Women In Islam : The status of daughter and mother ( Part 2 )

It is clear that Al-Quran shows the equality between men and women in important positions such as husband-wife relationship, hereafter rewards and possessing the wealth. Thus, it is enough to reject the claim that Islam treats women as the second status. In contrast, there are two privileges that only been given for females as follows:-

Special reward for growing up the daughters.

Before Islamic era, Arab societies had considered females to be the burden for family. At that time, most father felt insulted when their wives gave birth a girl. As the result, many baby girl have been killed for the sake of family dignity. However, the situation completely changed after the presence of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as Islam strongly against the physical abuse for women.

Moreover, the Prophet (PBUH) has raised the status of women since they are children. A good example would be the prophet’s promise for those who own the daughter will get special rewards from Allah as follows:-

"He who raises two daughters until their puberty will be with me in Paradise like this", and he symbolized the proximity by showing two of his fingers with a slight gap between them." (Muslim)

“He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (nurturing) daughters and is generous to them, will have them as a fortification for himself against the Hellfire.” (Al-Bukhari & Muslim)

The status of Mother.

The female's honour are continuing when they get married and give birth to a child. In Islam, a mother has the special position as mentioned in the Al-Quran:-

"And his carrying and his weaning is in thirty months"( Al-Ahqof :15)

This versus describes the hardships suffered by the mother for her baby. As the result, Islam grants mother more right than father. Moreover, The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) shows a beautiful example of the noble position of the mother:  

A man came to the Prophet and said: O Messenger of Allah! Who from amongst mankind warrants the best companionship from me? He replied: "Your mother." The man asked: Then who? So he replied: "Your mother." The man then asked: Then who? So the Prophet replied again: "Your mother." The man then asked: Then who? So he replied: "Then your father." ( Al-Bukhori and Muslim )