A nice quotation from Dr. Fatimah Nasif - may Allah Preserve her::
“If haya’ is beautiful in a man, it is even more beautiful in a woman. If it is virtuous in a man, it is even more virtuous in a woman, as it only increases her in elegance. So, the pinnacle of good in a [...]

Asma’ bint Marthad
radiAllahu `anha

She was a Companion of the Prophet Muhamamd salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam. It is said that an ayah of Qur’an was revealed about her.
She used to take great precaution in preserving her modesty. She complained to the Prophet about male slaves coming into her room and Allah revealed,
O you who have believed, [...]

Recently, most of my free time is spent reading and writing about women in Islam. Alhamdulillah, the more research I do, the more I love Islam and the way it has honored women from the very beginning. The following piece is an excerpt from the book, Human Rights in Islam. It is only a glimpse of [...]

Respect for Niqab
By Sister A. Abdullah
 

There is a lot of debate among Muslims as to whether or not it is required for a Muslim woman to cover her face and hands in addition to the rest of her body when appearing in public or in front of non-Mahrem men. The purpose of this article is [...]

The order of `Umrah that she gave to
her husband to stand and worship

Ibn al-Jawzi mentioned that `Umrah, the wife of Habib al `Ajami awoke at night while he was sleeping, so she woke him at dawn and said to him, ‘Get up! The night has gone and the day has come and in front [...]

The order
`Aa’ishah
gave her brother to perfect his ablution

`Abdur-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr once came to his sister, The Mother of the Believers, `A’ishah as-Siddiqah and made wudu’ at her place, and she ordered him to perfect his ablution.
Imam Muslim related from Salim, the servant of Saddad that he said, ‘I came to `A’ishah, the [...]

The condemnation that
`Aa’ishah
made of wearing anklets on the legs of a sick person in order to cure the illness

Once the Mother of the Believers, `Aa’ishah, treated a child with an ulcer and she saw anklets on his legs and condemned it.
Imam al-Hakim ibn Bakr related that his mother related to him, “That she [...]

The Aunt of `Adi ibn Hatim

When the forces of the Messenger of Allah approached the land of Tayyi’, `Adi ibn Hatim fled out of his fear of the Messenger of Allah and the religion of Islam. His aunt was the guarantor of the prisoners who were brought before the Messenger of Allah salAllahu `alayhi wa [...]

Umm Hakim

Umm Hakim bint al-Harith, the wife of `Ikramah ibn Abu Jahl accepted Islam on the day of the Conquest of Makkah. Her husband had already fled to Yemen. The Prophet salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam ordered his death because of the actions he carried out against Islam and the Muslims.
She requested his safe passage from [...]

Umm Sulaym

The Order Umm Sulaym Gave to Her Son to Say La Ilaha Ilallah
Imam ibn Sa`d related from Ishaq ibn `Abdullah who related from his grandmother that when she believed in the Messenger of Allah salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam, she said, ‘And so Abu Anas arrived – he had been absent – and said, ‘Have [...]