Guidance for Women

Much of what I have already said is common to both men and women. Now, I will say something exclusively for the women who ate in any way attached with our organisation.

The first and foremost requirement for you is to acquire as much knowledge of Islam as possible.  Study not only the Quran but also Hadith and (Fiqh Islamic Jurisprudence) with full understanding.  

Limit not yourselves only to the basic knowledge of Islam and requirements of faith (lman) but try to know Islamic injunctions regarding your personal life, family life, and general social living. One of the main causes of  un-Islamic customs  and  practices becoming common in Muslim families  is the ignorance  of our  women folk  about  the teachings of  Islam and Islamic injunctions.

Next thing  for  you  to  do is to  try  to  mould your  practical life,  your  morals  and  your character as well as the life and atmosphere  at  your home  according to your  knowledge of Islam. 

A Muslim woman must be so firm and strict that she should stick to what she considers right despite the opposition and hurdles from her family or other relatives.

She should not concede to anything wrong under any sort of pressure.

No doubt, the parents, the husband  and  other elders of the family  do  deserve  obedience, respect  and regard  and they  must never be treated   with insubordination and arrogance. But the rights and will of Allah and His Holy Prophet reign supreme.  Whosoever presses you to adopt the path of disobedience to Allah and His Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) flatly refuse to obey, be he your father or your husband. Never bow to anyone in this respect. Rely on Allah and bravely face the worst of the consequences, even if it leads to the destruction of your worldly life.

The stronger your determination to adhere to Islam, the better shall be its effect on your family environments by the grace of Allah. You shall, thus, get a golden opportunity to reform the problem of homes.  On the contrary, if you yield to unwarranted and anti-Islamic demands, your own personal life will be deprived of the blessings of Islam, as much as you submit to ungodly pressures.  Nevertheless you will set a bad example of weakness in faith (lman) and morals for the people around you.

Your third responsibility is to give priority to your near and dear ones in the matter of reform and grooming in Islamic way of life. Those  of  our sisters,  whom Allah  has gifted with  children, are  in fact  put to a  hard  test, which  if  not cleared successfully cannot be compensated in any other way whatsoever.

Their own children deserve their best attention. It is their prime responsibility   to groom their children well in Islam and its etiquettes. Married ladies carry  an extra  responsibility of keeping their husbands on the right path and  to assist them in remaining steadfast in their march if they are already  on the  right  path.   

A daughter can also convey the truth to her parents  observing due respect and regard for them.  The least  she can manage is to offer them good books to read.

Fourthly,  spend  as much  time as you  can spare  from your  household duties to  convey  the knowledge of Islam,  to the women  folk  around you. Impart education to young girls and un­educated elderly women.  Provide useful Islamic literature to ladies who are literate. Arrange women gatherings and explain the teaching  of Islam to them. If you cannot speak in public, just read out relevant and useful extracts from literature to them.  In short, try your level best, using all possible ways and means to eliminate ignorance  and illiteracy in the ladies around you.

Our educated ladies have another important task before them that supersedes other duties in the present situation. 

The fair sex in Pakistan is very systematically and energetically  being lured by the  western oriented women to moral and sexual anarchy, licentiousness and confusion under active government patronage with all the national resources at its command.  

All the right thinking  and the Islam-loving  women should resist this campaign with all their might.   Men alone cannot tide this storm. Their struggle is easily labeled as an attempt to keep the fair sex under their constant subjugation.  The simple  women  fall an easy  prey  to  the  nefarious propaganda that  the stronger  sex does  not  afford to see the  fair  sex  breathing fresh  air  of  liberty and that  they  want to keep  women imprisoned in the four  walls of the  house.   

We badly need the help of our women to counter this mischievous campaign. There is no  dearth of  such  noble  and god fearing ladies,  by the grace of  Allah,  who  are highly educated,  and are by  no means  less competent in academic   learning  and intellect, expression and  writing than the' so called progressive APWA[1] ladies. 

Hence it is the duty of such talented   women  to come forward with a deserving rebuttal.  They  should  openly declare that a Muslim woman hates  such progress and advancement  that goes against the  limits  prescribed and ordained  by  Allah  and the  Holy Prophet  (peace be upon  him).  

They should as well organise themselves  and  perform all those imperative  duties efficiently, fully observing the limitations ordained by Islam, which the   so called progressives make a forceful excuse for violating Islamic precepts. This  practical demonstration on their part would work as a silencer to all the hue and cry of those men as well as women who are busy distracting Muslim women from the path of Islam.