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Cross-Currents: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences | Volume-6 | Issue-06
The Status of a Muslim Woman in the Glorious Qur’an
Dr. Lawal Abdulkareem
Published: June 10, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2019.v06i06.005
Pages: 74-84
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Abstract
Before the revelation of the Glorious Qur„an, women in pre-Islamic paganism were mostly denied of all
rights. They were exposed to different kinds of atrocities and multiple hardships since the beginning of creation. They
occupied a low and degraded status in most societies. They were customarily assigned the most despised and least
important jobs and positions. In some cultures, women were degraded to the extent that men claimed that women were
nothing but the epitome of evil. In a nutshell, prior to the revelation of the Glorious Book of Islam, women were deprived
of the rights to education; bought and sold like any other commodity; deprived of the right of inheritance; and considered
as minors with no rights to make any transactions or to possess wealth. They were generally subjected to the will of men
throughout their lives. However, after the advent of Islam, the Glorious Qur‟an emancipated women from all sorts of
injustice and exploitation. This paper therefore, intends to discuss on how the Glorious Qur‟an liberated women from all
unfair bondages on the one hand, and also how it recognized their status similar to that of their male counterparts on the
other.