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46 SOLUTION THE VALUES OF THE QUR'AN

On the other hand, the majority of
women identify with this image attributed
The men and women of
to them. This identification makes them
the believers are friends
readily assume the inferior roles assigned to
of one another. They
them in many societies.
command what is right
Prejudices in social life towards gender
and forbid what is wrong
differences have striking consequences in
and establish prayer and
underdeveloped countries. Let alone their
pay alms, and obey
entitlement to education and work, they are
Allah and His
even deprived of making their own
Messenger. They are the
decisions about marriage. All sorts of
people on whom Allah
women's personal decisions rest either
will have mercy. Allah is
with their fathers or husbands.
Almighty, All-Wise.
There is an on-going effort to provide
(Surat at-Tawba: 71)
solutions to these flawed implementations,
only a few of which have been included
here. Associations founded to protect women's
rights, concepts such as freedom and equality, or the feminist movement
or seminars, panels and discussions have not contributed much towards
a workable solution. All these efforts prove that these solutions inherently
breed more complications. This is a natural consequence since the real
solution, as in all other domains, is unique: adherence to the Qur'an.
In a society adhering to the Qur'an and the Sunnah, no prejudicial
distinction is made between the individuals of a society whether women,
men, wealthy, poor, young or old. Social standing, profession, wealth, or
gender do not make people enjoy particular privileges. The good deeds
one engages in and one's fear of Allah distinguish one, as is commanded
in the verse "Take provision, but the best provision is fear of Allah."
(Surat al-Baqara: 197) In the Qur'an, people are not classified prejudicially
as men or women. Allah addresses both men and women having faith in
Him and engaging in good deeds. Allah stresses the importance of living
by the values He commands. In that respect, being male or female has no
significance. Some of the verses stressing this are as follows: