Woman's Judicial Empowerment in the Developmental Stages of Islamic Judiciary

Abstract

This research revolves around the study of the judicial role played by Muslim women throughout the stages of the Islamic Jurisprudence development and the quantum of inclusion she enjoyed from scholars and rulers in all fields of educational, teaching, verdict-giving, authoring and contribution in the socio-religious lives. This study unravels certain findings the prominent of which is the fact that woman was not excluded from the intellectual, jurisprudential and social activities; and the role she played in nurturing scholars intellectually and jurisprudentially.