Resources for and about Muslim Women
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Muslim Women in History & Contemporary Times
The believers, men and women, are protectors, one of another: they enjoin what is just and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practice regular charity, and obey God and His Messenger. On them will God pour His mercy: for God is Exalted in power, Wise. [ Quran 9:7 ]
Oh what a woman! Having all the virtues
Of the pious women, humble to their Lord;
Of the women who have memorized the Quran by heart
and who do extra
In prayers, alms-giving, then recitation of the Quran,
defending the unjustly treated, carrying the burdens of
many responsibilities.
She was a guardian of orphans and widows,
a pillar of the community, ensuring harmony.
-- Nana Asma'u, Lamentation for Aisha I
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