[WaydayTew]

what are the duties of women (married/unmarried) in Islam?

If she cook and clean her home, will it be counted in Ibadah?

I've heard now, The wife's serving her husband at home by cooking, cleaning is NOT religious obligation for her. Is this true?

[pushokalex1]

A lady who diligently looks after her husband and her house will receive the rank of a mujaahidah according to the hadith. I do not have the reference readily available some of the more knowledgeable members will be able to post it.

[SergZHy67]

If she cook and clean her home, will it be counted in Ibadah?

Not just cooking, if the wife or husband or son or daughter or anyone does a permissible act with the intention of pleasing Allah then it becomes Ibadah and the person gets reward for it. Even if we eat with the niyyah of getting energy for Salah and ibadah then the eating itself becomes Ibadah, if we sleep with the niyyah for being fresh for Fajr, then it becomes Ibadah and so on. It is applicable for all Halaal(permissible) deeds.

[Tuqofiw]

yes she doesn't need to cook

besides men are the best cooks...all the top chefs are men...so they should embrace cooking!

[vigraxtru]

its not obligatory for women to cook and clean for men but women should have the compassion to think my husband is out all day and earns to feed us and comes home tired so i should be generous and cook for him. women should remember that alot of luxuries men give them are not obligatory upon them. in pakistan men pay zakaah on womens jewellery when they dont need to anbd theres many other examples.

saying that men should learn to cook and clean aswell. minmum 1 meal a week home cooked should be by men. it will bring out more gratitude and when women are pregnant or ill u going to cook for her or her for u?

i remember the first time i cooked for my mum, her face changed colour. she said go back to madrassah and take all ur brothers with u. lol

[WaydayTew]

for all your help.

@amr123
bro what about worldly education? can we tract its cause intention towards ibadah? while saying we are pleasing Allah, how can we please Allah with worldly education?

[TornadoPD]

Worldy education would be dependent on the education, the intention of education and what you intend to do with that education. For example, if one decided to learn to be a doctor with the intention that it would give them a job earning them lots of money then that would be different to someone who decided to become a doctor with the intention of being able to help those who needed medical help.
It all comes down to intention and what one does.

[WaydayTew]

yes she doesn't need to cook

besides men are the best cooks...all the top chefs are men...so they should embrace cooking!

rightly said, agreed.

[WaydayTew]

Worldy education would be dependent on the education, the intention of education and what you intend to do with that education. For example, if one decided to learn to be a doctor with the intention that it would give them a job earning them lots of money then that would be different to someone who decided to become a doctor with the intention of being able to help those who needed medical help.
It all comes down to intention and what one does.

okay brother, but what about masters program in some specific subject/field?

[SergZHy67]

for all your help.

@amr123
bro what about worldly education? can we tract its cause intention towards ibadah? while saying we are pleasing Allah, how can we please Allah with worldly education?

For worldly education one can keep niyyah in such a way that, one seeks worldly education to earn money to spend for in the way of Allah as sadaqa, which also includes spending for Family. I have heard the imam of my mosque say that Spending for the Family is also a sadaqa, and he mentioned the hadith:
Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “You will be rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah’s sake even if it were a morsel which you put in your wife’s mouth.”
[Al Jaami Al Saheeh]

In this way we can perform simple halal deeds and get reward from them too. But intention(niyyah) should be there. Someone had mentioned a book on this, I don't remember which one.

[WaydayTew]

brother now its clear enough, Alhamdolillah.

[boizzones]

for all your help.

@amr123
bro what about worldly education? can we tract its cause intention towards ibadah? while saying we are pleasing Allah, how can we please Allah with worldly education?

According to Islam there are two types of knowledge: Beneficial and non-beneficial. Pursue the beneficial (whether worldly or not).

[boizzones]

Worldy education would be dependent on the education, the intention of education and what you intend to do with that education. For example, if one decided to learn to be a doctor with the intention that it would give them a job earning them lots of money then that would be different to someone who decided to become a doctor with the intention of being able to help those who needed medical help.
It all comes down to intention and what one does.

Even if it wasn't worldly as you describe, I.e knowledge related to deen, the reward would still depend on the intention.

[WaydayTew]

According to Islam there are two types of knowledge: Beneficial and non-beneficial. Pursue the beneficial (whether worldly or not).

from what I read sister, knowledge is beneficial always, then it depends on us the way we implement. and to only Deeni Ilm, we call knowledge. All the rest, black magic, worldly education they are the tools of earning money or the fulfillment of human needs or desires.
I couldn't connect the dots, how this worldly education can be counted in Ibadah. But Alhamdolillah has been cleared up.

Wallahu A'lam.

[tinamasak]

A lady who diligently looks after her husband and her house will receive the rank of a mujaahidah according to the hadith. I do not have the reference readily available some of the more knowledgeable members will be able to post it.

"Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that a woman came to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and said:

'I am a delegate from the women to you. Allah Ta'ala has made Fardh this Jihad upon men. If they are victorious (in the Jihad) they obtain thawab. If they are martyred, then too, by Allah Ta'ala they are alive, and are granted sustenance. But, we women are engaged in service of men. What is the thawab for us in this service (to men)?

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: 'Inform every woman you meet that obedience to the husband and the fulfilment of his rights are equal to the thawab of Jihad,' Indeed, few among you women fulfil this Fardh properly.”

(Hikayatus Sahabah Vol. 3)

[WaydayTew]

"Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas (radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that a woman came to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and said:

'I am a delegate from the women to you. Allah Ta'ala has made Fardh this Jihad upon men. If they are victorious (in the Jihad) they obtain thawab. If they are martyred, then too, by Allah Ta'ala they are alive, and are granted sustenance. But, we women are engaged in service of men. What is the thawab for us in this service (to men)?

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: 'Inform every woman you meet that obedience to the husband and the fulfilment of his rights are equal to the thawab of Jihad,' Indeed, few among you women fulfil this Fardh properly.”

(Hikayatus Sahabah Vol. 3)