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WOMEN IN THE LIGHT OF HADITH
Ali Engineer, Asghar
Ali Engineer, Asghar
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"Those jurists who lived in Mecca and Madina like Imam Hanbal or Imam Malik used only those ahadith which were considered authentic there and thus used very few ahadith. Imam Abu Hanifa also was very careful in this respect but since he lived in Kufa which was confluence of more than one culture (non-Arabs outnumbering the Arabs) he had to face several other problems which were not faced by Madinese and Meccan jurists. What is corpus of Shari’ah law which survived had come into existence in largely non-Arab areas and did caste its shadow on the corpus of Shari’ah law and such ahadith about which there was no unanimity were used in its formulation. These sociological aspects cannot be ignored while determining status of women Thus one has to be very careful while pronouncing our judgment about Shari’ah laws as regards to women. With these introductory remarks we would like to deal with those ahadith which are more favorable to women than others which reduce women to man’s subjugation and then it is justified in the name of hadith. Qur’an has not only given equal dignity but also has recognized woman as an independent entity in her own right, not mere appendage to her parents or husband. However, it is not so with Shari’ah law. She is treated as subject to father’s or husband’s authority."(pg 2)
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2009-10
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