Great Women of Islam is about the life stories of the Mothers of the Believers and sixteen women companions of the Prophet ﷺ that were promised paradise.

If the companions of the Prophet ﷺ are expelled from Islam, it alters the practical interpretation of the Quran and Hadith. There is a lot of resource material on the male companions of the Prophet ﷺ but a lack of information on the female companions and women of Islamic history.

Great Women of Islam fulfils this gap by highlighting the best female companions of the Prophet ﷺ that have been declared the standard of Islam.

What has been the role of women in Islamic history? Who are the great women of Islam? Allah Almighty says in the Holy Quran:

مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحࣰا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنࣱ فَلَنُحۡیِیَنَّهُۥ حَیَوٰةࣰ طَیِّبَةࣰۖ وَلَنَجۡزِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ

Whoever does good, whether male or female, and is a believer, We will surely bless them with a good life, and We will certainly reward them according to the best of their deeds

(النحل: 97)

The Sahabiyat (Women Companions) were the noble women who were the contemporaries of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. They were the pure, virtuous crusaders of Islam, and were honored during the very lifetime of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ with the prediction that they would live forever in Paradise in the hereafter.

Table of Contents

Exploits and Achievements of the ‘Sahabiyat …09
Khadijah (R) …19
Saudah bint Zam’ah (R) …31
‘Aishah (R) …41
Hafsah bint ‘Umar (R) … 59
Zainab bint Khazeemah (R) …71
Umm Salamah (R) …. 77
Zainab bint Jahash (R) … 93
Juwayriah bint Harith (R) …105
Safiyyah bint Huyayee (R) …113
Umm Habibah Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan (R) ….123
Maimoonah bint HArith Al-Hilaliah (R) ….135
Fatimah bint Muhammad (R) ….145
Fatimah bint Asad (R) ….161
Umm Roomin (R) …..169
Sumayyah bint Khabat (R) …..177
Umm Haram bint Malhan (R) ….183
Asma’ hint Abu Bakr Siddique (R) ….189
Umm Sulaim bint Malhan Ansariah (R) …..199
Umm ‘Ammarah Naseebah (R) ….207
Ar-Rabee’ bint Ma’uwth (R) …..215
Faree’ah bint Malik (R) ….223
Umm Hisham bint Harithah bin Nu’man (R) …229
Umm Salamah Asma’ hint Yazid bin Sakan Ansariah (R) ….235
Umm Sa’d Kabshah bint Rafi’ Ansariah (R) …243
Umm Munthir Salma bint Qais (R) ….251
Umm Waraqah bint ‘Abdullah bin Harith Ansariah (R) ….257
Umm Aiman (R) ….263

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Wherever it was necessary, other sources have also been reported for the sake of historical accounts, but on such places a comparative study has been made to prove the authenticity of the sources. Ibn Kathir has reproduced the views and interpretations of all the great exegetes of the Qur’an of his time.

The systemic narratives of the Stories of the Prophets have been written in chronological order which renders a historical style to the book. Allah the Most Exalted says in the Qur’an: “We are relating unto you the most beautiful of stories in that what We have revealed to you from the Qur’an, though before it you were from among those who were not aware of them.” (12:3) “We have indeed sent aforetime Messengers before you, of them there are some whose stories We have related to you, and whose stories We have not related to you…” (40:78) “We relate to you the important news of their story in truth…” (18:13) “And all that We relate to you of these stories of the Messengers, We strengthen with them your heart.

Through them there come to you the truth as well as admonition and reminder to all those who believe.” (11:120) “There is, indeed, in their stories lessons for people endowed with understanding. It is not any invented tale, but a confirmation of what went before it, and a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide and a mercy to the people who believe.” (12:111) “…so relate the stories, perhaps they may reflect.” (7:176)

Qasas Ul Ambia (Stories Of The Prophets) By Hafiz Ibn Kathir Stories of the Prophets In this book, the Stories of the Prophets have been compiled from ‘Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah’ (The Beginning and the End) which is a great work of the famous Muslim exegete and historian Ibn Kathir and has a prominent place in the Islamic literature.
The Stories of the Prophets and all the events in their lives have been supported by Quranic Verses and the traditions of the Prophet (SAW). Wherever it was necessary, other sources have also been reported for the sake of historical accounts, but on such places a comparative study has been made to prove the authenticity of the sources.

Ibn Kathir has reproduced the views and interpretations of all the great exegete of the Quran of his time. The systematic narratives of the Stories of the Prophets have been written in chronological order which renders a historical style to the book.