Get this: In Islam, men and women are mutually superior to each other.
So beautifully depicted!
Which means that, we can never be equals. We were never equals to begin with. You see, Allah created each of us with different roles to fill in without which, the world would be upside down. We are mutually superior to each other. Subhanallah!
I have posted 3 videos from an episode of the show Stairway To Paradise hosted by Moez Masoud talking on "Women inIslam". Through my previous readings, Alhamdulillah, I have always understood this fact about gender equality; that in reality men and women CAN NOT be equals. However, listening to the discussion held between Moez and two other Muslim women is really a refreshing and empowering notion that has made me all the more thankful and proud that I was born a female. As a woman, I am special and I deserve to respected. Men too deserve to be respected for the role they play! ;)
So beautifully depicted!
Which means that, we can never be equals. We were never equals to begin with. You see, Allah created each of us with different roles to fill in without which, the world would be upside down. We are mutually superior to each other. Subhanallah!
I have posted 3 videos from an episode of the show Stairway To Paradise hosted by Moez Masoud talking on "Women inIslam". Through my previous readings, Alhamdulillah, I have always understood this fact about gender equality; that in reality men and women CAN NOT be equals. However, listening to the discussion held between Moez and two other Muslim women is really a refreshing and empowering notion that has made me all the more thankful and proud that I was born a female. As a woman, I am special and I deserve to respected. Men too deserve to be respected for the role they play! ;)
I am a Medical Student, in one year time I'll be graduating and become a doctor, insyaAllah. But deep down inside, I wish I could one day be a full-time housewife since I would like to be the one raising my own children. Because just like one of the women in the show mentioned, "No one can raise my child like I do!". And choosing to not work does not make me inferior to anybody! No offence, just making a personal mission statement here. Hehhe. =P
Below are some of the points that had really excited and intrigued me. You can go through them if you choose not to listen to all the 3 videos.
1) False intrinsic superiority: a lot of men will make up themselves as the norm, a standard base upon which women should measure herself. To judge herself by man's standards. You're not correct unless you're like men.
2) Something else that men kind of make themselves the standard; like being rational. The idea that to be over rational and less emotional is the human norm and that if you use emotions it's inferior. But sometimes man's rationality becomes his inferiority.
3) Men setting standard and judging women according to it and how that's is unfair for a men to do. For example rational vs emotional. So what? That's because of the roles we have to play.
4) Medically men would die if he gives birth! (Evan I didn't know that!) In this sense, women are physically superior to men.
5) It's about a balance, remember we're not saying men are better than women, or women are better than men. We're saying we're exactly the same in a mutually superior way. It's the justice of Allah.
6) Women are wired to be better than men in multi-tasking. That's a superiority to men. For example, biologically, men can not hear with both ears at the same time. If you talk to them while they are doing something, they can't focus.
7) "And the male is not like the female.." (3:36) We are different. We are better than each other in respected things.
Below are some of the points that had really excited and intrigued me. You can go through them if you choose not to listen to all the 3 videos.
1) False intrinsic superiority: a lot of men will make up themselves as the norm, a standard base upon which women should measure herself. To judge herself by man's standards. You're not correct unless you're like men.
2) Something else that men kind of make themselves the standard; like being rational. The idea that to be over rational and less emotional is the human norm and that if you use emotions it's inferior. But sometimes man's rationality becomes his inferiority.
3) Men setting standard and judging women according to it and how that's is unfair for a men to do. For example rational vs emotional. So what? That's because of the roles we have to play.
4) Medically men would die if he gives birth! (Evan I didn't know that!) In this sense, women are physically superior to men.
5) It's about a balance, remember we're not saying men are better than women, or women are better than men. We're saying we're exactly the same in a mutually superior way. It's the justice of Allah.
6) Women are wired to be better than men in multi-tasking. That's a superiority to men. For example, biologically, men can not hear with both ears at the same time. If you talk to them while they are doing something, they can't focus.
7) "And the male is not like the female.." (3:36) We are different. We are better than each other in respected things.
8) The fear that exist out there. Which could make your subconscious feel that the things that men say women are better at, are inferior thing still. But that's just the male glory. Trying to make it seem that whatever he's not good at is not a good thing to be good at.
9) Post-modern feminist (a true feminist, not the twisted feminism): true feminism is to truly empower women to make their own choices. Not to become like men.
9) Post-modern feminist (a true feminist, not the twisted feminism): true feminism is to truly empower women to make their own choices. Not to become like men.
10) You don't have to be like a man, to be a equal to a man. (so true!)
11) The way in society, if you choose to do the things the men doesn't do, and choose to be a housewife even if you have a Harvard education, you may be a lawyer, you may be successful, if you make the conscious decision to stay at home with your kids, you are looked down upon by the society. And that's very degrading because, I'm sure this is a cliche, but being a mom is a full time job! (so so true!)
12) If you truly want to affect the world, bring up the children.
13) If you teach a woman, it's like you've taught all of humanity.
14) Men should start respecting the women and they should stop having this false sense of superiority. And women should actually start feeling that they have their own separate feminine identity not according to the standard of a man.
16) Islam is about humility and it's actually male ego that prevents them from doing what the prophet Muhammad saw did like helping his wife do the dishes, etc.
12) If you truly want to affect the world, bring up the children.
13) If you teach a woman, it's like you've taught all of humanity.
14) Men should start respecting the women and they should stop having this false sense of superiority. And women should actually start feeling that they have their own separate feminine identity not according to the standard of a man.
16) Islam is about humility and it's actually male ego that prevents them from doing what the prophet Muhammad saw did like helping his wife do the dishes, etc.
17) The Muslim is in the world to purify the Nafs, the human being is in the world to purify the Nafs. The Muslim believes that and accepts that and submits to God and wants to become a pure person so that you can have a pure heart. On that day (the day of judgment), neither wealth nor children shall avail the human being, accept those who bring to God a sound heart. The prophet saw said "Women have a sound heart, they have more tender hearts, their hearts are more incline to being sound". So, women have a spiritual head-start and it is only because of that that males seem to superficially have, to balance it out a physical head-start in the world like being a CEO or being more rational, but that is only a leader in the physical world. A true submitter to Allah swt, wants to be a leader in the spiritual world. May Allah make the men like women, who can acknowledge that and become spiritual leaders by nature. May Allah give men the degree of fitrah and of primordial norm that women have by nature. May Allah allow us to be less egostitical as men and more about cooperation and not about competition where it's ego, cooperation where it is actually spirit. May Allah swt open up our eyes and remove any oppression and any of the misconceptions in the name of Islam from the heart of Muslims and the actions of Muslim men and women. And allow us to enjoy our separate identities so that we complement and complete each other.
May Allah allow us to learn all we can from this! Enjoy the show~
May Allah allow us to learn all we can from this! Enjoy the show~
2 comments:
great article... here's to women!! ;)
Thanks for showing us this video. I am going to broadcast it too, :p
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