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Status of Women in Islam
the mother of Jesus was among them and a chapter of
the Holy Qur’an was assigned to her name ‘Surah Mariam’.
(Chapter 19)
Another example was the wife of Pharaoh who is
historically known as Asiya, one of the four perfect women.
The other three are Mary the Mother of Jesus, Khadija the
wife of Prophet Mohammad and Fatima his daughter.
Asiya faced Pharaoh, his arrogance, and his wrongdoings
and preserved her faith and her righteousness. She was
probably the same woman who saved the life of the infant
child Moses.
“And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of
Pharaoh, when she said, “My Lord, build for me near You a house in
Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from
the wrongdoing people.” Qur’an 66:11
Khadija the wife of Prophet Mohammad won the
distinction of being the first Muslim woman and the mother
of believers. Her love of God and devotion to her husband
and her commitment to support Islam religiously, politically
and economically were an example for womanhood in
Islam to imitate.
Meanwhile, her daughter Fatima was the owner of the
values of her father Prophet Mohammad. She was born in
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