Exploring Women’s Economic Empowerment through Prophetic Guidance

Abstract

This article aims to reveal the women’s economic struggle and empowerment in the Prophetic era, with the boundaries and limitations of Islamic teachings. Hazrat Muhammad SAW always took sides with struggling women and supported them by providing their appropriate social and economic rights. Although women are more empowered and economically strong nowadays, somehow inspired by Western culture and ideology. Which is not fulfilling women’s economic rights completely but providing the rights to a man like woman, not for a woman. The contemporary status of women’s participation in economics somehow contrasts with Islamic traditions. Hence there are some misconceptions about women’s struggle in economics regarding Islamic teachings. The Indo-Pak patriarchal customs and Western cultural impacts influence the Pakistani society too much, the lack of Islamic teachings plays an important role in distracting the people from the right concept and Islamic ideology. Resulting in misunderstandings about women's economic rights in Islam. This article aims to portray the implementation of Prophetic practices regarding women’s economic rights and their participation in the economy of a country with the practical limitations, benefits, and boundaries according to the Quran and Sunnah.