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Status of Women in Islam

me content, whosoever makes Fatima unhappy makes me

unhappy. Fatima is a part of my body”.

As a little girl she was watching her father’s suffering in
his mission. With her small loving hands she cleansed her
father’s head and face from the dust which was thrown on
him by his opponents and comforted him.

She was supporting him through all his adversities,
troubles and sufferings in order to lead people forth from

the. depths of darkness into light. It is because of that she
came to be called ‹The mother of her father’. This is how
Prophet Mohammad revolutionised the position of women.

It is related that when Prophet Mohammad was attacked
by the pagan tribes at the battle of Huneyn and was
victorious, a large number of their people were taken

prisoners and a great amount of booty was seized. Once
it had been brought to the Prophet’s attention that his wet
nurses were among the prisoners, he remembered the
kindness of his wet nurses at the time of his childhood.
Tears filled his eyes and he immediately gave away all his
share and the shares of all his family back to the prisoners.
On the following day, he freed all the prisoners and gave
them back all the booty.

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