Duty of woman in Islam

Before the advent of Islam the women was considered to be the most invaluable specie on earth but after Islam the Muslim woman encouraged to practice her religion and develop her intellectual faculties through out her life. She is responsible for the care of home and the children's early training. She may own her own property, run her own business. It would appear therefore that the Islamic system has achieved the right mixture of freedom and security that women seek and that is in the interest of the society as a whole. She may not be married without being consulted and is able to obtain divorce. Finally she can look forward to an old age in which she is respected and shown every care by her children and by the society as a whole.

Apart from her role as a wife, the Muslim woman has a very important role as mother. The status and value attached to parents in the Muslim world is very high.

According to one very famous Hadith the Prophet (P-B-U-H) said:

"Paradise lies at the feet of mothers"

The Muslim mother has a great feeling of security about the type of care and consideration she can expect from her children when she reaches old age. As the verse of the Quran quoted above indicates, thankfulness to parents is linked with thankfulness to Allah, and a failure in either of these respects is indeed a major failure in one's religious duties.

Women are allowed to work in Islam, subject to certain conditions, and even recommended to do so should they be in financial need. Both husbands and wives are required to inform their spouses before leaving home. A woman needs her husband's permission to leave home. Hijab is the basic requirement of Islam for Muslim women a woman should act and dress in a way that does not draw sexual attention to her when she is in the presence of someone of the opposite sex.