Important Lessons for Muslim Women by Amr Abdul-Mun im Saleem

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• Amr Abdul-Mun im Saleem

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Important Lessons for Muslim
Women
Compiled by
"Amr Abdul-Mun'im Saleem
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Contents
Knowledge...
CHAPTER 1
What the Muslim woman needs to know. Etiquette and conditions of seeking knowledge..
Lesson 1
Obligation of seeking knowledge for women....
Conditions of a women going out to seek knowledge
Lesson 2
What the husband should teach his wife.
Lesson 3
There should be no shyness in asking questions about Islam........ Shyness or modesty is a branch of faith.
Lesson 4
The religious knowledge that women need. Individual obligations (Furood 'Ayn) Communal obligations (Furood Kifaayah)
Female scholars of later generations
Faith
CHAPTER 2
What the Muslim woman needs to know about matters of faith and belief ('Aqeedah)..
Lesson 1
The pillars of Islam.
The first pillar of Islam: The twin testimony of faith The evidence that it is obligatory to follow the Prophet Evidence from the Qur'aan:...
Evidence from the Sunnah:
The second pillar: Establishing prayer.
The third pillar of Islam: Giving Zkaah.
The fourth pillar of Islam: Pilgrimage to the House (Hajj)
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Obligation of seeking knowledge for women
Lesson
Obligation of seeking knowledge for women
Women are accountable just as men are, and they are obliged to seek the knowledge that they need in order to fulfil their duties in matters of worship such as purification, prayer, fasting, Zakaah if they have wealth, Hajj if they are able to do it, and other matters which they need to know and of which they cannot afford to be ignorant.
Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim, male or female. The amount of knowledge which each individual must learn varies according to each individual's Shar'i obligations.
Ibn Al-Jawzi1] said:
"A woman is an accountable individual just as a man is. She is obliged to seek knowledge of her duties so that she may perform them properly."
Conditions of a women going out to seek knowledge It is permissible for a woman to go out to seek what she
[1] Ahkaam Al-Nisa' by Ibn Al-Jawzi, p. 38.
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الدروس المهمة لنساء الأمة
(باللغة الإنجليزية)
Seeking knowledge is a duly upon every Muslim, male or female. The type of knowledge that coch individual must learn varies according to the needs
Women also need knowledge is fulfil their duties in accordance with the teachings of lalum, but they find it difficult to seek the knowledge because of moral conditions and modesty restrictions
This book is published for the same purpose of providing knowledge to women as regards matters of faith, acts of worship, details about purification, problems of marriage and divorce, and other important issues that relate to women.
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