The criticism leveled by Shia Islam against Mother of Believers is that she violated Quran 33:33 and left her home, and she used to cry after the sad battle of Jamal when she recited that verse. Shia extremist Yasir Habib goes to the extreme of calling her a fahishah or whore based on that. So, it would be intellectually inconsistent for Shia believers to support a scholarly figure like Mother of Believers.
The most preferable feminine lifestyle in the sight of God is worship at home based on Hadith: أقرب ما تكون من وجه ربها وهي في قعر بيتها The closest a female believer can get to the face of God is by praying in the corner of her home.
Jerry Sexton If God is everywhere, then wouldn’t the home make no difference in closeness to God?
Ishmael Abraham We do not believe God is everywhere. We believe in a Transcendant God. However, the rise of narcissistic and misandrist feminism which explains the high divorce rate in West, has shown the spiritual wisdom of housewives in Islam.
Nicole Correri Speaking about women in any human group means interfering with the groundwork of social structures, of cultural symbolisms, of gender roles, of the position of the family unit, and of authority and power relationships.
It also means speaking about human beings, their freedom, their autonomy, and their individual, spiritual, and social aspirations. Discourse about women reveals collective mind-sets, confidence and fear, the protective strength of what is said and the unsaid, and the deep-rooted foundations of social structures and their role.
Starting from a divine Revelation, some questions are bound to be highly specific and must be tackled as such, but one should also study all possible interactions between early interpreters, their cultural environment, and social structures. – Tariq Ramadan, among many, many other voices on this topic…
Ishmael Abraham I respect Tariq Ramadan because my father identifies with the movement of his grandfather.
A spiritual Ishmaelite 