THE MODERN WOMAN

THE MODERN WOMAN

BY

MAULANA MUFTI AHMED BEMAT

(Shaikh Ul-Hadith)

ALL ARE PASSING THEIR LIVE according to their own liking. Today the woman is said to be free. But is she really free? On the contrary, her so-called freedom has reduced her to the position of a slave-girl; her life is worse than that of a maid-servant. Are men not exploiting her both at home and outside home in the name of economic betterment? Man, making her share his economic predicament, has compelled her to take up service and she, disregarding the Islamic commandment, has begun to live an outdoor life. Thus she has herself belittled her position and, as it would seem, surrendered her rights; otherwise Islam has told her: “You are the queen of your home. Your husband is liable for maintaining you and your children. Should he divorce you, you have the right to bring up your children and the husband would be responsible for bearing their expenses”. But, nowadays, instead of maintaining and supporting the wife, it is considered a matter of pride if she is also made to earn money by serving in offices and institutions.

Today the woman is being used as a means of amusing and entertaining strangers. What surprises one is that she feels no  shame or qualms in showing off  her nakedness! The woman is instinctively modest and bashful but she shamelessly strips herself in cabarets and clubs, sometimes with her own hands and sometimes she asks the spectators to strip her. Does she feel glad in doing so or has she to make a show of gladness in showing off her naked body? In return for all this she gets money. But who has made her greedy and compelled her to sell her body? Today, there are many sympathizers of women but most of them are devils in the garb of human beings. They have no interest in women’s education; they are interested only in her person. When there is no one to check or chide her, how can the woman protect herself or save her honour? Because she is free, how can anyone dare to tell or advise her as to how she can preserve her honour and chastity?

Liberty has intoxicated the woman. She has lost her sense and balance. She cares a tinker’s damn for her honour, chastity and modesty. Even if she is openly dishonoured and insulted, she likes it  because she thinks she is free. If someone passes a remark about her youth, beauty or charm even in the presence of her father, brother or husband, they do not feel outraged because they believe that she is a free person. It seems as if all believe her liberty to consist in her shamelessness and immodesty. Probably this is true, because in spite of her shameless and immodest life, all seem to be convinced that woman must be free and live freely. Only the sensible and the faithful – because they fear Allah and are afraid of the Holy Prophet’s صلى الله عليه والسلم displeasure – take a lesson from this state of affairs; whereas all the rest, who think that modern civilization has freed them from the bonds of religion, want freedom and liberty for the women. May Allah reform them and bestow His grace upon them! Aameen.