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Status of Women in Islam
Part One:
Woman Before the Rise
of Islam
The woman in primitive societies was not considered as
a member of society and had no social value. Her existence
in society was for the requirements of men only. She was
assigned to insignificant work such as carrying goods,
moving them when the tribes were searching for water and
pasture, collecting wood and serving the man at home.
In addition, she was responsible for the upbringing of
children and caring for the sick.
As long as she was in her father’s house or in a house of
a guardian, she was solely his possession without having
the right to own anything even her clothes and jewellery
were for the man. It was permissible for him and without
any restriction to take any hard decision concerning her
and inflict any kind of torture or punishment on her, even if
it would lead to her death.
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