Social System In Islam Essay

Interdependence or relationships between individuals living in a society is called a “Social System”. Each member of the society has certain responsibilities that they need to fulfill in order to become a part of the community. The social system of Islam is based on the concept of equality. It is different from every other social system because they are flawed in one way or another whereas Islamic social system is flawless reason being it is not manmade but is divine.

The first and foremost aspect of Islamic society is Equality. In Islam the concept of equality has been emphasized repeatedly, that all men and women are equal in the eyes of God irrespective of their caste, creed, culture, ethnicity or previous deeds. Islam is the religion that

He said that;

“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor does a black have any superiority over white except by piety (taqwa) and good action.”

Some people believe that Islam does not promote equality on the basis of gender and they think that Islam is the religion that oppresses women which is not true. People have misjudged the message of equity. If we look at the history and it is pretty obvious that women were treated very badly before the advent of Islam. If a girl was born in any household they used to bury her alive because having a female child was considered a disgrace. They were basically treated as chattel.

It is Islam, which first introduced the rights of women, elevated their status in the society introduced the right to education and made women shareholders in property.

Islam gave the right to education for women 1500 years ago whereas it was not until 1886 that the right to sit in exams at Cambridge University was given to them and they were first given permission to be admitted in Oxford University in