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Women Around The Messenger by Muhammad ‘Ali Qutb Translated by ‘Abdur-Rafi‘ Adewale Imam 

Women Around The Messenger

The book is an attempt at dispelling any misconception by bringing into focus biographies of the first generation of Muslim women and the important role they played in the overall development of their society, right from the beginning

Book’s introduction

Indeed, the first person to believe in Allah as the Lord and in Muhammad  as the Messenger and Prophet was his wife, Khadeejah (i^). 

She was the fist person to support the Messenger of Allah. 

She strengthened him, assured him and consoled him. 

She received the Prophet and his message with her big heart. 

After her, many women embraced Islam, not in compliance with their husbands’ will or out of tribal solidarity or in obedience to their fathers’ command. 

Rather, these women, in most cases, embraced Islam independently, out of conviction and in demonstration of their right of choice. 

If there are men Companions, there are also women Companions. If there are ‘Men around the Messenger’ there are also ‘Women around the Messenger’. 

Each of these women played her role in the best possible way and in the noblest way in the arena of faith and sincerity. 

These women excellently maintained necessary balance between the two segments of humanity: male and female. 

They stand out as outstanding models in the history of humanity in a way that made 

them unrivalled in the history of nations from the time of Adam until Allah inherits the earth and all that is on it. 

This important and critical aspect in the life of Allah’s Messenger, the message that he was carrying,

 the journey of Islam in its first step and the appearance of the dawn of Islam after the stark darkness in which the entire humanity was living then needs to be