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− 18 STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM − It is misunderstood that Islam neglects women and does not give − them any rights, or women are considered inferior to men. It is due to a lack of Islamic knowledge. If the Holy Qur’an and sayings of the Holy − − Prophet of Islam are studied, it becomes very clear that it is Islam which sa − − has really elevated the status of women. Before Islam, women were sold as − personal commodities. Female children were buried alive because they were considered as a curse for the family. But it is Islam which gave every − respect and honor to women and brought them at the level of men; otherwise women were mistreated in every sphere of life. In Islam, a − woman enjoys equal status with a man. The object of her creation, her duty to God and her duty to fellow human beings, is the same as that of a man. Islam has not only made women heirs to property, but has given − them equal rights with men, but not in a manner that would disregard the distinctive features of their anatomy and their exclusive responsibilities in the rearing and nursing of children. In the time of the Holy Prophet and his successors, Muslim sa women went to mosques, performed pilgrimage, observed fast and gave charity in the cause of God out of their personal property and income. They accompanied men to the battlefield and provided water and tended the wounded, some even took part in actual combat. All this was done more than fourteen hundred years ago when not a single woman in any part of the world had raised a voice against her plight. Islam has always − provided equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women, as the Holy Qur’an says: − ÅÎNÄ´»AË OÄ¿ÛÀ»AË ÅÎÄ¿ÛÀ»AË OÀ¼nÀ»AË ÅÎÀ¼nÀ»A ÆA ä æê ê Ð æ ä ê Ð ê æ å æ ä ä æê ê æ å æ ä ê Ð ê æ å æ ä ä æ ê ê æ å æ ì ê 434