He became the Khalifah of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the young age of 25 and steered and nourished it to its maturity for more than 50 years with his spiritual guidance, incredible wisdom, prayers and exceptional administrative acumen. A leader of innumerable qualities, he was also a brilliant orator and prolific writer. His scholarly excellence has been preserved in a 19 volume set known as Anwarul’ Ulum amounting to over 200 books, lectures and essays expounding on a vast array of subjects; both spiritual and secular. In his treatise, ‘Muhammad – The Liberator of Women’ he explains that before the advent of Islam no religion, people or community accorded women such freedoms which recognised their intrinsic rights and women throughout the world were bound to servitude. The Holy Prophet of Islamsa purged the world from a form of enslavement which had long since been a curse on humanity.
A translation by Fazl-e-Omar Foundation,
Rabwah, Pakistan
Each and every strand of Prophet Muhammad’ssa life appears so sublime that one is left amazed and it is impossible to focus on any one particular aspect of his character. However, in light of current circumstances, I have selected one of the most astonishing aspects of his life by discoursing on the manner in which the Prophetsa purged the world from a form of enslavement which had long since been a curse on humanity; by this I mean the subjugation of women.
Before his advent, women throughout the world were bound to servitude. This also had an adverse effect on the men at that time since those children who were born to women in subjugation could never truly comprehend the spirit of freedom.
Undoubtedly, there were women, who on account of their charm and the strength of their character, attained a position of ascendency over the men around them, but from this we cannot infer that they were truly free for the simple reason that this position was not theirs by right. Such cases were exceptions to the general rule and that which is merely an exception can hardly be perceived as the means forfulfilling true aspiration.
The advent of the Holy Prophetsa occurred almost 1350 years ago. Before his arrival no religion, people or community accorded women such freedoms which recognised their intrinsic rights. In places where there was no rule of law, of course a type of freedom prevailed, but this was a fictitious privilege which may perhaps be better described as a license. True liberty is that which emerges from civilisation and conforms to and is defined by statutes and laws. Freedom which is attained by breaking the bounds of the law is a fallacy because it is not conducive to human betterment.
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Women’s Rights:Jalsa Salana Germany 2016: Ahmadiyya Khalifah (a.t.) Addressed to Ladies (gist)
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Peace be on you…..These days a lot is being said in the world about rights of women and men. And in stating this so much excitement is being that people of the world are denying:
=to determine the boundaries of rights.
=to make difference with respect to human structure which includes body-make and natural faculties.
=which of the rights of men and women should be same, and where there is need to differentiate them.
If there is a need to make distinction in rights of women and men. For what? To prove man’s superiority or to make woman realize her weakness or to get dishonest benefit from disposition of woman? If for this pondering should be done about rights of women and men, and the effort should be done to make distinction the it is surely oppression for woman.
Worldly people have raised voice against this oppression today. Islam has rasied the voice against this oppression 1400 years ago. Some detail of it with reference to Holy Quran have been mentioned in Jalsa Salana 2016, UK, address to ladies.
As said above, these rights of men and women are being discussed a lot these days. In Germany too much is being uproared. Our girls and women are sometimes impressed by it and think perhaps criers about women right are perhaps the champions of these rights, and their efforts are truly commendable.
Perhaps they are praiseworthy about getting rights for those women who had been deprived of their rights since ever, neither religion nor law of country gave them the rights which they deserved. But a Muslim woman cannot say that there is any role of organizations of women for winning their freedom and establishment of their rights.
Allah the Exalted has granted such teaching in Holy Quran and established rights of each stratum of society, that neither human made laws can compete with these nor charters of human right organizations have viewed so as Holy Quran and Islam viewed.
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