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Allah bless him and grant him peace). She shapes her personality, charac-
ter, lifestyle, ideals, desires, behavior, and morality according to these two

sources. By asking "Do they then seek the judgment of the Time of
Ignorance? Who could be better at giving judgment than Allah for peo-
ple with certainty?" (Surat al-Ma'ida: 50), Allah proclaims that the most
correct and best judgments are contained in the Qur'an. Moreover,
... We have sent down the Book to you making all things clear and as guid-
ance, and mercy and good news, for the Muslims. (Surat an-Nahl: 89)
Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "Verily,

I have left among you the Book of Allah and the sunnah (example) of His Apostle.
If you hold fast to them, you shall never go astray." With these words, he re-
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minded Muslims that the most important guidance is the Qur'an and his
sunnah.
When looking at an unbelieving society's stereotypical ideas of
women, we notice immediately that they act according to their whims or
instincts. The conditioning they receive from childhood onward about the
ideal woman's character become almost their sole source of guidance.
Given that the women in their immediate environment act and speak in
the same way, that women portrayed in films and novels display the same

character, that people seem to agree on what a woman's character should
be, their character is a habitual one. Thus, it is easy to predict how they
will respond in certain situations, what decisions they will reach, how
they will behave, and even what they will say.
On the other hand, Muslim women always react correctly, make the
right decisions, and obtain the best results because they are guided by the
Qur'an and the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) sun-

nah. Besides, they do not experience the unhappiness and discontent that
unbelieving women do. As revealed in the following verse, Muslim men
and women lead a happy life, as promised by Allah: "Anyone who acts

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)