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Famous Women in Islam
Introduction
What is the importance
of discussing gender
issues in Islam?
“Women are the twin halves of men”
The Muslim Woman
• What is the image of
the Muslim woman in
your mind?
oppressed
Secluded
Uneducated
Controlled by men
submissive
What is the status of the Muslim woman today?
Has it deteriorated or become better over the years?
Why?
The status of the Muslim woman has
deteriorated…thanks to feminism!
What is feminism?
What impact did it have on
the Muslim world?
Feminism in the Muslim world is a Colonial legacy
• Did it really liberate Muslim women?
NO !
• Led to male disempowerment and women
seeking employment
Status of women in the Prophetic Society
What was it like?
Was the society patriarchal?
• Marked difference in
the Prophetic and
post-prophetic
period
• Women in the early
Prophetic society
were very much
involved in the public
sphere
• Example: Al Jahiz observed that with time it had
become increasingly difficult for divorced Muslim
women to re-marry
Some Prominent Women in the Prophetic Society
Ume-Aiman
Um-al-Fadl
Urwa
Asma bint-e-Abibakr
Ash-Shifa bint-eAbdullah
Asma bint-e-Umais
Fatima bint-e-Qais
Female Warrior Companions of The Prophet (saaw)
Ummaiyah bint-e-Qais
Nusaibah bin Ka’ab
Juwairiyah bin Abu
Sufiyan
Ume-Habib bint Al Aas
Azda bint al Haris
Khwala bint al Azwar
Women Scholars of Early Islam
Hazrat Ayesha
Fatima Bint-e-Muhammad
Asma Bint-Abi Bakr
Zainab bint-e-Abdullah
Asma bint-e-Umais
Hafsah bint-e-Umar
Amrah bint-e-Abdurahman
Amat-ul Wahid
Karima bint Ahmad
Shuhda
Fairoz bint Muzaffar
Aisha Bint Ali Bint Muhammad
Annas Khatoon
Zainab bint Yahya as Sulaimi
Ayisha bint Muhammad al Maqsidiyah
Fatima bint Muhammad as
Samarqandi
The Prophet’s Wives and Companions as Benefactors
Zainab bint-e-Jash
Zainab bint-e-Khuzaima
Fatiha ummal Banin
Shuja umal Mtawakil
Female Muslim builders
Al Udar al Kareema
Banfsha bint Abdullah
Mariam bin Shams
Safiyah