Woman [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

On this basis, the author says that there are certain traditions cited that encourage to the wife's obeying her husband, due to the situation prevailed in the Medina which was somewhat a kind of woman's being the chief of family. Therefore the second caliph declared in regard of the Medina men saying: Their wives are predominant over them "vol.V, p.93".

19. In interpreting the verse "And they "women" have rights similar to those "of men" over them in kindness, and for men "their rights" on women, is a degree above" he writes that this verse shows equality of rights of women with that of men. And as some exegetes hold, what is intended by "and for men on women is a degree above" is that the men dispense with their rights for the benefit of the women "vol.V, pp.9495".

20. Circumcision of girls is considered by him a preIslamic habit, in regard of whose reduction and facilitation the Islamic Shari'ah has issued several rules and instructions "vol.VI, p.150", believing it to have effect in diminishing the sexual enjoyment on the part of women, and considering the hadeeth on virtue of circumcision to be weak "vol.VI, pp.160161".

21. The author is of the opinion that among the obscene mistakes of Muslims is their passionate stance toward the claim of the orientalists who said one day that the spiritual maturity never agrees with the sexual enjoyment. And the Muslims, instead of correcting this wrong thought, have submitted to it, presenting even feeble or forged texts in this connection which confirmed this false thinking.

Another day they said that the Prophet of Islam"S" had attachment to a woman. Then the Muslims embarked on stating that there were sociopolitical motives behind marriages contracted by the Prophet, as if desire for lawful enjoyment "istimta'", never suits his status "of course we never deny these sociopolitical motives, but