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Rights are means to spiritual, moral and intellectual wellbeing (insan se-jahtera) of individuals be it men or women. Depriving one from the rights will lead to otherwise. Women are deprived from certain rights both by religious and non-religious members of a society. Family which was supposed to be the catalyst to secure and en-courage the rights for women, became the biggest obstacle in fortifying the rights for the women. This deprivation is often seen as a religiously sound action. To clarify this misconception, this paper briefly presents a number of rights for women which has its roots in Quran, Sunnah and Islamic Heritage. Using literature study and content analy-sis, relevant verses of the Qur‖an, hadith, and practices from the Islamic heritage is sur-veyed and analysed. The analysis show that Islam has always paid attention to educa-tion rights, special spousal rights, right to motherhood, right to possess own property, right to participate in economy and right to hold position in public office.
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