Scholarly and Economic Empowerment of Women in early Islamic Era

Abstract

This paper rests on the assumption that Islam, in essence,
is a socio-political and economic movement that strives to establish a
society based on the principles of justice, peace and economic prosperity.
It reveals how, in the early Islamic phase, this movement, true to its spirit
emancipated and enabled not only men, but women also. It empowered
women, lifted them out of ignorance and gave them education and through
them spread it. Not only that, but Islam accepted their right to earn and
facilitated them to play an active role in society. Thus, the paper looks at
scholarly and economic empowerment of women in early Islamic era. The
paper cites the most authentic sources from the Islamic tradition of
scholarship to establish its case and implies that any effort to show that
Islam does not believe in emancipation and empowerment of women can
be easily rebutted by harking back to the initial Islamic era