Muhammad the Liberator of Women — Page 13
M U H A M M A D S A W — T H E L I B E R A T O R O F W O M E N 13 and women are now slowly being granted rights over their own property. However in some US states the law still stipulates that if a man is disable, his wife is legally obliged to maintain and support him. Women are being granted the right to vote and are being provided a platform to raise their voice in matters of national concern. Yet all these changes have arrived 1300 years after the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave the world his teaching. There is still much work to be done. In many countries women still do not have inheritance rights over their husbands’ or parents’ wealth. Similarly, in several other matters the world could learn much from the guidance which Islam gives. A future in which all the teachings of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, are accepted as the norm is not too distant and the struggle which the Holy Prophet saw launched for the rights of women will soon bring forth its fruit. َ أ ّٰ ﻟ ُ ﻠ َّ ﻬ َﻢ ِّ ﺻ َﻞ ٰ َُ َّحم ٍ ﻤ َﺪ َو ٰ ِ َُآل َّ حم ٍ ﻤ َﺪ َ ک َ ﻤ ﺻ َّ ﺎ ْ ﻠ َ ﻴ َﺖ ٰ ِ ْا َ ﺑ ِ ﺮ ْ اﻫ َ ﻴ َﻢ َو ٰ ِ ِآل ْ ا َ ﺑ ِ ﺮ ْ اﻫ َ ﻴ ِﻢ َّ ا َ ﻧ َِک ْ مح ٌ ﻴ َِﺪ ْ جم ٌ ﻴ ﺪ 1 Mirza Mahmud Ahmad ( Al-Fazl, 12 June 1928) 1 O Allah, Bless Muhammad and the people of Muhammad as You did bless Abraham and the people of Abraham. You are indeed the Praiseworthy, the Glorious. [Publisher]