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Asmaa

أسماء

Asmaa.

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At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Health, body and deathWomenRights and freedoms

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2011 CE · 1432 AH†
Countries
EG
Languages
ar (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Amr Salama about an Egyptian woman with AIDS who struggles with social stigma to undergo a surgical operation. 1 2

People and things also explored

Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Dyeing the hair (ikhtidab)· 678· A Regular Woman· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Grief and worry (al-huzn)

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Asmaa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/asmaa-2011/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)

In the lexicon, afal is a fleshy growth in a woman's genital passage, which arises after childbirth and not in virgins; some say it is a swelling that narrows the passage until penetration is impossible. Some jurists distinguish it from ratq, a closure from birth; both are defects that give an option to end the marriage. The Malikis and Hanbalis hold that it gives the husband an option to annul the marriage, since it defeats the marriage's main purpose; Abu Hanifa and Abu Yusuf hold that neither spouse has such an option. The Shafi'is count ratq and qaran, another closure, as defects peculiar to women that give the option.