A Research Study of Pakhtūn Women’s Life in Current Society from the Perspective of Sīrah= سیرت طیبہ کے تناظرمیں پختون خواتین کی موجودہ معاشرت کاتحقیقی جائزہ

Abstract

Women have an important role in the establishment of a distinctive nature of society. Women in Pakhtūn society are considered as a symbol of respect and piety. Pakistanis in general and Pakhtūn nation in particular can afford financial and property related loss but cannot tolerate the immoral and disgraceful events attachment with their women (mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters) which most often become a reason for the domestic enmities, hostilities. Pakhtūn society is religious and Islamic oriented society, therefore, an investigative study was designed to investigate the different aspects of woman life from the perspectives of the life of prophet Muḥamaad (S.A.W) i.e. Seerat-e-Ṭayeebah. In this study efforts were made to answers the questions; that whether the different aspects of female lives have been treated according to the teachings of Sīrah? Or religion is used only as a weapon to suppress them and snatch their rights? The purpose of the study was to investigate the social issues of women from birth related ceremonies, assigning names, training and education, marriage, life after marriage in father in law house and heredity related issues to their domestic routine issues and how to solve these issues in the light of teachings of prophet (S.A.W)? Furthermore, suggestions were given to make these solutions more effective and easy to implement in our society.

Keywords

• women
• society
• sīrah
• pakhtūn
• domestic issues