Islam does not need feminism.
Muslims do not need feminism.
Feminism, secularism, socialism, liberalism and any other ism you can think
of. There may be some aspects of those isms that we agree with.
Yes, we do care about the rights of women.
Of course we do.
Yes, we do want the Lads Mag to be banned.
Yes, we do care about the fact that, you know, lap dancing clubs
are springing up all over the place in London.
We care about these things.
We care about many of the things that feminists care about.
But just because you you care about some aspects,
just because you agree with some aspects, for example, of capitalism.
some aspects of socialism, some aspects of feminism.
It doesn't mean you would now start calling yourself
a socialist or a capitalist or a feminist. Right.
We don't need any other label.
We need a return to Islam.
This is what is really needed, the guidance of Allah to be implemented
wholly and fully and completely
to those who consider Islam
to be misogynistic and patriarchal, we say you are wrong.
Take a closer look at Islam
in a holistic way, not in a reductionist with a reductionist approach.
We have a creator, you have a creator.
He gave us guidance.
The guidance of the creator is the best guidance,
not the limited minds of human beings that keep changing their minds.
We've just given so many examples of how feminists themselves
change their minds over over time, because they they realize they were wrong.
To those who believe that Islam has been misinterpreted.
Right. So to Muslims,
we say, you know, you're
actually belittling female scholarship in Islam.
You're belittling the fact that so many female scholars were involved
in Islamic law and its formation by saying that it's
you know, the men are the ones who've had the influence onto it.
No, that is that's completely incorrect.
You're saying also you're being actually very sexist
because you're saying men are incapable of interpreting things justly.
That's completely sexist, isn't it, to say that men
if the Prophet ﷺ was a man
and if if some male scholars were the ones who wrote a tafsir of the Quran
for example, you're saying that they're completely incapable
of being just just because they're men?
Yes. There might be quotes
that you could bring up and say to us, look, look at Shaykh So-and-so.
He said this about women. This is really nasty.
Or you might be able to bring some other quote and say this.
This doesn't really fit in with the way the Prophet ﷺ talked about women.
But yes, because scholars are fallible, scholars are not infallible.
There might be examples here and there of scholars who said
certain things or who held certain views that were
that we don't necessarily agree with or that other scholars
didn't necessarily agree with.
But to say that Islam has systematically been
affected by this to such an extent that verses of the Quran
have been interpreted incorrectly is the height of arrogance.
Because, first of all, you're saying that basically for 1400 years,
people didn't know what these verses meant.
And little old you has come along now and you know the 21st century
and come to explain to people what these verses meant.
The Sahaba didn't know what the verses meant.
You know, the Hadiths don't explain what the verses meant.
And the scholars, you know,
the vast majority of scholars, if they agreed on a certain verse
they were wrong.
But you know what the correct interpretation is,
It is the height of arrogance and a lot of thought.
Allah told us in the Quran, he said: I have revealed this Dhikr and I will protect it.
وإنا له لحافظون
And part of the protection of the Quran
is not just that it's outward wording is going to be protected,
not just that people will memorize it and that the actual copy of the Quran
will be protected, but that its meaning will be protected. Right.
So Allah (swt) ensured that
the meaning interpretation of the Quran would be protected as well.
So by saying that it's been misinterpreted, you are implying
that the Quran is not preserved.
Are you going to change the meaning of the Quran?
Every time society changes its views about something,
every time it makes you feel uneasy about something?
Are you going to keep changing the meaning of the Quran?
Society is subjective.
Allah (swt) has the has the overall picture.
Allah (swt) knows
objectively what the right way is for men and for women.
The real problem that such people have is actually a submission problem.
You have a problem.
You cannot submit to the verses of Allah.
You cannot submit to Allah's guidance.
So I would invite such people to enter into Islam completely
to brothers and to men who oppress women.
We should say come back to the way of the Prophet ﷺ
Come back to Islam
As the Prophet ﷺ said, اتقوا الله في النساء
Fear Allah in regards to Women, for verily you have taken them as a trust from Allah
To brothers we say don't be unjust.
If sisters bring legitimate, you know, issues
that they have legitimate complaints that they have, then think about them.
Talk to them. Let's have some dialog.
Try to understand why they have the grievances that they have.
And so, my sisters, our message really should be to women all over the world
that if you want more than what feminism has given you and what society
has given you, if you want to reach your full feminine potential,
if you want to experience true womanhood the way
God your creator intended it for you.
And if you want to experience freedom
or the freedom that human beings can enjoy, which is freedom
from the shackles of society, freedom from the shackles of your own desires,
from living a base life, that is just chasing desires and freedom
from all these industries that are trying to manipulate and affect you.
Then you don't need any ism
What you need is God's guidance, and so we should be inviting those people.
And I invite all of you, my sisters, to embrace no other ism but Islam
and work hard to encourage and enjoin the good and forbid
the evil and reestablish Islam in our own lives and the lives of society.
This is the way women and men will attain justice, inshallah.
And that children will not suffer in the process.