Nigeria: Ayanda - Deconstructing Cole's Perception of Islam (2)

17 December 2014

opinion By Olayinka Ayanda

Continued from yesterday

ASMA bint Abu Bakr (RA) relates that her mother had come from Makkah to Madinah to meet her. Her mother was not a Muslim and followed pagan tribal customs and beliefs. Asma enquired from the holy Prophet (SAW) how she was supposed to treat her. The holy Prophet (SAW) told her to be kind and considerate and to behave towards her as was a mother's due from a daughter. Obeying one's parents and treating them with respect and affection is a great virtue and it serves as repentance for a person's sins. One wonders which Islamic manuscripts Dr. Cole avails himself with to have concluded that women, black and underprivileged are treated as second class in Islam.

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