Authors: Ronak Husni: Da, Ronak Husni
ISBN-13: 9780415418874, ISBN-10: 0415418879
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: January 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ronak Husni is currently a Senior Lecturer at Heriot-Watt University. She specializes in Arabic language, and Literature and has taught Arabic grammar, translation and Modern Literature in various Universities in Iraq and UK.
Daniel L. Newman is Professor of Arabic and Course Director of the MA in Arabic/English Translation and Interpreting at the University of Durham, UK. His research interests include Linguistics and Arab and Islamic reformism in the early Modern Period.
Book Synopsis
An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al Taher al-Haddad. Considered as one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars of an early "feminist" tract coming from a Muslim in Arab society. Awarded the 2008 "World Award of the President of the Republic of Tunisia for Islamic Studies"
Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements xi
Notes on transliteration xiii
List of abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
The precursors: the role of woman in nineteenth-century reformist thought 1
al-Tahir al-Haddad: a reformer's life 19
'Our woman in the Shari[superscript c]a and in Society 24
Translation 27
Introduction 29
The law 33
Woman in Islam 35
Preface 35
Consideration of woman as an individual 37
Woman's civil rights: testimony and justice 38
Managing her affairs 39
Woman's right to live her own life 40
Inheritance 45
Islam and Zina 52
Marriage in Islam 57
Choosing a spouse 57
Duty 59
Intercourse 60
Procreation 61
Polygamy 63
The Prophet's wives 64
Prior to divorce 66
Companionship 66
Arbitration 67
Divorce in Islam 68
The meaning of divorce 68
Finaldivorce 69
The right to divorce 71
Divorce courts 72
Financial compensation in divorce cases 77
Opinions of Tunisian [superscript c]Ulama' on woman and marriage 80
Answers of Sidi al-Hattab Bushnaq 81
Answers of Sidi [superscript c]Uthman Ibn al-Khuja 84
Answers of Mufti [superscript c]Abd al-[superscript c]Aziz Ja[superscript c]it 90
Answers of Mufti al-Tahir Ibn [superscript c]Ashur 92
Answers of Mufti Bilhasan al-Najjar 96
Answers of Mufti Ahmad Bayram 102
Conclusion: return to Islam 104
Woman in Muslim society 109
Educating girls to be wives and mothers 111
Vocational training 111
Looking after the home 113
Intellectual education 114
Moral training 115
Being a good spouse 118
Healthcare and hygiene 119
The authority in the household 121
Forced marriages 123
Traditions as obstacles to marriage 124
Unprepared marriages 126
Underage marriages 127
Marriage with disability 128
Financial capability 128
The victims of passion in marriage 129
Scenes from married life 133
Social misery 137
Current of modernity 142
Official education for Muslim girls 155
Our position on women's education 157
Women's education 161
Raising girls 165
Conclusion 170
Notes 172
Bibliography 198
Index 209
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