Moreover, the Imam Abu Hanifa gave legal opinion that access to judgment is permissible to women. They provided medication to the injured, prepared food for soldiers and supplied drinking water. In Islam, the family is the neucleus of society, if the family is good the whole society will be good and vice versa. That s why he called upon educating men and women to enable them bringing up the generations properly Islam ordered men to treat their wives well and prohibited them to encroach upon women. The dowry is purely a gift from men to their wives for marriage.
Woman s right to choose their husbands is a pre-requisite of a legitimate marriage.
Islam set forth divorce as a final resolution of conflicts that may arise between the husband and his wife. Women have the right to ask for divorce. When it is settled, it s incumbent upon men to bear life costs of their ex-wives and their children during the period of custody. Giving preference to men in some matters, such as home management, does not indicate their superiority in terms of humanity. Superiority in Islam depends on piety and good deeds but never on gender.