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our religion! While it would become one to admire this delicacyin Islam in protecting man’s dignity and honour, one shouldhave fallen into the ditches of aberration dug for theprogressives if one admires the scandal of confession inChristianity, which casts down chastity and honour, especiallyof women.In Islam, a woman does not have to work or earn money,neither indoors nor outdoors. If she is married, her husband, ifshe is not narried, her father, or, if she has lost her father, herclosest relative, has to work and bring her everything sheneeds. And the government’s treasury called “Bayt al-mâl”provides for the woman who is without anybody to support her.In Islam, the burden of living is not shared between wife andhusband. A man cannot force his wife to work in the field, in afactory or in any place. If the woman wishes and if her husbandallows, she may work at places where there is work for womenwithout joining with men. But, what the woman earns is her veryown. Her husband cannot take anything from her by force. Hecannot force her to buy what she needs for herself, either. Normay he force her to do the work inside his house. The womandoes the housework as a gift and favour to her husband. Andthis is a virtue which Muslim women have. It is a noblesentiment inherent in them. Islam’s recognition of such rights forthe woman and its protecting her against being a slave or aplaything in men’s hands, indicate that Allâhu ta’âlâ hasendowed her with a great value as a birthright.Islamic books detailedly explain the beautiful duties of thewoman towards her husband, of the man towards his wife, hischildren, his parents, towards his neighbors and even towardsnon-Muslim citizens. The Hadîth says, “Among you, the onewho has the most perfect îmân is the one with the mostbeautiful morals”; “The best of you is the one who is goodtowards his women at home”; “I was sent to preach to youall the good morals.” In Islamic books, there are innumerableother hadîths that arrange the family life, that separate theduties of the man and the woman and encourage them to work.Religiously ignorant people’s wrong, depraved behaviorsincompatible with these hadîths cannot be defects or stains forIslam. Seeing these facts, it is obvious how wrong and unjustthe writings of the people who call themselves “progressives”are.- 100 -