The Greatest Torch-bearer of Women’s Rights

Abstract

In the distant past, almost all over the world, the woman was looked upon as a mere non-entity. During the present time, one may be extremely grieved when one sees that woman folk have passed through tremendously tragic circumstances, so much so that there was a time when woman was even denied the status of human being. The Greek, Roman and Hindu cultures refused to give her a respectable position. The industrial revolution in Europe brought the worst possible suffering for woman in the human history. The two world wars brought many other problems like earning of livelihood by women, especially in the cities, as millions of men had died during wars and many of those who survived had become handicapped. In such circumstances, woman folk saw the ray of hope only and only in the last Messenger of Allah, who was their greatest benefactor. This article deals with some important aspects of the status of woman in the eyes of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).