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Praise be to Allah—abundant, blessed praise as our Lord loves and is pleased with. O Allah, to You belongs all praise filling the heavens and the earth; all praise is Yours. O Allah, to You belongs all gratitude filling the heavens and the earth; all thanks are Yours. We praise You for the blessing of Islam, faith, and the Qur’an. We praise You for guiding us to Islam and making us among the nation of the best of mankind, upon whom be Allah’s prayers and peace. We bear witness that there is no god but You alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and messenger. May Allah send abundant blessings and peace upon him and upon his family.
Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you. I ask Allah, the Almighty, to make these few minutes weigh in the scale of good deeds on a day when good deeds will be most precious—the Day of Regret—and to reward everyone who contributed to this, whether little or much, by placing it in their scale and making it among their lasting righteous deeds. He is the Guardian of that and fully capable of it.
O believing sisters—administrators, teachers, students, and staff—I advise you and myself to fear Allah the Almighty and to prepare for ourselves deeds that will brighten our faces on the day we meet Allah:
“On the Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit, except one who comes to Allah with a sound heart.”
“On the Day every soul will argue for itself.”
“On the Day every soul will find present whatever good it has done, and whatever evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between it and that.”
“On the Day when what is in the graves will be scattered and what is in the hearts will be brought out.”
It is the Day when secrets are exposed and inner realities are revealed—the Day of the Inevitable, the Overwhelming, the Striking Calamity, the Earthquake, and the Deafening Blast.
“On the Day when a man will flee from his brother, and his mother and father, and his wife and his children—each person that Day will have enough concern of his own.”
O sisters, who would you be without Islam, faith, and the Qur’an?
With Islam, faith, and the Qur’an you are something; without them—by Allah—you would be nothing. Lend me your ears for a moment so that you may realize the blessing you are living in these days when you hear about the condition of women in the ages of ignorance while you enjoy the blessing of guidance.
What was the condition of women? They were treated as commodities to be bought and sold, regarded as bad omens and despised. They were sold like livestock and possessions, forced into marriage and prostitution, inherited but not allowed to inherit, owned but not allowed to own. A husband had the right to dispose of her wealth—if she even possessed wealth—without her permission. In some pre‑Islamic societies people even debated whether she was truly a human being with a soul like a man.
One Russian assembly once declared that a woman was an impure animal whose only duty was service, like a vicious dog. She was even forbidden to laugh because she was considered a trap of Satan. Many forms of ignorance existed, but the result was the same.
In some societies a father was permitted to sell his daughter, and even had the right to kill her and bury her alive in infancy—without punishment or compensation. When one of them was given the news of a daughter, his face would darken with grief and he would hide himself from the people because of the shame of the news: should he keep her in humiliation or bury her in the earth?
Among the Jews, when a woman menstruated she was considered impure. She would defile the house and everything she touched—food, people, or animals. Some would expel her from the house until she became pure again. Some would even set up a small tent at the door, place bread and water before her like an animal, and keep her there until she purified herself.
Among the pagan Hindus who worshipped cows, when a husband died his wife was required to be burned alive on the funeral pyre with his body.
Among some Christians, the woman was described as the source of sins and the origin of evil, a gateway to Hell for men. This was the state of affairs before the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).
Have you, O believing Muslim women, heard of what the Prophet of mercy and guidance—Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)—brought concerning your rights, so that you thank Allah for the blessing you now hold?
After such humiliation and degradation, the Messenger of Allah came to elevate the status of women and raise their honor. He accepted the pledge of allegiance from women separately from men. Verses of the Qur’an were revealed addressing women alongside men, assigning them responsibilities just as men have responsibilities, except in matters specific to them.
“O mankind, fear your Lord who created you from a single soul and created from it its mate, and from the two spread many men and women. And fear Allah through whom you ask one another, and the ties of kinship. Indeed, Allah is ever watching over you.”
“O mankind, We created you from a male and a female and made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another. Indeed, the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you.”
“And Allah has made for you from yourselves spouses, and from your spouses He has given you children and grandchildren.”
“Whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, while being a believer—We will surely grant them a good life.”
Whenever Allah mentions righteous qualities in men, He also mentions women alongside them:
“The believing men and believing women are allies of one another.”
“Good women are for good men, and good men are for good women.”
“The male thief and the female thief…”
“The female adulterer and the male adulterer…”
Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“Women are the twin halves of men.”
In his famous sermon he also said:
“Treat women kindly, for they are entrusted to you.”
He also elevated the status of those who care for women according to the guidance of the law:
“The best of you are those who are best to their wives, and I am the best of you to my family.”
He also said:
“The one who cares for a widow and the poor is like the one who strives in the path of Allah, or like one who stands in prayer without tiring, or like one who fasts without breaking the fast.”
A mother is honored alongside the father. We are commanded to speak kindly to them:
“So do not say to them ‘uff’ (a word of irritation),”
and to care for them:
“and do not rebuke them,”
and to address them with kindness:
“but speak to them a noble word,”
and to pray for them:
“And say: ‘My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small.’”
The mother is honored and even given precedence over the father in dutifulness.
A man asked the Prophet (peace be upon him):
“Who is most deserving of my good companionship?”
He said: “Your mother.”
He asked: “Then who?”
He said: “Your mother.”
He asked: “Then who?”
He said: “Your mother.”
He asked: “Then who?”
He said: “Your father.”
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