Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life — Page 13
~ 13 ~ sufficient proof that women are not lacking behind in any field of life. Again, it is mentioned in the Holy Qur’ ā n about men and women: So their Lord answered their prayers, saying, ‘I will suffer not the work of any worker from among you, whether male or female, to be lost. You are from one another. Those, therefore, who have emigrated, and have been driven out of their homes, and have been persecuted in My cause, and have fought and been killed, I will surely remove from them their evils and will cause them to enter Gardens through which streams flow—a reward from All ā h, and with All ā h is the best of rewards. ’ (The Holy Qur’ ā n, 3:196) The status of women is described very ideal in the above verse of the Holy Qur’ ā n, and they are not less than men in any field of their day-to-day life and in the field of piety and righteousness. In several other places in the Holy Qur’ ā n, believing men and believing women are made equally subject to the same commandments and entitled to the same rights and privileges. Briefly, Isl ā m recognizes the equality of the social and religious rights of man and woman. So, in the same manner, women and men must be treated by their partners, and likewise respected by each other, and that is an