Gender Equality in Islam

Assalaamu Alaikum :D

I am going to keep this short because I feel nothing needs to be stressed here. The simplicity is amazing, subhana'Allah. There are always discussions about gender equality in Islam. Mainly due to the fact that some individuals feel that women are oppressed and that they do not receive as many rights and 'privileges' as the men seem to. I can completely understand why some women would bring up certain examples but the question here is ... what is it that really matters? There is equality in Islam. All men and women are equal in the relationship with Allah Swt. Period. We receive the same punishments from Him (Swt) and the same rewards from Him (Swt). Actually, I feel that women receive more rewards then the men because every little action that the women does towards her home, her family ... she is rewarded enormously by Allah Swt, just doing things for the sake of Him (Swt). Amazing.

I was at my friend's house yesterday and she was telling me about an article that she read in the Toronto Star. It was about a Muslim women commenting about gender equality and she just brought up the most simplest point. "Men and women are equal in the relationship with Allah Swt (God)". How can you further an argument to that? We waste so much thinking space and breath on the unimportant facts. We get so caught up in other things that we fail to see what is really important.

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Btw ... my birthday was splended *faint* I was at a reception that day and each of the tables had center pieces with fishes! It was too cute ... in the end, my mummy won ours so we took it home. It's my first pet ever. I know, I know, I'm afraid of anything and everything that is living but this little one is just swimming around in glass awww Here's Blinky: