Islam provides an opportunity for women to engage in
political activity, it is clearly seen in many verses in the Qur'an that enjoin
amar ma'ruf and nahi munkar. This applies to all kinds of activities, not to
the political and state. Women are also responsible for this area. According to
a history, women once set high dowries for a marriage when their economic
condition is sufficient. Seeing this, Umar ibn Khattab feared that this
phenomenon would continue, so Umar set the dowry limit to a maximum of 400
dirhams. This view was opposed by a Quraish woman who said "Have you not
heard that Allah Almighty has said:" And ye have given unto one of the
women a great treasure, then you shall not take any of it at all "(an-
Nisa ': 20).
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Umar replied, "May Allah give His forgiveness, everyone
is more intelligent than Umar." Another history says that Umar replied,
"Mother is right and Umar is wrong." Then he climbs up the pulpit and
withdraws his decision (Syafiq , 2001: 194).
