ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Umm Salama, Hijab, Islamic Culture

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 210
• Professor: Malek Abisaab

Document Summary

Turning point in conflicting relationship between the prophet and elite. Ambiguity in verses which was exploited by the male elite. Women demanded right to go to war in order to gain booty- challenge to men (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Affirmation of equality as granted to them bygod. Empowered them and enhanced their status in society. Still controversial: traditional perception of women as mothers/wives. Pre islamic society: women exempted from inheritance because they did not go to war, no gain from booty (cid:1) Muslim women began to interpret verse 32 as call for them to go to war and earn their share as men do. Unto women a fortune of which they have earned . God did not support women in this demand this time. Laws of war (ghazwa) and the disagreement between m and male (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) elite. Islam attempted to create more humanistic laws as far as women and children were concerned.