The Status of Woman in Islam By Jamal BadawiCONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Women in Ancient Civilization WOMEN IN ISLAM   1. The Spiritual Aspect   2. The Social Aspect As a Child and Adolescent As a Wife As a Mother 3. The Economic Aspect    4. The political Aspect CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY ---------------------------------------------------------------... more.

1.An act of obedience. The hijab is an act of obedience to Allah and to his prophet (pbuh), Allah says in the Qur'an: `It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allah and His messenger have decreed a matter that they should have an option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, has indeed strayed in a plain error.' (S33:36). (more...)... more.

1. The Authentic Creed by Shaikh Ibn Baaz 2. The Most Excellent Manner of Seeking Forgivness by Abdur-Razzaaq al-Abbaad 3. Abridgement of the Prophet's Prayer Described - Shaikh al-Albaanee 4. The Declaration of Faith - Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan 5. The Rights and Duties of Women in Islam - Shaikh Abdul Ghaffar Hassan 6. The Ideological Attack by Shaykh Abdul Azeez Ibn... more.

The Noble Quran Version 3.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Noble Quran, translated by Marmaduke Pikthall. The software has an excellent easy-to-use explorer type user interface with the ability to change themes, bookmarks, advanced search engine (super fast), and the ability to display additional information relating to each chapter. And, m... more.

ISLAM IN SPAIN:     By the time 'Abd al-Rahman reached Spain, the Arabs from North Africa were already entrenched on the Iberian Peninsula and had begun to write one of the most glorious chapters in Islamic history. (more...)... more.

 THE UMAYYADS:     The shift in power to Damascus, the Umayyad capital city, was to have profound effects on the development of Islamic history. For one thing, it was a tacit recognition of the end of an era. The first four caliphs had been without exception Companions of the Prophet - pious, sincere men who had lived no differently from their neighbors and who preserved ... more.

THE RIGHTLY GUIDED CALIPHS:     With the death of Muhammad, the Muslim community was faced with the problem of succession. Who would be its leader? There were four persons obviously marked for leadership: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who had not only accompanied Muhammad to Medina ten years before, but had been appointed to take the place of the Prophet as leader of public prayer d... more.

 THE HIJRAH:     After Muhammad had preached publicly for more than a decade, the opposition to him reached such a high pitch that, fearful for their safety, he sent some of his adherents to Ethiopia, where the Christian ruler extended protection to them, the memory of which has been cherished by Muslims ever since. But in Mecca the persecution worsened. Muhammad's follow... more.