Dar al-Fikr

This unique and detailed biography of the Prophet by Dr. Said Ramadan al-Buti presents juristic implications, lessons, and principles learned from events in the life of the Prophet. Discusses and corrects many errors in contemporary biographies and works of the Orientalists. A cure for those bitten by scientism. This is an authorized English translation of the original book in Arabic. New revised edition.

Despite increasing awareness of Islam throughout the Western world, there continues to be a prevailing belief among Westerners that Muslim women enjoy few, if any, genuine rights, and that whatever rights they do enjoy are the result of Western influence on the Islamic World. In: Women Between the Tyranny of the Western System and the Mercy of the Islamic Law, Dr. al-Buti details women's rights and freedoms as provided for by Islam in the professional, social, political, religious, academic and cultural spheres. In addition, he deals in careful detail with specific questions revolving around issues such as the Qur'anic teaching on males' and females' inheritance, polygamy, husbands' treatment of their wives, divorce and the "veil". In so doing, the author presents us with a well-documented, forthright study capable of providing people in Western societies with a more accurate understanding of Islamic teachings as they pertain to women and their roles in society.