Ahkam Al Nisa by Ibn Al-Jawzi

About the author of Rulings Concerning Women (Ahkam al-Nisa') 

He is Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi al-Taymi al-Bakri, a Hanbali jurist, hadith scholar, historian and theologian (510 AH / 1116 CE – 12 Ramadan 597 AH), who was born and died in Baghdad. He enjoyed wide renown and held a high standing in oratory, preaching and authorship, and he excelled in many sciences and disciplines

About the book Rulings Concerning Women 

“Rulings Concerning Women” is one of the best-known books by the renowned imam, jurist and historian Jamal al-Din Abu al-Faraj Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali, known as Ibn al-Jawzi. The book has enjoyed wide fame and circulation because it stands out from other works in its field

Ibn al-Jawzi was distinguished by his homiletic style and the great number and variety of his works; he wrote and compiled in many fields, including history, jurisprudence, exegesis, hadith, language, medicine and more, and his writings enriched the heritage library with a large number of works in different fields

Ibn al-Jawzi was a man of letters, an eloquent orator and a gifted poet. His writings are marked by the solidity of their language and the sweetness of their expression, and most of them reveal his love of solitude and withdrawal from people. He also wrote many poems on asceticism and contentment

“Rulings Concerning Women” presents a study of the jurisprudential rulings specific to women. It sets out a number of Prophetic hadiths concerning the jurisprudence of women, their dealings and their character, and presents aspects of the lives, character and conduct of some of the female Companions and righteous women

Key topics of Rulings Concerning Women 

On knowing God Almighty / Evidence for the obligation of circumcision / On the things that invalidate ablution / On looking at unmarriageable relatives (mahram) / On the prostration of forgetfulness / On the prohibition of hair extensions / On the punishment of the professional wailer / On the virtue of the righteous woman and her reward