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And give the women on marriage their dowry (money given by the husband to his wife) with a
good heart. (Qur’an, 4:4)
Commentary
The Bible and the Qur’an are in agreement on the headship of the man over the family. However,
they differ in the reasons for the man’s headship and the powers of this headship.
The Bible makes the husband the head of the wife because the man is the glory of Allah while the
woman is the glory of man, and because the woman was deceived and became a sinner.
According to the Bible, a woman is not allowed to teach or have authority over a man and must be
silent; good women are those who wash the feet of saints; and what is more, a man can sell his
daughter and she is not to go free!
Islam treats the man and the woman equally. The woman has rights similar to those of the man.
However, Islam assigns to the man and the woman responsibilities which suit their physiological
and psychological qualities. The man as a head of the family has
a duty to earn money to provide his wife and children with all the requirements of life such as
accommodation, food and clothes.
The woman is assigned the task of keeping house and bringing up future generations. The woman
in Islam is not responsible for any financial obligation. She is not burdened with any duties other
than her house and children.
Since no organization can work successfully without a leader, the husband is appointed as leader
of the family which is a small organization. Without a leader, the family will be in complete
disorder and marriage may end in divorce. Islam appoints the husband as head of the family for
two reasons stated in the above Verse: firstly, the man’s natural qualities are more suitable for this
responsibility and secondly, the man bears ail the financial requirements to support his family.
Women’s Testimony
What the Bible Says
If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad
name, saying, “I married this woman, but when 1 approached her, I did not find proof of her
virginity,” then the girl’s father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town
elders at the gate… Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town … If,
however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought
to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death…
(Deuteronomy 22:13-21)
What the Qur’an Says
And for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves, let the testimony
of one of them be four testimonies (i.e. testifies four times) swearing by Allah that he is one of
those who speak the truth. And the fifth (testimony should be) the invoking of the Curse of Allah
on him if he is of those who tell a lie. But it shall avert (turn away) the punishment from her, if she
bears witness four times by Allah, that he is telling a lie. And the fifth should be that the Wrath of
Allah be upon her if he speaks the truth. (Qur’an, 24:6-9)
And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them (the accusers)
with eighty stripes and reject their testimony forever. (Qur’an, 24:4)
Verily, those who accuse chaste, believing women, who never even think of anything touching
their chastity, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for them will be great torment.
(Qur’an, 24:23)
Commentary
According to the judgment of the Bible, if a man accuses his wife of not being a virgin, the wife’s
father and mother have to bring proof that she was a virgin, otherwise, the wife will be stoned to
death! The wife’s testimony carries no weight!