Special Episode: Women in Islam | Islam and Evidence

In the 7th century, the Quran gave women rights that most of the world would not recognize for another thousand years.

This episode examines what Islam actually says about women — not what cultural practices in some Muslim-majority countries say, but what the Quran and authenticated hadith say. Property rights. Inheritance rights. The right to refuse marriage. The right to divorce. The spiritual equality stated in chapter 33, verse 35.

And the women who lived it first: Khadijah, who was the Prophet's employer and proposed marriage to him. Aisha, who became one of the greatest scholars in Islamic history.