Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 881
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 881 women. These poor women are with you like prisoners. You have the right to treat them harshly, only when they behave indecently. In this case you can stay away from them in beds or if you intend to reprimand them more than this, you can punish them in such a way which does not leave a mark or impression on their bodies. If they obey you, it is not proper for you to adopt any other means of punishment. Remember, as you have rights over women, similarly women have rights over you. You have rights over women that they protect their chastity for your sake and allow no one to enter the house except with your permission. Their rights over you are that you should be kind to them in respect of dress and food and as far as it is within your power and capability, to treat them kindly. " 17 The Italian orientalist, Professor Doctor Vaglieri in her book, 'An Interpretation of Islam', writes these words about the safeguard of women's rights in Islam, "Before the advent of Islam, there was no limit on the number of wives and the Islamic law allowed more than one nik ah , only after imposing a large number of conditions. Islam forbade conditional and temporary marriages which were excuses for justifying immorality. Moreover Islam gave women such rights which they never enjoyed