Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid was a widow tradeswoman, who was 15 years elder than him. She proposed marriage to him via one of her relatives. She bore six children to Prophet...
WOMEN ACCORDING TO THE QURAN
Why Do Muslim Women Cover Their Hair and Body?
As we all know, women and men are different as of nature. Even in the animals’ world, females are in demand, and males are nominees to be accepted by females. It is the law of nature. Women, due to their physical and...
Are Child Marriages Permissible in Islam?
Infants or young children can not be married according to the Qur’an. It is not enough to reach the age of puberty but the age of maturity (mental development – rushd) for marriage. Marriageable age varies...
Did Aisha (ra) marry Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) at the age of nine?
Even though there are narrations “Aisha (ra) married Prophet Muhammad when she was six years old and she was nine when he consummated the marriage” in some of the Hadith Books (see: Bukhari, Marriage, 38,39; Muslim...
Working of women
There is no ruling against women’s working neither in the Qur’an nor in the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). However, Islam doesn’t oblige women to work. Islam provides women with the comfort they need at their homes...
Are Muslim Women Allowed to Go to Space?
Being an astronaut is permissible both for men and women. The points to consider are the same as in other occupations for Muslims: – A man and a woman who are not lawfully forbidden to marry each other...