Muslim Women in Law and Society: Annotated translation of al-Tahir al-HaddadÆs Imra ætuna fi æl-sharia wa æl-mujtama, with an introduction.

by Husni; Ronak

• ISBN13: 9780415418874
• ISBN10: 0415418879
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al Taher al-Haddad. Considered as one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars of an early feminist tract coming from a Muslim in Arab society.

Author Biography

Daniel L. Newman is Reader in Arabic and Course Director of the MA in Arabic/ English Translation at the University of Durham, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes on transliteration	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The precursors: the role of woman in nineteenth-century reformist thought	p. 1
al-Tahir al-Haddad: a reformer's life	p. 19
'Our woman in the Shari[superscript c]a and in Society	p. 24
Translation	p. 27
Introduction	p. 29
The law	p. 33
Woman in Islam	p. 35
Preface	p. 35
Consideration of woman as an individual	p. 37
Woman's civil rights: testimony and justice	p. 38
Managing her affairs	p. 39
Woman's right to live her own life	p. 40
Inheritance	p. 45
Islam and Zina	p. 52
Marriage in Islam	p. 57
Choosing a spouse	p. 57
Duty	p. 59
Intercourse	p. 60
Procreation	p. 61
Polygamy	p. 63
The Prophet's wives	p. 64
Prior to divorce	p. 66
Companionship	p. 66
Arbitration	p. 67
Divorce in Islam	p. 68
The meaning of divorce	p. 68
Final divorce	p. 69
The right to divorce	p. 71
Divorce courts	p. 72
Financial compensation in divorce cases	p. 77
Opinions of Tunisian [superscript c]Ulama' on woman and marriage	p. 80
Answers of Sidi al-Hattab Bushnaq	p. 81
Answers of Sidi [superscript c]Uthman Ibn al-Khuja	p. 84
Answers of Mufti [superscript c]Abd al-[superscript c]Aziz Ja[superscript c]it	p. 90
Answers of Mufti al-Tahir Ibn [superscript c]Ashur	p. 92
Answers of Mufti Bilhasan al-Najjar	p. 96
Answers of Mufti Ahmad Bayram	p. 102
Conclusion: return to Islam	p. 104
Woman in Muslim society	p. 109
Educating girls to be wives and mothers	p. 111
Vocational training	p. 111
Looking after the home	p. 113
Intellectual education	p. 114
Moral training	p. 115
Being a good spouse	p. 118
Healthcare and hygiene	p. 119
The authority in the household	p. 121
Forced marriages	p. 123
Traditions as obstacles to marriage	p. 124
Unprepared marriages	p. 126
Underage marriages	p. 127
Marriage with disability	p. 128
Financial capability	p. 128
The victims of passion in marriage	p. 129
Scenes from married life	p. 133
Social misery	p. 137
Current of modernity	p. 142
Official education for Muslim girls	p. 155
Our position on women's education	p. 157
Women's education	p. 161
Raising girls	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 170
Notes	p. 172
Bibliography	p. 198
Index	p. 209
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