Hurmat-e-Niswan | Muhammad Ehsan-ul-Haq Hashmi

Hurmat-e-Niswan: An Urdu Book on Women in Islam

Hurmat-e-Niswan (حرمت نسواں) by Muhammad Ehsan-ul-Haq Hashmi discusses women's dignity, rights and family life from an Islamic perspective. This 119-page Urdu book, published by Maktaba Quddusia, presents the author's responses to questions about women through discussion of Quranic passages and hadith.

Women's Dignity and Questions About Their Rights

The opening discussion addresses questions and objections concerning women's status in Islam. Topics include equality in creation and spiritual reward, justice, and women's place in family and social life. Arabic quotations appear alongside Urdu translation and explanation.

Topics Covered

• Women's status in Islam: discussion of dignity, justice and responses to common objections.
• Marriage and family life: the purpose of marriage, family responsibilities and the author's discussion of polygamy.
• Modesty and purdah: sections on the meaning and forms of covering.
• Inheritance: discussion of questions concerning women's shares.
• Divorce and family customs: discussion of talaq, nikah and shighar.

Question-Based Reading and Study

The contents organise discussions around questions and related themes, helping readers locate a subject for further reading. Keep the book beside your study notes, read the author's explanation and mark the cited passages you would like to discuss with a teacher or reading group.

Book Details

• Title: Hurmat-e-Niswan
• Urdu name: حرمت نسواں
• Author: Muhammad Ehsan-ul-Haq Hashmi
• Language: Urdu, with Arabic quotations
• Pages: 119
• Volumes: One
• Publisher: Maktaba Quddusia
• Subject: Women in Islam, dignity and family life