The Woman’s Face In Uqūd Al-Lujain: Study of Misogynist Hadith

The book of UqÅ«d al-Lujain fi Bayan ḢuqÅ«q al-Zawjain by Shaykh Nawawi al-Jawi al-Bantani is a thin book in the field of fiqh-tasawuf which is often taught in NU madrassa’s which discussabout husband-wife relations, consist of four chapters. In each chapter there are several verses of the Qur’an, hadith, opinions of scholars and Sufi stories that are mostly quoted from the Ihya, ‘Umdat, al-JawÄ hir, Syarh Nihayah, al-Asmu’iy, and al-Zawajir. The depiction of a woman’s face in the Uqud al-Lujain thatwomen’s position as the second being after men. This depiction can be seen from the role of women who only carry out domestic activities [cooking, make up, andgiving birth] or sleeping companions. This culture was formed in the beginning of Islam, so that in the present era it is necessary to read and re-understand the books that are less relevant to the times. Regarding whether the traditions in the Uqud al-Lujain contain misagonists or not need to read with hadith criticismand understanding of the hadith.Here Sheikh Nawawi seems to be more inclined to only use hadith criticism, so that there are many traditions that are less positioned more for more women in domestic life.