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Muslim Women in Law and Society: Annotated Translation of al-Tahir al-Haddad's Imra'tuna fi 'l-sharica wa 'l-mujtamac, with an Introduction »

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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)

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Author Biography: Ronak Husni: Da

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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