By: Jaweria Basharat Abbasi
It is agonizing to say we live in a society where women are looked down upon by men. If a girl gets divorced people would say she couldn’t keep a man. If she doesn’t give birth to a baby boy she is blamed yet again. If she doesn’t have a child she is labeled as sterile. If she speaks her heart out she is bold and boldness doesn’t suit her. If she doesn’t get married in her early 20s she is negligent. If a child ever gets failed in life it is only mother’s fault that she couldn’t bring her child up. If she meets domestic violence it is solely her fault so she must bear it to save her marriage. If she is raped she faces stereotypical questions; But what was she wearing? Why she was out without her “Mehram”?? There are so many ifs and buts in women lives still they are always blamed for not being a good mother, wife, daughter and sister.
Most of the men in our society think regulations which Islam had taught are only meant to be followed by women not by men themselves this exactly is the point where the problem begins.
In spite of knowing the fact it is always a woman who sacrifices her entire life to raise her children up and bring peace at home. In doing so she fails to remember herself and ends up getting nothing.
Even when Islam has put a lot of stress to treat your mothers, wives, daughters and sisters good but have we not forgotten our moral values? How can children act normal when they see their fathers treating their mothers like a slave and abuse them as if they aren’t human beings? Most of the men in our society think regulations which Islam had taught are only meant to be followed by women not by men themselves this exactly is the point where the problem begins.
When our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SWS) enlightened everyone is equal and the only thing that separates one person from another is their good or bad actions.
Into the bargain, I was dejected to see what women had been doing in the name of “Aurat March” the other day. It doesn’t mean women should dance publicly or show the placards written “Mera Jism Meri Marzi” and what not to tell the world you are the modern image of independent, liberated woman. Ideally we ought to master the teachings of Islam so that our lives would become easier. Occidentalism won’t give women rights however Islam has already granted.
To sum up I would say it’s high time to figure out our faults and give women respect which they deserve before it gets too late and slogans raised by some women’s rights activists must be stopped which are found indecent and in violation of Islamic injunctions.
May Allah Pak guide us all. Ameen!!