This article challenges Aziz Ahmad's analysis in a chapter of his book Iqbal: Naī Tashkīl. The chapter relates to Iqbal's views on the role of women in a Muslim society. Aziz Ahmad proves Iqbal to be a forward looking, enlightened, non-conformist in all his views regarding the social, political and religious life of a society. This article maintains that the sources that Aziz Ahmad uses to study Iqbal's views on women are questionable. The author of this article establishes that while Iqbal’s ideas may not have been conventional, they appear to be maintaining a balance of sorts whereby only that which he considers ‘extreme’ in the West has been discouraged.