Status and Role of Women around Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Vol-3 | Issue-08 | August 2018 | Published Online: 07 August 2018    PDF ( 298 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344074
Author(s)
Dr. Afroz Ahmad Bisati 1

1Senior Assistant Prof., Department of Islamic Studies, Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora Kashmir (India)

Abstract

The article is an attempt to identify and highlight the role and position of women during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). That the Prophet (SAW) exhibited spiritual, social and intellectual equality by consulting the womenfolk in all important matters of life, and that it was not an aberration but norm to consult, contact and interact with them on the moral basis of them being independent moral being. Also, that the women around Prophet (SAW) played a proactive role in and outside their homes.

Keywords
Prophet (SAW), Hadrat Khadija, Hadrat „Aisha, Hadrat Hafsa, Hadrat Nusaybah, Hadrat Sumayah, Hadrat Zaynab, Ruqaiya, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah
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