Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Women's dependence on male relatives

“No matter how wise a woman is, she is dependent on her male mahrams for decisions. In Asian culture, men consider themselves superior and restrict women to home. Please provide guidance on this issue.”Asked by Miss Khadija

He answers at 44:21 in Contemplation on The Quran · 4 min 26 sec

His answer, in his own words
44:21
ji, maulana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh sawal bheja hai pakistan se miss khadija ne. unhon ne likha hai: "mera maulana se ek sawal hai jis par mujhe un ki guidance chahiye. mera sawal yeh hai ke aurat chahe jitna bhi samajhdar aur aqalmand ho, woh apne faislon ke liye apni family ke mard hazrat yani mehram par dependent hoti hai. hamare asian culture hai ke aadmi khud ko aurat se superior samajhta hai aur aurat ko ghar mein rakhna aur ghar ke kamon tak hi mehdood kar deta hai. aur aisi auratein hi achi aurat samjhi jati hain. as an individual, aurat mein jo talent ya qualities hoti hain, us ko barhane ki ijazat nahi di jati, jis ki wajah se aurat zehni taur par oppressed feel karti hai aur apni intellectual needs ko marne pe majboor ho jati hai,
45:26
jis ki wajah se woh ek fragile personality banti hai aur mental illness tak pahunch jati hai. aisi auraton ko kaise sambhalna chahiye jin ke husband, walid ya bhai kisi bhi tarah apni soch ko badalne ko tayyar nahi hain aur na hi koi ganjaiish rakhte hain, kyun ke woh aisi hadith ka hawala dete hain ke aurat naqis ul aql hai. aurat ke mashware pe chala jaye to ghar ki barbadi hoti hai, etcetera. maulana, main aap ki desperate guidance chahti hoon ke auratein kaise aisi situation ko deal kar sakte hain. dekhiye, ek hai rawaji mazhab, rawaji, aur ek hai quran o hadith ka mazhab, sacha mazhab.
46:22
to mera jo mutala hai, meri jo study hai, to main to samajhta hoon ke mashhoor jo maqola hai: "they da woman at the beginning of all great things" yeh maqola sab se apply hota hai islam ki history par. islam ki history rasool allah se begin nahi hoti, woh to bohat pehle se shuru hoti hai, hazrat ibrahim se shuru hoti hai. to dekhiye, jo literature hai islam ka, us se sabit hota hai ke kuch khawateen aisi hain jo mardon se bhi bara darja un ka hai. misaal ke taur par dekhiye, woh hazrat haajra. hazrat haajra to ka darja itna bara hai ke haajra na hoti to islami na hota.
47:27
phir hazrat aasiya, jo agarche firoun ki zawja theen, lekin un ka darja itna bara hai ke ke kisi mard ka bhi itna bara darja nahin. phir hazrat khadija, hazrat aisha. aisha ke baray mein aap jantay hain ke yeh kaha jata hai ke "afqah al-sahaba" ke tamam sahaba mein sab se ziyada yaani deen ko jananay wali hai. to dekhiye, aap riwaj ko le kar mat qaim kijiye ke mazhab kya hai. jo true, jo scripture hai, jo history hai, us se kya nikalta hai?
48:16
riwaj to hamesha ghalat rahega, hamesha rahega. aisa nahin ke kabhi riwaj ko aap khatam kar dein. to aap ko chahiye ke "don't see the riwaj" but "you have to see the scripture" the true history of Islam. doctor junaid shaikh ne molana mumbai se comment aur sawal bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai ke "today i learn the formula of tadabbur" it means right comparison and using common sense.
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