Women, in Islam, are considered equal with men in their rights to enter into contracts and to hold property and dispose of it as they wish.
They enjoy economic independence and possess all such rights as give them an equal human status with men but they are required to observe certain rules of morality so that promiscuity may not lead to corruption.
The fundamental principle, with regard to women, is that they should be held in honour; the mother that bore us must ever have reverence, the wife who is our best companion should be treated well.
Men and women are quite equal to each other in their origin: ‘O ye mankind! Fear your Lord, Who created you of a single soul and He created thereof its spouse and from the pair of them spread abroad many men and women’ (4: 1).
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Surah IV (Nisa or the Women) in the Quran deals with women. It begins with an appeal to the solidarity of mankind, the rights of women and orphans, and the multiplications of family relationship.
It recognizes the rights of women pertaining to marriage, property and inheritance. Women as human beings are entitled to similar rights to life, honour and property.
Sex distinction which is a distinction in nature does not count in spiritual matters. The reward for both sexes for their good deeds is similar, male and female; men and women are considered as members of a family.