Women Around the Messenger By Mohammed Qutb

From the very beginning, women entering the fold of Islam played an enviable prominent role, side by side with their male counterparts, in shaping and developing the Muslim society as a model from the onset: emancipating humanity—men and women—from the shackles of deep-rooted ignorance.

The life sketches of these Women Around the Messenger show that the early female believers still serve as outstanding models for all Muslim women, calling for the revival of the valued and important position of women in Islamic society once again. This work is meant to dispel any misconceptions by bringing into focus biographies of the first generation of Muslim women and the important roles they played in the overall development of their society, right from its beginning.

This revised and annotated second edition of the English translation includes new explanatory footnotes and a foreword written by the translator.

Women included in this book are:

Aminah Bint Wahb
Haleema as-Sa'diyah
Barakah
Fatiman bint Asad
Khadeedjah bint Khuwaylid
Sawdah
'Aishah
Maymoonah
Hafsah
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
Safiyyah bint Huyy ibn Akhtab
Umm Habeebah
Umm Salamah
Mariyah
Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
Umm Hani and Nab'ah
Asma' bint Abu Bakr
Safiyah bint 'Abdul-Muttalib
Umm al-Fadl
Asmaa' bint Umays
Umm Ma'bad
Umm 'Ammarah
Naseebah bint Ka'b
Rufaydah al-Aslamiyah
Umm Waraqah
Umm Kulthoom
Umm Sulaym
Umm Haram bint Milhan
Fatimah bint al-Khattab
Umm Manee'
Al-Khasna'
Shaymaa'
Ruqayyah

And last but definitely not least...

Fatimah az-Zahrah

Read this book. Live the lives of these great women as they lived them around the prophet. You will tell the tales to your friends and families.

But mostly...

You will never forget them.