The Position of Women in Islam

Hamdun Dagher

• Introduction

1. Women in the Qur'an
2. The Status of Women
3. Women's Image in Arabic Literature
4. Marriage
5. The Rights a Man Acquires over his Wife
6. The Rights a Woman Acquires over her Husband
7. The Importance of Marriage in Islam
8. The Importance of Marriage from the Viewpoint of the Jurists
9. Marriage from the Viewpoint of the Sufis
10. The Characteristics of an Ideal Wife
11. The Marriage Contract in the Islamic Sharia
12. Polygamy
13. Marriage of Enjoyment
14. Divorce
15. The Women's Portion of the Inheritance
16. The Legal Testimony of Women
17. The Position of Concubines in Islam
18. How a Man Should Discipline his Wife
19. Women in Hell and Paradise
20. The Veil
21. The Circumcision of Girls
22. Subordination of the Woman to her Husband in the Religious Rites
23. The Prophet Muhammad and his Wives
24. Muhammad's Wives in the Order in Which They Were Married to him
25. Muhammad's Wives in the Books of Al-Sira
26. Muhammad's Further Attempts to Marry
27. The Story of Muhammad's Marriage to Zainab Bint Jahsh as the Quran Expositors Treat it
28. Muhammad's Marriage with the Mothers of the Believers in Islamic Polemics
29. Conclusion

• Bibliography

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