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Status of Women in Islam

“It is He Who created you from a single soul.” Qur’an 7:189

Part Two:This message to humanity as a whole clarifies that all
men and women are from the same essence and kind.
Anyhow, the Holy Qur’an is the most authentic source to
tell us about the treatment of female children before Islam.
“When the girl-child that was buried alive, is asked, For what sin
was she killed” Quran 81:8-9

The Holy Qur’an put before us the trial of this female child
which is going to take place on the Day of Judgment. This

innocent female infant will be questioned about the crime
she had committed to deserve such injustice. Certainly!
The crime was committed by the father. But in the world
of justice she will be able to give evidence for she had not
committed any crime herself. Her only crime was that she
was born a female baby.

To that degree was the treatment of the female infants in
the pre-Islamic period. They were buried alive and having a
daughter was considered to be a shame.

In that age of darkness, Islam put an end to this shameful
act of female infanticide.

When Prophet Mohamniad heard how a man buried his
daughter, he cried.

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