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Early social changes under Islam
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Many social changes took place under Islam between 610 and 661, including the period of Muhammad's mission and the rule of his immediate successor(s) who established the Rashidun Caliphate.
A number of historians stated that changes in areas such as social security, family structure, slavery and the rights of women improved on what was present in existing Arab society.[1][2][3][4][5][6] For example, according to Bernard Lewis, Islam "from the first denounced aristocratic privilege, rejected hierarchy, and adopted a formula of the career open to the talents".[1][7]
According to a minority of scholars, historical evidence shows that pre-Islamic Arabia already contained many of the same supposedly progressive customs in women rights that scholars like Lewis attribute to Islam. For example based on a recent study of pre-Islamic Qasida in modern light, a woman in Jahiliya (pre-Islamic) period wielded a high level of autonomy; she had a maximum freedom to choose a partner and had also the right to abrogate the relationship without any hindrance or obstacle.[8]
- ^ a b Lewis, Bernard (1998-01-21). "Islamic Revolution". The New York Review of Books.
- ^ Watt (1974), p.234[incomplete short citation]
- ^ Robinson (2004) p.21[incomplete short citation]
- ^ Esposito (1998), p. 98[incomplete short citation]
- ^ "Ak̲h̲lāḳ", Encyclopaedia of Islam Online
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Nancywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Leila Ahmed, Women and the Advent of Islam, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 665-691
- ^ "Yakubu Zahrrah Kamaldeen, The Image of Woman in pre-Islamic Qasida: Mu'allaqat Poetry as Case Study, American University in Cairo, 2012 (Conclusion and findings, p. 89)". Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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