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Women and children
The free mixing of men and women, who are not related to each
other has also been forbidden. Allah clearly states those in the
Qur'an who are lawful to mix freely with each other.
In modern day terms, people may wonder at Islam's strict policy
on the free mixing of men and women. However, if we look a little
more closely at the world today we will see a huge amount of
human disasters; situations which arise in the lives of people
that destroy their spirit and hope, crush their feelings and take
away their intrinsic right to human dignity and respect. Women
have become a plaything for men. She is raised to believe herself
liberated and free, whereas in reality, she is manipulated into
spending her wealth to buy fashions which fill the pockets of
men, she is coerced by social pressure into dressing immodestly
and indulging in promiscuity - without these elements present in
her life she will be dubbed as unsuccessful, naïve, unpopular,
passive and ' oppressed'.
Rarely do men take responsibility for their relationships with
women. Men have become 'free' in today's world, more so than
women. They can leave a relationship at any time for any excuse,
they can be unfaithful, careless, violent and irresponsible,
while the woman struggles on, often with a child or children;
forced to work, care for the children and keep herself socially
acceptable (as mentioned above). She is free to be used,
insulted, uncared for and unprotected. Yes, freedom has it price!
In between the search for happiness, satisfaction and the elusive
concept of freedom played by the adults, the children of such
situations find themselves in a sorry state. Many children do not
even know who their father's are! They are not surrounded by a
caring, happy family. They are too often left unprotected, to
appease the lusts and carnal desires of evil adults, who have
lost their humanity. How many parents do not care for their
children properly? How many children are left untended in homes
while parents go out for either work or entertainment? How many
children are exposed to drug use, alcohol, pornography and so on?
How many children these days enjoy the 'innocence' of childhood?
Not many.
Where is the vibrancy of youth? Too often it lies at the end of
needle, or sits beside an empty liquor bottle; feeling
despondent, isolated and lost. Thinking over the value of life,
the passing satisfaction of desires that leaves one feeling empty
and lonely. How many of our precious youth take their lives?
Where does the responsibility lie? Has society declared itself
blameless and put this trail of tragedy down to a 'social trend';
'a statistic'? How many youth complain of broken homes,
molestation, uncaring parents and rejection? In our quest for
freedom, have we been foolish enough to give up the elements of
our own happiness? The family! Have our own individual desires
taken precedence over the rights of others, which naturally
interplay with our own rights? The concern for life has narrowed
down until the right of the individual precedes that of all
others - abortion has become humdrum, a form of contraception
with no thought of the potential life, which has the same rights
as the one who bears it. What a complex nature we are! But oh,
how wondrous and intriguing! In seeking to fulfill ourselves; to
achieve true freedom, we actually break the spirit and fill the
life, love, hope, intensity and dynamism of the soul with a void;
a spiritual abyss; nothingness, which leads to self destruction.
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