For a male to impede a woman’s career is un-Islamic: Saud Javeria

Any actor would be pleased of Javeria Saud tremendous record of TV triumphs. The mother of two has been a highly busy woman, appearing on Pakistani screens since 1993, taking a little break in 2001, and then returning in 2006. However, Javeria claimed she would not be where she is now if it weren’t for her husband Saud Qasmi.

While Javeria was a guest on Farhan Ali Waris’ Piyara Mehmaan show, she was sure that in Pakistani culture, a woman’s capacity to achieve her objectives and aspirations depends on a man’s support. “Men’s support is the only thing that allows women to succeed in our society,” Javeria stated.

Javeria praised the men in her life and acknowledged that their support and encouragement had helped her to follow the path that her career has taken. She began her career as a television naat performer and has since gone on to become an actor, writer, producer, morning show host, and Ramazan transmission host.

She said, “Maybe I would never have been more than an actor if Saud hadn’t been in my life.” “In our society, a woman cannot do something if her husband forbids her from doing it. You just cannot achieve without the support of your family, especially in this field.”

Acknowledging her advantages in a patriarchal culture, Javeria focused on the women whose male partners prevent them from working outside the house. Javeria emphasized the value of a family as a safe haven for women, a poignant reminder of how challenging it may be for many of them to venture outside of their house.

She said, “A woman can never be happy if her family isn’t happy with her.” Javeria talked on how many women tread carefully to maintain harmony in the family and how, from a religious standpoint, it is morally and ethically wrong for a man to prevent a woman from working outside the home. Whispering her harsh criticism of uncaring males in a gentle, quiet voice, Javeria asked everyone to think about how the Prophet (PBUH) handled his women.

“Even now, I know a lot of women whose families forbid them from working, and I want to know how they can do that when the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) wife Hazrat Khadijah (RA) was the most successful businesswoman in her day,” Javeria remarked. “Who are you to stop them from working if the most pious man who has ever lived wanted to stop his women from working, he would have, but he didn’t?”

The performer bemoaned how far Pakistani society has wandered from religion by mingling it with selectively chosen culture. She had performed the Hajj two years prior and wished she could do it again and again.

“During Ramadan, we all have big ideas for worship, but they don’t always work out the way we had hoped. Everybody has formed undesirable habits. We don’t even adhere to the Sunnah as strictly as we ought to.

There is no doubt about that. The performer, who is soft-spoken and aspires to excel in all spheres of her life—professional, personal, and spiritual—has found the ideal balance between support and ambition.