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that practice enjoining good, and forbidding political means, etc.

From studying political and social
situations and conditions, according to which we should act, we can conclude
that this group which the Qur'an ordered to be founded: "And that
there should be among you a group...", cannot practice its role as the Qur'an wants except when it is
an organized group to practice its role according to developed means and
methods which should suit the conditions of the historical period of its
Muslims. This means that woman can take part in political groups and
activities, various reformative and intellectual foundations and associations.

From these Qur'anic bases, we
understand that political life is open to woman, as it is open man, on both
levels- individual and collective obligations- or to permit participation in
all fields of political life.

A practical example of women's
political life in Islam is their true participation in political life In the
Islamic Republic of Iran. The constitution here has given woman the right to
elect and participate in the parliament (the Consultative Assembly) and
political organizations, activities, and jobs, just as woman took part in the
Islamic revolution against the Shah's regime. She participated in strikes,
demonstrations, distributing leaflets, and delivering speeches. She shared with
man all his political struggle. Accordingly, she has obtained all her political
rights under the Islamic regime.

Epilogue

Only Islam has given woman rights
and dignity. In this connection the Qur'an says:

"And indeed We have
honored the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and on the sea and
We provided them with sustenance of good things, and We have exalted them over
most of those whom We have created, by (high) degree of exaltation."

Holy
Qur'an (Bani Israel 17:70)

""and for the
women shall be similar rights (over men) in fairness,." Holy
Qur'an (Baqara 2: 228)

The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:

"It is the manner of the prophets to love women."

Therefore, woman should demand her
rights as the Qur'an gives her. The Qur'an wants her to be mother, daughter,
and wife. It wants her to be a person who has the right of support and love in
society. It wants her to practice her biological, psychological, and
intellectual abilities in the place of good, purification, and righteousness.
For woman has tasted the bitterness of life in the chastic world of material
civilization.

And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Endnotes

1. In
Majjma Bayyan, Tubrisi explained this verse, saying: "They exploit each
other. So, they make use of the work of each other. With that the straightness
of the world is organized."

2.
Turaihi, Tafsir Gharib Qur'an Karim. Tabataba'i, Tafsir al-Mizan.

3. Ibid.

4. Mujam
Wasit.

5. Ibid.

6.
Bukhari, Sahih, Kitab al-Adab, Chapter 27.

7. Dr.
Anwar Sultan, Mabadi' Qanuniya Amma, p.16.

8. Hur
Amili, Wasa'il Shia, Kitab Salat, Abwab Ahkam Libas, Chapter 13.

9. Ibid.

10.
Bukhari, Sahih, vol.7, p.55.

11. Dr.
Nadim Ata al-Yas, Sayaqhar al-Ma' Summa al-Hajar, p.42.

12. Ibid,
p. 46.

13. Ibid,
p.50.

14. Ibid.

15. Ibid.

16. Ibid,
p.51.

17. Isaf
Raghibin. Shiblanji, Nur Absar, p.96.

18.
Muslim, Sahih, (Dar Ihya Turath Arabi) vol.15, p.201.

19.
Tirmidhi, Sunan. Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad, vol.4, p.5. Nisa'i, Khasa'is, p.25.

20.
Tabari, Thakh'ir Uqba, p.36.

21.
Bukhari, Sahih, vol.3, p.196.

22.
Kulaini, Furu mina al-Kafi (3rd Edition), vol.5, p.320.

23. Ibid.

24.
Kulaini, Kafi, Kitab Maisha, vol.5, p.67.

25.
Harrani, Tuhaf Uqul an Aal Rasul, Mawaidh Nabi (s.a.w.).

26. An
example of that is the text which has been reported on the authority of the
Prophet (s.a.w.) concerning the Imamate of the Ahlul-Bait (a.s.) in the
farewell Pilgrimage, and the like. Also see Ahmed, Musnad, vol.1, p.118. Ibn
Maja, Sunan, vol.1, p.43. Hakim, Mustadrak, vol.3, p.109.

27.
Martyr, Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr, Islam Yaqud Hayat, p.171.

28. Ibn
Qutayba Daynwari, Imama wa Siyasa, vol.1, p.19.

Man
becomes intimate with fire, for it removes darkness, secures warmth, and cooks
food.

_-The
jurists exclude that woman is not permitted to undertake the authority over
Moslems and the judiciary. While jurists believe that there is no text on which
they depend to prevent woman from undertaking the judiciary.

*They
meant Abu Bakr.-_