among the many problems confronting Muslims today, one of the most critical is the question of “the status of women in Islam.” Serious effort…
Women’s Travel: a balanced perspective on freedom and safety
The faculty of discerning between what is righteous and what is reprehensible has been bestowed equally upon both men and women. This moral faculty…
The Family
Let us begin from the clear statement that male and female have same humanity, they come from a single soul. The differences between humanbeings…
Mercy upon Those Women
Ah! Those women— They were not of those who merely passed through our lives in passing, nor did they pass by as strangers. Rather,…
My Daughter Denies That I Am Growing Old
“I am as you see me—not as time sees me.” There was nothing in advancing age that frightened me when I used to count…
Description of the Creation of Woman in Certain Indian Myths
It is claimed that a certain Indian philosopher, seated one gentle evening among his students and companions—his mind matured by the passage of time,…
Triple Ṭalāq
When disagreements between a husband and wife reach an intense level, and all paths to reconciliation are closed, divorce becomes an unavoidable means of…
Praise and thank your Lord, my beloved daughter!
On the occasion of my daughter Sumaiya, may Allah protect her, receiving her Master’s degree from the University of Oxford Friday, 18th May 2025…
Where Should Women Perform I’tikaf?
The commands and guidance mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah are addressed to all Muslims, irrespective of their social class. Every Muslim is subject…
Women and Modesty
Dr. Syeda Hina Fatima, a resident of Mumbai, is a pious and virtuous woman actively engaged in the field of women’s education and upbringing.…
On covering the women’s head
Translated by Sumaiya Akram The Question Put to Me They said: It is not compulsory for a woman in Islam to cover her head…
Questions & Answers on Women
View all Q&A →Covering the Head: Custom or Divine Command?
Wa ʿalaykum al-salām wa raḥmat Allāh wa barakātuh! The seriousness, intellectual honesty and good intention with which you have posed your question are praiseworthy. In religious matters, merely accepting something on hearsay, or rejecting a prevalent opinion without investigation, are…
Entering Masjid al-Haram while menstruating
You mentioned that a menstruating woman may enter Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. Does this permission apply to all areas of the mosque? Additionally, if her only purpose for being there is to assist an elderly parent, is she allowed to…
Travelling for ʿumrah while menstruating
I had a question that I wondered if you could help me with- a friend of mine is going for umrah and is likely to be on her period of the entire duration of it. Every source we’ve read online…
Books on Women
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Ibn Hazm on the lawfulness of women attending prayers in the mosque
Concerns with artificial limits being placed on a women’s right to participate in the activities of a believer…
Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam
A landmark study of the women scholars of hadith across Islamic history.