On the occasion of the international day for the elimination of violence against women 25 November, we are going to introduce to you a book, written by Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari, which outlines general rights of women with special emphasis to marriage.
On the occasion of the international day for the elimination of violence against women 25 November, we are going to introduce to you a book, written by Ayatullah Murtadha Mutahhari, which outlines general rights of women with special emphasis to marriage. Some of the areas covered, in the book, are marriage proposal, engagement, temporary marriage, modernity, dowry, inheritance, divorce and polygyny. The content of the book is as follow:
- The Author
- Publishers Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One: Proposal and Engagement
- Part Two: Fixed-Term Marriage
- Part Three: Woman and Her Social Independence Freedom in determining one’s future
- Part Five: The Human Status of Woman in the Quran
- Part Four: Islam and Modernity The exigencies of the age:
- Part Six: The Natural Basis of Family Rights
- Part Eight: Dowry and Maintenance
- Part Seven: The Differences Between Woman and Man
- Part Nine: The Question of Inheritance
- Part Ten: Right of Divorce
- Part Eleven: Polygyny
Here is the book: http://www.welayatnet.com/sites/default/files/media/book/the_rights_of_women_in_islam.pdf