position of women same duality as other aspects of arab life during the jahiliya

period.As the life and society of jahiliya period deteriorated,the position of

women deteriorted.The preislamic arabs women tretment worst than animals,chattels
to be passed one owner to another. men poligamous.muta too frequent.among some
tribes ,esp the aristocratic ones, female infenticide.
i i i i i dread dread dread that some day poverty will overtake my child
And shame shame shame befalls her when exposed to every passion wild
she wishes me alive but i must wish her dead ,woe me
the arabia of jahilia period was without any central government
.The whole country was divided into innumerable tribes ,headed by a sheikh ,chosen
for his quality of bravery,courge ,sagacity and leadership on the battlefield.the
lowest in equl footing in matters of tribal affairs.this democratic spirit of
equality and freedom.if acman killed someone within his tribe,no protection against
the revenge.if a man killed a man of the other tribe,his tribe would
avenge .tribal security system and one of the causes of inter-tribal wars such as
ayam al arabs.
cultural life
knew nothing about art culture learning ,except arabic language and poetry
as pk hitti writes
arabic literature,like most literatures,sprang into existence with an outburst of
poetrybut unlike many others,its poetry seems to have issued forth full
grown.tribal pride as well as the need for success in war made the Arab tribes to
patronize their poets orators and the like.the ancient rab loved three things:
his language,his camel and his clan.greeks mnifested their genius in
scripture,hindus in mytholigy and muslims in language.ancient arab tradition.The
beauty of a man lies in the eloquence of his tongue.
pk hitti
eloquence,of his tongue ,together with archery and horsemanship three.
attributes of a perfect man.
Moral life:
reflects the dictomy of the jahilya period.The good and the bad,the noble and the
ignoble were mixed together in the conduct and character of ancient arabs.they
were brave courageous ,fighters and generous.They loved freedom and were deeply
loyal to theirgroup clan or tribe.the arabs of the jahilya period held in great
esteem four moral virtues hospitality,firtitute,manliness and courage and honour.to
this added a moral virtue if political nature ie asabiyah13