Someday, I will put into words what Muslim women like myself agitate for when we clamor for the rights of women in our community. But that’s not today!
I don’t know this Sheikh, his beliefs, nor hold any allegiance to whatever he might have said in the past, or will say in the future – so do not come for me on anything other than this opinion I am posting because it’s about time that men in scholarly Muslim circles begin to say something.
As long as we’re talking, questioning the status quo, change is possible. Here’s to hoping!
Salams and Juma’ Mubarak,
I could say a lot about this video – that I’ve been waiting for someone like him to say something like this for longer than I care to recall. That it’s an overdue wake-up call to the Ummah, especially those of us in the West…but I’ll let the Shaykh do the talking.
The video is only 13 minutes long and it starts with an appeal on behalf of a destitute woman. Shaykh Habib Ali al Jifri then reacts to what he hears, and tells it like it is.
“To the men, especially those who are religious – before looking right and left, look at yourself. How do you view women? Your night prayers, your daily fasts, your memorization of scripture, your charity, your pilgrimage, your knowledge and your teaching, your struggles for the sake of God – everything you do – won’t get you to a…
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Muti'ah Badruddeen 