Question Very nice website. I particularly like organizing it in the questions approach because it implicitly gives me permission to ask someone mine. Please reconsider your comment on “Syed” since it has a fairly significant meaning to the Shiite community. The ones I knew never traced their lineage to the Prophet (pbuh). Answer I really […]
Further Exchange on ‘Beating Wives’ – 5
Question Thank you for such a swift reply. I very much appreciate you taking the time to discuss this matter with me. I realize you are quite busy and to give a portion of your time toward this discussion is very kind of you. You write: When I say that when a wife “adopts an […]
Further Exchange on ‘Using Male Gender for God’…
Question A non-Muslim can ask like this: Couldn’t God change the father image, the traditional concept of God in Arab’s minds with his image? If Qur’an corrected many wrong beliefs, why didn’t it change this and why did it keep on using the male gender while speaking about God? If we have to interpret Qur’anic […]
Further Exchange on ‘The Status of Women in Islam’
Question I don’t understand how the word ‘maintain’ came to mean ‘has authority over’. A man’s responsibility to maintain and protect does not imply he has been given authority but that he has been given a responsibility. One does not imply the other. To assume that because God gave the husband the *responsibility* to protect […]
Further Exchange on ‘Beating Wives’ – 4
Question I found this gentleman’s discussion on ayah 4: 34 and I thought you might want to comment on it when discussing my question to you concerning a husband’s authority. This man is not a learned scholar but a gentleman running a list server on Women and Islam. I found his discussion interesting and thought […]
A Further Comment on ‘Can Women Hold Positions of Convicting Males’
Question I read your interesting article on this subject, and it seems to me that an article recently appeared in “El-Shaab“, Egypt (el-shaab.com, Oct. 16, 1998) organ of the Muslim Brethren’s Political Party “Wafd“, gives an interesting answer to this question: in its article under the title “Al-Mar’a al-Muslima wa welayat el-Qadha’“, it explains how […]
The Prohibition of Animals on the Slaughter of Which God’s Name Has Not Been Mentioned
Question On your webpage, I found the following: About Halaal Meat I would like to ask some questions about Haraam and Halaal meat. I am very confused about it. I am not eating meat here (US), but some people told me that I can eat this meat. I will be thankful to you if you […]
Further Exchange on ‘What was Ayesha’s Age?’
Question I would like to see your response to the following, which is relevant to Ayesha‘s age question of your site. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/5603/Ayeshah.html An Intermediate Response I have read the referred article. I really do not think that it needs any response from my side, as it relies on the very sources that I have presented […]
Further Exchange on ‘Beating Wives’ – 3
Question In regard to your response about “Beating Women” posted on May 17th. I won’t discuss “Nushooz” in much detail since I have already sent you a question along those same lines but I do want to comment on number 4. You said: A woman, like a man, has all the authority to refuse having […]
Further Exchange on ‘Beating Wives’ – 2
Question I have read what is there at your site concerning beating wives. Please elaborate on it as to what constitutes disobedience and if the husband is permitted to beat his wife frequently just to keep her in line. Is the husband allowed to whip his wife? Is that under light beating? Does a woman […]