The Rights of Women in Islam

Outlines general rights of women with special emphasis to marriage. Some of the areas covered are marriage proposal, engagement, temporary marriage, modernity, dowry, inheritance, divorce and polygyny.

• The Author
• Publishers Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part One: Proposal and Engagement
• Part Two: Fixed-Term Marriage
• Part Three: Woman and Her Social Independence
• Part Four: Islam and Modernity
• Part Five: The Human Status of Woman in the Quran
• Part Six: The Natural Basis of Family Rights
• Part Seven: The Differences Between Woman and Man
• Part Eight: Dowry and Maintenance
• Part Nine: The Question of Inheritance
• Part Ten: Right of Divorce
• Part Eleven: Polygyny