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CHARACTER-TYPES OF THE UNBELIEVERS
“The Qur’an is a strong rope of Allah, meaning that it is a reli-
able means of linking with Allah and a firm charter of guidance.
It is the straight path. The Qur’an is the clear truth that keep
thoughts from straying.” (Tirmidhi)

The Housewife in an Ignorant Society
Among the most prominent types of identities inherited by the so-
ciety of ignorance from their ancestors is that of the housewife. This

identity is known by almost all the members of the society, and, no mat-
ter what the culture, it is found among the majority of women through-
out the world.
This identity is cultivated in almost every girl, from her childhood
on, with the expectation that she will one day certainly have to conform
to that model. It is usually their mothers, the person usually closest to
them, who provides them with that example. They observe their moth-
ers and other women in the community, and little by little, they begin to
adopt the identity in their own minds. The role-model is that of a

woman who marries well, who is a good housekeeper, and gives birth
to healthy children; she receives visits from relatives and friends, and
meets with other women to have tea; she brings up her children, does
the shopping, cleans the house, and other similar domestic duties.
Surely it is a beauty and blessing for someone to make a good mar-
riage and have a good family life. Believers also desire to have such a
blessing. However what is flawed here is the desire to possess them

with a worldly greed, without adopting the morality and attitude pro-
claimed by Allah.
These young girls know nothing about the world, and believe this
occupation to be the ideal for a woman. And, in the future, without

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