Socio-Economic Position of Women in Islam

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This book is a great reference book of Socio-Economic position of women in Islam. The title of the this book clarifies status and rights of women in Islam. The entire book especially the beginning of the book, the first part describes the status of women as daughter, wife, mother. Under the vision of Hadith and Quran. This book is an excellent source of inspiration and information about the rights and status of women in islam. It also provides, in a scientific way, an in depth evidence for the harms of divorce on individuals. This book accentuates the status of women, and explain that marriage is not just simply living together, but it has profound social benefits. Women entering the fold of Islam played an enviable prominent role side by side their counterparts, developing the emancipating humanity, men and women, from the shackles of ignorance women in Islam have very special place, status and dignity. The author has provided evidence from Quran and Sunnah. This book is quite realistic explanation about the social dynamics of women in Islam.

I am Dr. Tabassum Perween, the author of this book, having teaching experience of more than forty years in S.M. College, Bhagalpur, a premier institute of T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar. I am continuously engaged in teaching as well as research works. Three students got Ph D under my guidance. I am continuously attending and presenting papers in national as well as international seminars. My main field of study is socio-economic problems being faced by our society. This is an endevour on the same line specially applicable in a muslim society.

Socio-Economic status stands for the Social and Economic participation of an individual in a community. It is inclusive of the total measure of person's work experience of an individual or family economic and social positions in relation to others based on income, education and occupation - when analyzing a family's socio-economic status, the household income, the earner's education and occupation are of primary concern in the contemporary world. Education plays vital role in income. An alert woman in a house helps the family save many things in the household to get rid of problems. In pre-Islamic Arabia the status of women was deplorable. Women were not given their share in inheritance. They were treated as material things. The protector of women had the right to decide her fate.

However, with the coming of Islam the Arabian ethos changed and Islam gave them some liberties, but not radically altering the existing set-up. In course of time Islam guarantees women some basic rights to face the socio- economic problems of a household. Muslim communities follow four different Shariahs, the Hanafi, the Shafai, the Hanbali, and the Maliki. Shariah is not changeable. There is strict provision in Islam that all wives must be treated equally.