Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 525
! ! 525 men and men believe that they cannot survive without wom e n, the truth of these emotions prove that those people who establish such terms and conditions are extremely foolish. It is sheer stupidity to establish laws for emotions. The se principles were in fact ingrained within our nature at the time Adam as was created. Our only job is to nurture our pure and honorable emotions. A mother understands how to go about taking proper care of her child and how to train him. Now , if a law was established that a child ’s bed should be changed every five hours, then how c ould a child suffering from diarrhea, sta y in one bed for five hours? God Almighty has instilled a mother ’s nature with the ability to ma nage these matters for herself. Any law established for those matters, which have no proper timings, will inevitably hinder man. Thus, there is no need to establish any sort of law s for life. At the same time , there is a need to educate women in specific matters. Therefore , certain lectures are beneficial for women. I initiated the establishment of Lajna Ima’illah [in different towns] the year before last f or the purpose of this special training. At that time, there were forty to fifty Lajna at and now there are two hundred and twenty - five. The men ’s branches number about one thousand. If the law of equality holds true for women, then there should be an equal number of Lajn aat as well. Even i f it is half , then Lajna at should still number five hundred. Women p rotest that they should be held equal with men in obtaining jobs. If they can work in post offices and hospitals as well as men do, then they should also work equally hard in matters of r eligion. As God has prescribed five daily prayers for men, He h as ordained it for women. Likewise , as fasting is for men, it is prescribed for women. Thus, just as men are obligated to work in matters of religion, so are women. There is no reason for them to lag behind in the field of religion. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, “Learn half of the religion from A’isha h ra. ” This purports that half the share of the religion is men ’s and half of the share is women ’s. It means that one woman holds half of t he religion and the entire world ’s men and women hold the other half. Take any aspect [of the